Team Lampre-Merida is ready to travel to Turkey for the traditional appointment at Tour of Turkey which will take place from the 26th of April to the 3rd of May.

For the Turkish race, the blue-fuchsia-green team will have an international selection with riders from 7 different nations: Argentina, Belarus Croatia, China, Italy, Portugal and Taiwan.

The selected riders are Mario Costa, Kristijan Durasek, Chun Kai Feng, Roberto Ferrari, Ilia Koshevoy, Sacha Modolo, Maximiliano Richeze and Xu Gang.

Ilia Koshevoy and Kristijan Durasek will be the riders for the climbs and the Croatian will aim for a top result in the overall classification. The group of the sprinters is full of class: Sacha Modolo, with the support of Ferrari and Richeze, will be protagonist in the sprints.

The two Asian riders, Chun Kai Feng and Xu Gang, are expected to deliver good performances in Europe while Mario Costa will be asked to try to join breakaways and to support the captains.