Alex Dowsett will lead Movistar in his home race, the Tour of Britain, which starts on Sunday. The team will be focusing on Enrique Sanz in the sprints while Ion Izagirre may be their best GC candidate.

After a pleasant experience in 2013, the Movistar Team will be back in their O2-sponsored kits at the 11th edition of the Friends Life Tour of Britain, coming a week in advance in 2014 to share dates with the final stages of the Vuelta a España (September 7-14). ITT Commonwealth Games gold medallist Alex Dowsett will lead a six-man squad also including Giovanni Visconti, Pablo Lastras, Enrique Sanz, Sylwester Szmyd and Spanish road race champion Ion Izagirre.

Nine stages - a double sector with a morning time trial (8.8km) will close the action in London (Sunday 14) - make for an exciting race, starting in Liverpool and racing on English and Welsh roads. A mountain-top finish - The Tumble (Cat-1; Tuesday 9), over slopes exceeding 10% (4km) - and several lumpy stages, including day seven (Saturday 13) over 226km and the ascents of Ditchling Beacon (Cat-1) and Bear Road (Cat-1) prominently feature.