Hugh Carthy leads GC charge with Marijn van den Berg for the sprints as EF Education-EasyPost reveal Vuelta a Espana lineup

EF Education - EasyPost have revealed who will lead their charge at the upcoming Vuelta a Espana as they intend to compete on multiple fronts at the final Grand Tour of the year.

"I am excited. It has been a long summer at home, but I am finally ready to crack on again. The route is good; it is a nice route. There are some roads I know well in Catalunya and Andorra and over in Navarra as well," says the team's GC hope, Hugh Carthy on the official website. "Looking at the team that we have got, it is a nice group. Everything I have done at home was as good as it could have been, so I am excited and optimistic as well."

Alongside Carthy's quest for the Red Jersey, Marijn van den Berg will be the man for the flat stages as the 24-year-old sprinter tries to take a first Grand Tour stage win at his debut three-week stage race. "I am excited, also a bit nervous, of course. The longest races I have done were L’Avenir and the Baby Giro, and those were ten days each, so if you combine them, they don’t even add up to the same length as the Vuelta, so I have no idea what to expect, but I am super excited."

Supporting their leaders, will be the Swiss rider Stefan Bissegger, Colombian climber Diego Camargo, former Giro d'Italia stage winner Jonathan Klever Caicedo, Julius van den Berg and Grand Tour debutants Andrea Piccolo and Sean Quinn.

EF Education-EasyPost for the Vuelta a Espana:

Hugh Carthy, Marijn van den Berg, Stefan Bissegger, Diego Camargo, Jonathan Caicedo, Julius van den Berg, Andrea Piccolo and Sean Quinn.