The US team Cannondale-Garmin will compete in the Volta ao Algarve/Tour of Algarve (18-22 February) with eight riders from six different countries, all with one thing in common: high quality.

Portuguese André Cardoso will be the captain of the formation directed by Andreas Klier on the Algarve roads, and he will be joined by three riders of the top 100 in the world: Lithuanian time trial champion, Ramunas Navardauskas, 41st in the world rankings, Dutch road champion Sebastian Langeveld, 96th in the ranking, and Italian climber Davide Formolo, 99th in the world.

Slovenian Kristijan Koren, Italian Alan Marangoni, Dutchman Dylan van Baarle and Norwegian Kristoffer Skjerping, third in the U23 road race of the 2014 World Championships, complete the roser.

Volta ao Algarve/Tour of Algarve will now feature eight WorldTour teams: Astana, Cannondale-Garmon, Ettix-QuickStep, Katusha, Lotto NL-Jumbo, Lotto Soudal, Movistar and Sky.

Five teams of professional continental category will be present: Bora Argon-18, Caja Rural-Seguros RGS, RusVelo, Team Roompot and Wanty-Groupe Gobert. The organizers have also ensured the presence of the six portuguese continental teams and the continental Optum p / b Kelly Benefit Strategies.

Provisional start list:

Astana: Michele Scarponi, Luis León Sánchez, Rein Taaramae Valerio Agnoli, Davide Malacarne, Maxat Ayazbayev, Arman Kamyshev and Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev.

Cannondale-Garmin: André Cardoso, Davide Formolo, Kristijan Koren, Sebastian Langeveld, Alan Marangoni, Ramunas Navardauskas, Kristoffer Skjerping and Dylan van Baarle.

Katusha: Tiago Machado, Sergey Chernetski, Yuri Trofimov, Alexander Porsev, Rudiger Selig, Alberto Losada, Anton Vorobyev and Alexander Kolobnev.

Lotto NL-Jumbo: Robert Gesink, Sep Vanmarcke, Tom van Asbroeck, Paul Martens, Bram Tankink, Robert Wagner, Kevin de Weert and Maarten Wynants.

Lotto Soudal: André Greipel, Tony Gallopin, Jens Debusschere, Jurgen Roelandts, Sean de Bie, Stig Broeckx, Marcel Sieberg and Vegard Breen. 

Movistar: Jonathan Castroviejo, Rubén Fernández, John Gadret, Jesús Herrada, José Herrada, Ion Izaguirre, Adriano Malori and Marc Soler.

Caja Rural-Seguros RGA: Ricardo Vilela, José Gonçalves, Ángel Madrazo, Heiner Parra, Hugh Carthy, Omar Fraile, Luis Mas and Fabricio Ferrari.

RusVelo: Ivan Balykin, Igor Boev, Petr Ignatenko, Artem Nych, Roman Maikin, Artem Ovechkin, Kirill Pozdnyakov and Mamyr Stash.

Team Roompot: Michel Kreder, Raymond Kreder, Wesley Kreder, Jesper Asselman, Maurits Lammertink, Berden de Vries, Tim kerkhof and Mike Terpstra.

Wanty-Goupe Gobert: Bjorn Leukemans, Marco Marcato, Francis de Greef, Roy Jans, Jan Ghijselinck, Frederik Veuchelen, Kevin Van Melsen and James Vanlandschoot.

Oputm: Jesse Anthony, Scott Zwizanski, Thomas Zirbel, Eric Young, Ryan Anderson, Bradley Huff, William Routley and Phil Gaimon.

Stages

1st Lagos – Albufeira, 166,7 km

2nd Lagoa – Monchique, 197,2 km

3rd Vila do Bispo – Cabo de S. Vicente, 19 km (ITT)

4th Tavira – Malhão, 218,3 km

5th Almodôvar – Vilamoura, 184,9 km