Esteban Chaves will make his return to racing with Orica-BikeExchange following his third place finish at the Vuelta a Espana this weekend at the Italian one-day races Giro dell'Emilia and GP Bruno Beghelli.
The Australian WorldTour team is also sending the Simon and Adam Yates to the 1.HC races with director sportif Dave McPartland aiming for a good result at both races.
"Both races are relatively different but we have horses for courses both days. We have guys who are in really good form after the Vuelta and also the Canadian races, so we are aiming very high,"
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"Saturday is going to be a really hard day and the main climb in the middle of the race is solid and usually whittles the bunch down to half. There's another medium climb on the way back to the finishing circuits where the guys then climb Saint Luca five times with the race finishing at the top."
Chaves' third place at the Vuelta was his second grand tour podium of the season after his second place at the Giro d'Italia in May. The Giro dell'Emilia and GP Bruno Beghelli will be his first races on Italian soil since May with the 26-year-old Colombian looking for a high result. After his breakthrough sixth place at the Vuelta, Simon Yates makes his second appearance on Italian soil in 2016 after his 95th place at Milan-San Remo in the spring. Brother Adam continues his run of one-day races after his fourth place finish at the Tour de France in July and will be aiming for his first win of the season.
Vuelta a España stage winner Jens Keukeleire adds horsepower to the squad for Saturday's Giro dell'Emilia that includes Ruben Plaza, Damien Howson, Jack Haig and Amets Txurruka.
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