Barloworld and Gerolsteiner to Portugal

Markus Fothen will make his season debut starting Thursday in the Volta Santarem, Team Gerolsteiner has announced. He will lead a mostly-young team in the four-stage race in Portugal.

Gerolsteiner for Santarem: Markus Fothen, Johannes Frohlinger, Oscar Gatto, Torsten Hiekmann, Tom Stamsnijder, Carlo Westphal, and Beat Zberg.

Barloworld for Santarem: Giosuè Bonomi, Giampaolo Cheula, Enrico Degano, Félix Rafael Cárdenas, Robert Hunter, Paolo Longo Borghini, Hugo Sabido, and Kanstantsin Siutsou