Cancellara and Schleck to lead Trek-Segafredo in Algarve
Trek-Segafredo's Fabian Cancellara and Frank Schleck will take to the start line at the Volta ao Algarve held from February 17-21 in Portugal. This season marks Cancellara last as a professional bike racer as he is set to retire at the end of the year.
Cancellara has already confirmed that he will start his season in Mallorca and in Algarve, and follow that with a spring campaign that includes Strade Bianche, Tirreno and Milan-San Remo and the cobbled Classics. He is also confirmed to start the Giro d’Italia in May.
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In Algarve, Trek-Segafredo will rely on Schleck and Julián Arredondo for the overall classification. The team will also include Stijn Delvolder, Yaroslav Popovych, Gregory Rast, Jasper Stuyven and Edward Theuns.
Volta ao Algarve organisers also announced the 24 teams that will participate. There will be 12 WorldTour teams including Astana, Cannondale, Etixx-QuickStep, FDJ, IAM Cycling, Katusha, Lotto Soudal, Lotto NL-Jumbo, Movistar, Team Sky, Tinkoff and Trek-Segafredo.
Professional Continental teams are Bora-Argon 18, Caja Rural-Seguros RGA, Gazprom-RusVelo, Novo Nordisk, Roth and Verva ActiveJet. Continental teams include Efapel, LA Alumínios-Antarte, Louletano-Hospital de Loulé, Rádio Popular-Boavista, Sporting-Tavira and W52-FC Porto.
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