Movistar announced Friday that its men's and women's teams will reconvene for training camps in preparation for a revised calendar for the second half of the season, which begins later this month. The women's team will begin training camp on Sunday in Pamplona, while the men's team is currently training in the Pyrenees.

The teams confirmed that the women's program will begin racing at the Emmacmén Nafaroa Classicoa and Clasica Femenina Navarre on July 23-24 and the Navarre Classic in Durango-Durango on July 26. [Nine athletes will participate in the training camp: Barbara Guariski, Katrine Allerud, Yelena Elitch, Alicia González, Aidel Merino, Alba Teruel, Shayla Gutierrez, Lourdes Oyarbide, and Paula Patiño. Aude Biernik and Gloria Rodriguez will not attend.

The men's team has already begun training camp at an altitude of 2,000 meters in the Pyrenees and will start their season at the Vuelta a Burgos, which will be held from July 28 to August 1.

Former world champion Alejandro Valverde will be joined by Enric Mas, Marc Soler, Davide Villella, Imanol Elviti, Dario Cataldo, Jose Joaquin Rojas, Antonio Pedro, Luis Mas, Nelson Oliveira, Carlos Verona, and 10 He participated in the training camp along with three teammates.

"This high altitude camp is designed to improve their form just before the big race in a tight 100-day schedule," the team's press release reads.

Movistar announced in early March that it had withdrawn its men's and women's teams from all races due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, and the UCI subsequently cancelled all races The UCI announced a new end-of-season calendar in May, with the men's and women's WorldTour races would begin with the Strade Bianche on August 1 and run through November 8,