By Bjorn Haake

Andy Cappelle has signed a one-year contract with Belgian Continental team Palmans-Cras. Cappelle rode for Landbouwkrediet t🐈he previous three years, but was left without a team after the 2008 season.

The team confirmed to Cyclingnews that Cappelle will ride all the impo🀅rtant Belgian ra♈ces, including Omloop Waasland, Dwars Door Vlaanderen, the E3 Prijs Vlaanderen - Harelbeke and the Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde.

The 29-year-old Cap▨pelle had his best year so far in 2007, when he won th🅷e in Germany and also the third stage .

Cappelle was the Belgian U23 champion in 1999 and 2000, and he began racing🧜 as a professional in 2001 with the Saint-Quentin team of France. He joined Marlux - Ville de Charleroi in 2002 and rode for Chocolate Jacques - Wincor Nixdorf in 2004 before moving to Landbouwkrediet.

Palmans-Cras has already Dieter Cappelle in the line-𒁏up, but the two are not related to each other.