A new cycling season has started! At the moment a Lotto Soudal team is racing in Australia, at the Tour Down Under. Next week a group of riders will head to Mallorca. From January 28-31, the Challenge Mallorca is scheduled. This Europe Tour race consists of four individual races and a team can select different riders each day. After the Challenge Mallorca Lotto Soudal stays on the Spanish island for a few more days to train.

The first race in France is again the GP La Marseillaise, on January 31. Three days later Etoile de Bessèges begins, a five-day stage race on French soil. Both races are part of the Europe Tour.

These are the Lotto Soudal rosters for the upcoming races.

Lotto Soudal team Challenge Mallorca (28/01 – 31/01): 

Tiesj Benoot, Jasper De Buyst, Bart De Clercq, Jens Debusschere, Frederik Frison, André Greipel, Tomasz Marczynski, Jürgen Roelandts, Marcel Sieberg, Louis Vervaeke and Tim Wellens.

Sports directors: Herman Frison and Bart Leysen.

Lotto Soudal team GP La Marseillaise (31/01) and Etoile de Bessèges (03/02 – 07/02): 

Sander Armée, Stig Broeckx, Sean De Bie, Tony Gallopin, Maxime Monfort, Tosh Van der Sande, Jelle Vanendert and Jelle Wallays.

Sports directors: Frederik Willems and Marc Wauters (only Bessèges).