What's even the point? He's not gonna generate a lot of press by finishing way down in a few lower-level races. Did the Bahraini guy make any difference for TBV? While Syritsa on the other hand could actually contribute to Astana's fight for WT status. Sure, he can still do races with the main team, but those points would count for the devo team if I understand correctly.Pretty weird so I have no idea if it's correct but according to PCS ChinAstana demoted Syritsa to their devo team to get a Chinese rider in...
EDIT: it's actually true. Demanded by the Chinese, and they couldn't demote Kuzmin (cause the Kazachs are also still sponsoring).