The Discovery Channel's sometimes forgotten George Hincapie will, once again, pursue the Spring Classics in 2007, according to CyclingNews.
"With Hincapie, we have a deal that he will going after the Classics again this year," said directeur sportif Dirk Demol. "In 2006, Hincapie focused on the Tour, which didn't work out. He was disillusioned with his performance and put aside his Tour plans again."
With the departure of Leif Hoste, Roger Hammond, Max van Heeswijk and Vjatcheslav Ekimov, Discovery has lost some of its panache for a successful pre-Tour de France Classics season.
"We are weakened for the Classics," Demol admits.
But Discovery still has Vladimir Gusev and Stijn Devolder in addition to Hincapie for the spring in Belgium and Northern France.