Team Sky make their debut at the Tour de Slovénie (18-21 June) as the team looks to continue its momentum throughout June.

With a compact four-day format the race has a stage for every rider, and in 2005 was bumped up to a 2.1 classification event by the UCI.

Heading to the start in Ljubljana with a seven-man squad, Team Sky will be represented by Philip Deignan, Nathan Earle, Andy Fenn, Mikel Nieve, Salvatore Puccio, Chris Sutton and Xabier Zandio.

Nieve and Deignan are expected to focus on the GC as they aim to prove that they deserve a spot on the Tour de France roster,