The women’s Movistar Team will line up in a race for the first time in their history with a six-woman roster entirely composed of Spanish riders.

Mavi García, Lourdes Oyarbide, Lorena Llamas, Eider Merino, Alicia González and local Alba Teruel are the riders selected to start of the 2nd (UCI 2.2), a four-day event finishing in Benidorm on Sunday February 25th.

The team are currently taking part in a seven-day training camp in Alicante, which is being attended by the whole squad. Following the conclusion of the training camp on Wednesday, the team directed by Jorge Sanz will head north to Gandía, to start the Setmana Ciclista Valenciana on the 22nd.

The Setmana will feature plenty of climbing from start to end, with Barxeta (Cat-3) and Barx (Cat-2) in the opening stage; the Desierto de las Palmas (Cat-1) en route to Villarreal on day two (Friday 23rd); the Oronet (Cat-2) near Valencia’s finish (Saturday 24th); and a tough circuit with 3x Alto de Finestrat (Cat-2) to close the race up.

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