Amstel Gold Race 2016: Riders

Sunday, April 17th, 2016 - The hilly southern part of The Netherlands welcomes the pack for the 2016 Amstel Gold Race. Title defender Michael Kwiatkowski should fear the worst with tough competion at the start in Maastricht. The likes of Philippe Gilbert and Michael Matthews will be there to challenge him, and so are home riders Tom Dumoulin, Robert Gesink and Bauke Mollema. Cyclingstage.com brings you the start list.

World Tour Teams

AG2R La Mondiale
Jan Bakelants, Mikael Cherel, Ben Gastauer, Cyril Gautier, Alexis Gougeard, Matteo Montaguti, Christophe Riblon, Alexis Vuillermoz

Astana Pro Team
Lars Boom, Laurens De Vreese, Andrei Grivko, Alexey Lutsenko, Fabio Aru, Luis León Sánchez, Dario Cataldo, Diego Rosa

BMC Racing Team
Philippe Gilbert, Alessandro De Marchi, Silvan Dillier, Marcus Burghardt, Ben Hermans, Samuel Sánchez, Dylan Teuns, Loïc Vliegen

Cannondale Pro Cycling Team
Simon Clarke, Alberto Bettiol, Nathan Brown, Alex Howes, Benjamin King, Kristijan Koren, Toms Skujiņš, Tom-Jelte Slagter

Dimension Data
Edvald Boasson Hagen, Serge Pauwels, Omar Fraile, Nathan Haas, Natnael Berhane, Youcef Reguigui, Kristian Sbaragli, Jaco Venter

Etixx – Quick Step
Julian Alaphilippe, Tony Martin, Matteo Trentin, Bob Jungels, Gianni Meersman, Pieter Serry, Petr Vakoc, Julien Vermote

FDJ
Arthur Vichot, Odd Christian Eiking, Murilo Antonio Fischer, Jérémy Roy, Kévin Réza, Anthony Roux, Benoit Vaugrenard, William Bonnet

Giant – Alpecin
Tom Dumoulin, Roy Curvers, Warren Barguil, Johannes Fröhlinger, Simon Geschke, Chad Haga, Fredrik Ludvigsson, Georg Preidler

IAM Cycling
Jérome Coppel, Stef Clement, Sondre Holst Enger, Vegard Stake Laengen, Oliver Naesen, Larry Warbasse, Stefan Denifl, David Tanner

Lampre – Merida
Rui Costa, Mário Costa, Matteo Bono, Valerio Conti, Matej Mohoric, Manuele Mori, Jan Polanc, Diego Ulissi

Lotto Soudal
Jelle Vanendert, Tony Gallopin, Tosh Van der sande, Pim Ligthart, Jürgen Roelandts, Marcel Sieberg, Tiesj Benoot, Tim Wellens

LottoNL-Jumbo
Sep Vanmarcke, Robert Gesink, Mike Teunissen, Bert-Jan Lindeman, Paul Martens, Maarten Tjallingii, Enrico Battaglin, Wilco Kelderman

Movistar Team
Imanol Erviti, Rubén Fernández, Giovanni Visconti, Gorka Izagirre, Ion Izagirre, Juan José Lobato, Daniel Moreno, Rory Sutherland

Orica GreenEDGE
Michael Matthews, Simon Gerrans, Mathew Hayman, Daryl Impey, Luke Durbridge, Christopher Juul-Jensen, Michael Albasini, Adam Yates

Team Katusha
Joaquim Rodriguez, Sergei Chernetckii, Alberto Losada, Jurgen Van den Broeck, Tiago Machado, Sven Erik Bystrøm, Alexey Tsatevich, Ángel Vicioso

Team Sky
Michal Kwiatkowski, Sergio Luis Henao, Sebastián Henao, Michal Golas, Lars Petter Nordhaug, Wout Poels, Ben Swift, Danny van Poppel

Tinkoff
Roman Kreuziger, Jesper Hansen, Robert Kišerlovski, Pavel Brutt, Jay McCarthy, Evgeni Petrov, Joeri Trofimov, Michael Valgren

Trek – Segafredo
Bauke Mollema, Fumiyuki Beppu, Laurent Didier, Fabio Felline, Ryder Hesjedal, Niccolo Bonifazio, Kiel Reijnen, Fränk Schleck

Procontinental teams

Bardiani – CSF
Sonny Colbrelli, Nicola Boem, Giulio Ciccone, Simone Andreetta, Lorenzo Rota, Nicola Ruffoni, Luca Sterbini, Alessandro Tonelli

CCC Sprandi Polkowice
Maciej Paterski, Josef Cerny, Adrian Kurek, Jaroslaw Marycz, Lukasz Owsian, Leszek Plucinski, Simone Ponzi, Davide Rebellin

Direct Energie
Thomas Voeckler, Thomas Boudat, Bryan Coquard, Antoine Duchesne, Fabien Grellier, Tony Hurel, Angelo Tulik, Ryan Anderson

Nippo – Vini Fantini
Damiano Cunego, Daniele Colli, Grega Bole, Pier Paolo De Negri, Giacomo Berlato, Yuma Koishi, Kazushige Kuboki, Riccardo Stacchiotti

Roompot – Oranje Peloton
Pieter Weening, Berden de Vries, Huub Duyn, Johnny Hoogerland, Michel Kreder, Maurits Lammertink, Antwan Tolhoek, Sjoerd van Ginneken

Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
Floris De Tier, Sander Helven, Eliot Lietaer, Dries Van Gestel, Preben Van Hecke, Gijs Van Hoecke, Otto Vergaerde, Jens Wallays

Wanty – Groupe Gobert
Enrico Gasparotto, Mark McNally, Tom Devriendt, Kenny Dehaes, Frederik Veuchelen, Marco Marcato, Marco Minnaard, Bjorn Thurau


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