Alejandro Valverde will lead the Caisse d'Epargne team for the 17th Challenge of Mallorca which begins on Sunday. Valverde is satisfied with his early season form, but sees himself working for the team's on-form sprinter, José Joaquín Rojas, who took third in the Tour Down Under . "I feel really motivated to start the season and I am hungry for competing again," Valverde said, "and I hope that thanks to José Joaquín Rojas capacity as a sprinter, we will have the possibility to win something here."
The Spaniard will race alongside David Arroyo, Arnaud Coyot, Vicente García Acosta, Joan Horrach, Vladimir Karpets, Pablo Lastras, David López, Alberto Losada, Luis Pasamontes, Fabien Patanchon, Oscar Pereiro, Fran Pérez, Joaquím Rodríguez, José Joaquín Rojas and Xabier Zandio.
