Former Tour de France stage winner Kurt-Asle Arvesen will race next season for new British cycling outfit Team Sky, his Saxo Bank team announced on Sunday.

The 34-year-old Norwegian champion has raced by the Danish team of Bjarne Riis since 2004.

Arvesen, who pulled out of this year’s Tour de France following a bad crash, won a stage of the world’s most prestigious cycling race in 2008.