The Discovery Channel Marco Polo Team for the Tour of Hainan (China, November 3-10) is a well balanced team that can go for all prizes.
Sergey can sprint for stage victories and points, Eddy will be a great helper for Sergey and can win a sprint of an escape group as well. Brad and Thijs can go for GC and wins in the harder stages, while Xing Yan Dong and Liu Yilin should also be with the stronger riders in the hills and can go for the best Chinese riders awards.

The Tour goes around the tropical island of Hainan and includes some flat stages along the cost in which the wind could play a big role, but also 3 stages in which the hills will make the course really hard.

Discovery Channel Marco Polo Team line up for Tour de Hainan:

Xing Yan Dong

Liu Yilin

Eddy Hollands

Sergey Kudentsov

Brad White

Thijs Zonneveld

Team director Remko Kramer

Mechanic Henk Zuidema

Soigneur/photos Francis Cerny