Chris Horner was named along with former Discovery Channel riders Vladimir Gusev and Jose-Luis Rubiera as the latest to become members of the newly re-vamped Astana team.

Horner helped Cadel Evans to his second place in this year’s Tour de France and finishing 15th overall in the process. The 36 year-old did not want to extend his contract with his former team, Predictor-Lotto, where he has ridden since 2006.

While he was reported to have been happy with his salary at the Belgian squad over the past couple of years he was openly critical of what the team was offering for next season and beyond, saying it offered a salary one-third of what all the riders of his level in the Tour received. This prompted him to look elsewhere. He was reported to have been looking for a better deal in August. It looks like he found the one he was looking for.