Michael Albasini will be aiming for his third GP du canton d'Argovie victory this coming week with his Orica-GreenEdge team. Albasini won the race in 2011 and 2013 and has also finished fourth, fifth and was second last year to Alexander Kristoff (Katusha).
"Our main objective is to try and support Michael (Albasini) as best we can," said sports director for the 1.HC race David McPartland. "This is a race that he has won before, he is riding in front of a home crowd and as always he wants to perform well on home turf.
"We have a good squad with guys coming in from the Giro d'Italia with good form and the rest from the Tour of Luxembourg. The team is fully motivated to get the job done."
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Almost half of Albasini's professional wins have been on home soil in Switzerland, including his most recent victory on the final stage of the Tour de Romandie. The 35-year-old hasn't raced since the Swiss WorldTour race in which he also won the points classification, a week after finishing second in Liege-Bastogne-Liege.
"As you'd expect it is usually a fast and aggressive race on a difficult course," added McPartland. "Michael has the experience required to get a good result here and the team is nicely balanced to try and help him achieve that."
Orica-GreenEdge will also have sprinter Caleb Ewan as another option for a bunch finish at the end of the 188km race with Sam Bewley and Magnus Cort on lead out duties. Cheung King Lok and Amets Txurruka complete the six-rider team for the June 9 race.
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