Orica-GreenEDGE Cycling Team, who leaves the MPCC this week, published his roster for the 'opening weekend' double of Omloop het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne. Australian sprinter Caleb Ewan will do his first starts in the classics.

"Of course we have a plan going into the races," said sports director Laurenzo Lapage. "We have trained very well and will arrive at the start completely prepared."

The squad followed an intense training camp in South Africa a few days before the rendezvous. "Coming directly from the South African climate to Northern Europe can be a bit of a shock. However, the most important thing for us is that we carry the good feeling within the team into these races. It would be great to get a result, we will see," Lapage said. "Het Nieuwsblad is a totally different race to Kuurne, we will have two protected riders with Jens Keukeleire and Mathew Hayman. Sam Bewley, Mitch Docker and Alex Edmondson will be riding for the two leaders.

"For Kuurne we will start with the same idea as with Het Nieuwsblad but with Ewan coming into the team," said Lapage. "For sure he will have a protected role after doing so well for us already this year. As a young rider it's important that he gains some experience in these kind of races, without any additional pressure."

Orica-GreenEDGE for Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (02/27/16) : Sam Bewley, Magnus Cort, Mitch Docker, Luke Durbridge, Alex Edmondson, Mathew Hayman, Chris Juul Jensen and Jens Keukeleire. 

Orica-GreenEDGE for Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne (02/28/16) : Sam Bewley, Magnus Cort, Mitch Docker, Luke Durbridge, Alex Edmondson, Caleb Ewan, Mathew Hayman, Chris Juul Jensen, and Jens Keukeleire.