Daniel Diaz knows which Delko Marseille-Provence KTM teammates will help him in his attempt to defend his title at the Tour de San Luis.

Diaz will have an experience group of rider around him. Delio Fernández, Mikel Aristi, Remy di Gregorio, Leonardo Duque and Yannick Martinez will be at his side in San Luis, a race he won in 2013 and 2015. The Argentinian and the rest of his teammates will debut for Delko Marseille-Provence KTM in their first race in the Professional Continental category.

The French team will have its first training camp between the 9th and 17th of December in Marseille and Var.

Movistar Team, Cannondale-Garmin, AG2R-La Mondiale, Lampre-Merida, Etixx-QuickStep, Astana and Tinkoff are the WorldTour teams and Androni, UnitedHealthcare, Fortuneo Vital-Concept, Drapac and Nippo-Vini Fantini the pro continental teams in San Luis.

2016 roster:

Leonardo Duque (Team Colombia), Dani Diaz (Funvic), Delio Fernandez (W52-Quinta da Lixa), Mikel Aristi (Euskadi), Thierry Hupond (Giant-Alpecin), Christophe Laborie (Bretagne), Yannick Martinez (Europcar), Romain Combaud and Quentin Pacher (Armée de Terre), Fredrik Strand Galta (Team Coop-Østerhus) and Asbjorn Kragh Andersen (Team Tre For-Blue Water).

Returning riders: Remy Di Gregorio, Julien El Fares, Benjamin Giraud and Evaldas Siškevičius.