The last road race for LAMPRE-MERIDA in the 2016 season will be the Tour of Hainan, which will take place from the 22nd October of to the 30th of October.

The blue-fuchsia-green team will participate in the Chinese race for the third time. In the past editions, LAMPRE-MERIDA collected six stage victories and the success in the overall classification of Modolo.

Sports director Simone Pedrazzini will direct seven riders: Mario Costa, Roberto Ferrari, Matej Mohoric, Prezemyslaw Niemiec, Xu Gang, Federico Zurlo and the stagiaire Oliviero Troia.

Matej Mohoric and Federico Zurlo both obtained their first successes as pro riders in Asia. The Slovenian rider won the Cyclothon Criterium Hong Kong, the Italian athlete obtained a stage success in the Tour of Qinghai Lake.

Niemiec will exploit his skills as climber in the 6th stage (Changjian-Wuzhishan, summit finish on an 11km climb) and the 8th stage

Mario Costa and Oliviero Troia will be the solid domestiques that will be fundamental for the team, in addition to the highly-motivated Chinese rider Xu Gang and the sprinter Roberto Ferrari.