Star South African cyclist Nicholas Dlamini will make his return to competitive racing at this week's Vuelta a Burgos in Spain.

Last year, Dlamini suffered a broken arm following a scuffle between himself and Table Mountain rangers, which was caught on video and widely shared on social media.

This week, Dlamini's NTT Pro Cycling team revealed the seven-rider line up for the Vuelta a Burgos, which gets underway on Tuesday, 28 July to Saturday, 1 August.

The 24-year-old cyclist takes to the start line for the first time this year having missed the early part of the season due to a an arm injury.

Dlamini revealed that he is excited to get back after receiving the late call to compete.

"I've haven't pinned on a number in about 10 months, if not more, and so I'm very excited and nervous. I've done all the preparation and I'm feeling really good. I'm really looking forward to the race, to be on the start line and having a number on my back, that's going to be a lot of fun," said Dlamini.

"We've got a strong line up and obviously getting a late call up to this race is really cool. Being able to start racing even earlier than originally planned is a good thing for me, as I can get my head into it much quicker and earlier. Burgos is a really nice race, it was actually my very first race as a stagiaire so it's nice to be heading back."

The seven-rider line up will be spearheaded by Giacomo Nizzolo, who is a winner of the opening stage of the 2019 event.

The 2019 edition saw Nizzolo take a photo-finish win in dramatic fashion on stage one, which he followed up with a second place on stage two, ensuring that he led the race for two days.

The Italian comes into the race following the conclusion of a highly successful team training camp in Lucca, Italy, and with confidence following stage victories at the Tour Down Under as well as at Paris-Nice earlier this year.

He will be supported in expected sprint finishes by Max Walscheid. Our contingent of climbers sees the trio of Louis Meintjes, Ben O'Connor and Danilo Wyss all on the start line, where they’ll be joined by Benjamin Dyball.

Dyball has yet to make his debut for NTT Pro Cycling after missing the early part of the year with illness.

I am so happy to be back racing next week. I’m gonna tear in ?? https://t.co/tia5QR6Xj5

— Nicholas Dlamini (@nich_dlamini) July 25, 2020

- Compiled by Sport24 staff