British Team Sky which hopes to enter a team in the Tour De France that starts in Rotterdam in July and Lance Armstrong's new team had been rumoured to be interested in signing the sprint ace.
Cavendish's Colombia team have signed 12 new men and women riders to their team and Columbia-HTC Team Manager Rolf Aldag said in a press release. "Together, the team is one of the most international teams in the peloton representing 18 nations, and one of the youngest with 20 of the 36 riders aged 26 or under."
"We have added strength to our sprint line-ups, our time trialing and our climbing making us once again a very well-rounded team," he added.
"We are also proud to be able to kick off 2010 with many of the riders that have made us successful throughout this season," continued Aldag. "Our returning riders achieved more than 84% of our 2009 wins, including 12 stage victories in Grand Tours and the honor of wearing the Giro d'Italia's Maglia Rosa, the Golden Jersey of the Vuelta a Espana; and the Green and White Jerseys of the Tour de France."
2010 Columbia-HTC 2010 Roster
Men's team:
Michael Albasini - 28 - Switzerland
Lars Bak - 29 - Denmark
Mark Cavendish - 24 - UK
Gert Dockx - 21 - Belgium
Bernhard Eisel - 28 - Austria
Jan Ghyselinck - 20 - Belgium
Matt Goss - 23 - Australia
Bert Grabsch - 34 - Germany
André Greipel - 27 - Germany
Rasmus Guldhammer - 20 - Denmark
Patrick Gretsch - 22 - Germany
Leigh Howard - 20 - Australia
Adam Hansen - 28 - Australia
Craig Lewis - 23 - USA
Tony Martin - 24 - Germany
Maxime Monfort - 26 - Belgium
Marco Pinotti - 33 - Italy
Frantisek Rabon - 25 - Czech Republic
Mark Renshaw - 26 - Australia
Vicente Reynes - 28 - Spain
Hayden Roulston - 27 - New Zealand
Michael Rogers - 29 - Australia
Marcel Sieberg - 27 - Germany
Kanstantsin Sivtsov - 27 - Belarus
Tejay Van Garderen - 21 - USA
Martin Velits - 24 - Slovakia
Peter Velits - 24 - Slovakia
George Hincapie has moved to Swiss based Team BMC.
Women's team:
Kim Anderson - 41 - USA
Judith Arndt - 34 - Germany
Noeme Cantele - 28 - Italy
Emilia Fahlin - 20 - Sweden
Luise Keller - 25 - Germany
Evelyn Stevens - 25 - USA
Ina-Yoko Teutenberg - 34 - Germany
Ellen Van Dijk - 22 - Netherlands
Linda Villumsen - 24 - Denmark