Despite some strong results this season, Alessandro Bazzana will not be kept on the UnitedHealthcare roster for 2016. The US Pro Continental team announced their 16-man roster earlier this week, and the 31 year old Italian was not on the roster.

Bazzana has won sprint competitions in both the Dubai Tour and Abu Dhabi Tour, as well as taking sixth overall in the former. He also showed some bunch sprinting prowess in the World Ports Classic where he was third on the final stage, and fifth overall.

"After competing in my third season with UnitedHealthcare I can pretty much put it out loud and say that I am on the market. UnitedHealthcare opted for a more American heart of their squad and so it's a different situation for me being a European rider that after nine years of racing as professional, and always on American teams, is forced to get connections with other organisations in order to continue doing the job I am doing," Bazzana told Cyclingnews.

Bazzana points out that he is also a loyal domestique who sends a lot of hours catching breakaways for his team leader, a job which makes him very valuable to almost every team in the pro peloton.

"Quite often my task of the day consists in catching the early breakaways before it's gone. It's a smaller battle within the larger battle for the final result. I may not be a champion but I fight for what I can achieve, that's what makes the game worth it and that's why I hope I'll find someone willing to give me a chance to continue doing it."