Last-minute change for Barloworld

South African team Barloworld has made some last-minute changes to its racing programme: it will ride the upcoming Trofeo Laigueglia on Tuesday with a different team than the one planned, without leading sprinters Fabrizio Guidi and Robert Hunter. For the Italian one-day race, directeur sportif Alberto Volpi will have a young team with South African neo-pro John Lee Augustyn, Mauricio Soler, Diego Caccia, Gianpaolo Cheula, Paolo Longo Borghini, James Perry and Kanstansin Siutsou.

From Wednesday, February 21, a second squad of Barloworld riders will participate in the five-day Volta ao Algarve stage race in Portugal. Hunter and Guidi will be backed up by Pedro Arreitunandia, Giosué Bonomi, Ryan Cox, Enrico Degano, Alex Efimkin and Hugo Sabido.