Mauro Gianetti looks to be trying to have Classics specialist Davide Rebellin’s sign for a newly formed ProTour team. According to Italy’s La Gazzetta dello Sport, he should make an official announcement today,

It is possible Gianetti could bring up to 12 ex-Saunier Duval riders as well as Director Sportif Joxean Fernández Matxin with him. His title sponsor is based in Milano and is producer electrical equipment.

“There have been advanced talks of Davide Rebellin’s incorporation for a long time now, like that existed with Paolo Bettini,” Matxin is quoted as saying to Cyclingnews.

Rebellin – winner of 2004 Liège-Bastogne-Liège and 2008 Paris-Nice – has been on a job search ever since his Team Gerolsteiner announced it was leaving the sport. He would lead the team and Andrea Tonti, Davide Viganò and Oscar Gatto may also race at his side.

The International Cycling Union (UCI) has recently granted Gianetti another ProTour license. He will no longer hold a license under the team under GM Bikes, holder of the ProTour license for Scott-American Beef, formerly Saunier Duval-Scott. The team had riders Riccardo Riccò and Leonardo Piepoli in its roaster for 2008, both of whom tested positive in the Tour de France for doping before the team fired them.

“We will strengthen our internal anti-doping controls, because we are not willing to tolerate surprises like, unfortunately, occurred at the Tour of France,” Matxin confirmed.