Next week Lotto Soudal will take part in two Europe Tour stage races; both Ruta del Sol and Volta ao Algarve are scheduled from February 17-21.

Seven Lotto Soudal riders will start in the Ruta del Sol, or Vuelta a Andalucía. Because of the nature of the course in the south of Spain, the team chose to mainly select climbers. Eight riders will go to the Volta ao Algarve, in the south of Portugal. They are riders for the classic races.

Team Ruta del Sol: Sean De Bie, Bart De Clercq, Maxime Monfort, Tosh Van der Sande, Jelle Vanendert, Louis Vervaeke and Tim Wellens.

Team Volta ao Algarve: Tiesj Benoot, Stig Broeckx, Jens Debusschere, Tony Gallopin, André Greipel, Jürgen Roelandts, Marcel Sieberg and Jelle Wallays.