Eddie Dunbar has been named in the Team Ineos Tour of Britain line-up; the race getting underway this weekend.
Dunbar is named in the same selection as Pavel Sivakov, Gianni Moscon, British champion Ben Swift, Michal Golas and Dylan van Baarle.
The Irish rider, who just turned 23-years-old yesterday, had already ridden the Giro back in May and so was not named in the Team Ineso line-up for the Vuelta.
However, the Tour of Britain should offer opportunities for Dunbar to show what he can do, with the race featuring a number of climbs.
While those climbs are moderate, a number of stages feature uphill finishes that may suit the Irish rider.
There is a late cat 3 climb on the opening stage - 201.5km from Glasgow to Kirkcudbright - with an undulating run before a downhill into the finish.
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The next day sees the riders tackle a 166.4km stage starting and finishing in Kelso.
Again there is a late climb, though it is not at the finish; a cat 2 crested with about 24km to go.
However, there is scope for the final climbs on the opening two stages to split the field if the stronger riders attack the finales.
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The 182km stage 3 into Newcastle-upon-Tyne features a slight kick up at the finish.
After that, stage 4 also features an uphill finish on a steeper ramp into Kendal; a finale that could really suit Dunbar.
Stage 5 is 174km starting and finishing in Wiral, with a late cat 3 climb crested just 3.5km from the finish, though it is a short climb of less than 1km.
Stage 6 is a flat 14km TT while stage 7 - 186.5km into Burton Dassett County Park - features three passages of the final 1.4km climb to contend with.
The final stage, into Manchester, is 165km featuring 2,000 metres of climbing. While it looks testing the final 30km is flatter than the earlier part of the day.
Britain has tended to favour Dunbar, the Irishman riding very well there during his career to date.
He was 8th in the Tour de Yorkshire as an Aqua Blue Sport rider last year.
Dunbar placed 3rd overall in the race this year, going close to winning it overall and lighting up the final stage.
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