
If the presence of a young Australian like Sebastian Berwick in the line-up of the Caja Rural-Seguros RGA team at the Volta a Catalunya is eye-catching, it’s not just because at 24 the rider from Brisbane already generated a lot of interest for his climbing and GC potential in lower-category UCI races like the Alsace Tour and Alps Isère.
Berwick is also just the second Australian ever to be part of the Caja Rural-Seguros RGA team in its current format. This first – as chance would have it – was Nick Schultz (Israel-Premier Tech), the winner of the opening stage of this year’s Volta a Catalunya, who raced with the Spanish team in 2017 and 2018.