Aussie Sutherland in Movistar squad for TDU

World number one team Movistar will head to the 19-24 January Santos Tour Down Under with Australian workhorse Rory Sutherland in its ranks and high hopes of improving on its 2015 result.

Rory Sutherland will line up for Movistar at the Santos Tour Down Under (Sirotti) Source: Sirotti

The six riders alongside Sutherland are German Jasha Sütterlin, Spaniards José Joaquín Rojas, Juanjo Lobato, Jesús Herrada and Rubén Fernández, plus Portuguese rider Nelson Oliveira, who will be making his debut with Movistar after two seasons with Lampre-Merida.

Movistar ended the 2015 edition as the best team on aggregate and hopes will again hinge on repeat performances by Fernández, who took a fifth overall placing and third at Willunga, and Lobato who won the stage sprint at Stirling.