Team DSM coach Luke Roberts:“Our season kicks off Down Under with the Schwalbe Classic, which is a very fast and flat criterium in the city centre of Adelaide before the Tour Down Under itself gets underway two days later. The race normally ends in a sprint and it is expected to do so again this year so it will offer us a good chance for our new Italian sprinter Alberto, who makes his debut, to chase a good result with support from the rest of the team.”