Mallorca team set

Euskaltel will field a youthful 15-man strong squad for the Spanish season opener at the Challenge Mallorca this Sunday. The slimmed-down race's website reports the following 15 riders will line up in one or more of the four separate stages that make up the XXI Iberostar Challenge Ciclista Mallorca:

112 - Antón, 113 - Astarloza, 114 - R Pérez, 115 - Verdugo, 116 - Cabedo, 117 - García, 118 - Sáez, 119 - Bilbao, 120 - J Izagirre, 121 - Landa, 122 - G Izagirre, 123 - Sicard, 124 - Azanza, 125 - Urtasun.

True to form, the race consists a series of separate one-day races: Trofeo Palma, Trofeo Migjorn, Trofeo Deía and Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana. Due to budgetary shortfalls though, the organizers have been forced to make do with four - not five as has been the norm the last few years - this season. Every team is free to change their team around from day to day.