Spanish team Euskaltel Euskadi in their well-recognized orange livery rides on with the Orbea Orca equipped with Shimano components and wheels.  In order to maintain its UCI World Tour status, the Basque team changed its policy of having primarily Spanish riders.  Moroccan Tarik Chaoufi and Slovenian Jure Kocjan joined the team for the 2013 season.  But Olympic gold-medalist Sammy Sanchez is again expected to perform to high expectations.