Veteran sprinter Daniele Bennati has been made road captain at Tinkoff-Saxo.
The 34-year-old is set to work for both Alberto Contador and Peter Sagan during the 2015 road season.
Bennati spent the majority of his career as a sprinter and Classics rider, and his palmarés boasts 50 career victories, with his last coming as a stage win at the 2012 Vuelta a España.
In recent seasons, however, Bennati has become a domestique, and in his new role he is so highly valued that Contador insisted that the Italian be included in the team for his ill-fated 2014 Tour de France bid.
As well as guiding the mercurial Spaniard through the 2015 Tour, Bennati has also been tasked with mentoring Peter Sagan, who arrives from Cannondale.
"I'm happy and proud to be considered a road captain, I don't see it as a step down in my career," Bennati told CyclingNews.
"Even if you don't have any direct, personal satisfaction, because you're not winning yourself, it's great to ride for someone like Alberto Contador.
"He was the world's best rider and arguably still is. He's a special rider and a special person.
"With the arrival of Sagan, I'm proud to be working for both of them."
Bennati conceded that working for two riders puts even more pressure on his already-significant workload.
"Alberto wants me to ride the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France with him but with the arrival of Sagan in the team makes it difficult," he explained.
"I've been asked by the team management and by Peter to ride with him from the Tour of Qatar until Paris-Roubaix.
"It's the right thing to do because I think I can play an important role for him and help him.
"We'll then prepare for the Tour de France, where I'll be helping Peter in the sprints and Alberto for the overall classification."
The experienced rider also admitted that chances to claim wins of his own would be limited.
"I don't really know if I'll be able to win again. It would be nice but we'll see how the season goes.
"Peter is the team leader for the sprints and the Classics. That's only right. I'll be happy to do my job and do whatever the team asks me to do.
"The important thing is that we win as a team and win big."