Beñat Intxausti and Michal Kwiatkowski look like they have already formed a friendship as they take part in their first race together for Team Sky at the Challenge Mallorca.
Team Sky will enter the Volta ao Algarve with just seven riders after Michal Kwiatkowski's late withdrawal with a stomach bug.
The Pole, who finished second to new teammate Geraint Thomas in the Portuguese race last year, is the third Sky rider in recent days to be struck down with illness.
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