Brabantse Pijl 2016: Riders

Brabantse Pijl is the prelude to the hilly classics. Tite-holder Ben Hermans is facing strong competition by the likes of Julian Alaphilippe, Michael Matthews, Tom-Jelte Slagter and Tim Wellens. Voilà, the start list of Brabantse Pijl 2016. (Slideshow route/profile)

World Tour Teams

BMC Racing Team
Ben Hermans, Tom Bohli, Alessandro De Marchi, Silvan Dillier, Floris Gerts, Manuel Senni, Dylan Teuns, Loïc Vliegen

Cannondale Pro Cycling Team
Tom-Jelte Slagter, Alberto Bettiol, Nathan Brown, Phillip Gaimon, Benjamin King, Kristijan Koren, Ramunas Navardauskas, Toms Skujiņš

Dimension Data
Kristian Sbaragli, Natnael Berhane, Reinardt J. van Rensburg, Nathan Haas, Jacques J. van Rensburg, Songezo Jim, Daniel Teklehaimanot, Jaco Venter

Etixx – Quick Step
Julian Alaphilippe, Rodrigo Contreras, Davide Martinelli, Gianni Meersman, Pieter Serry, Petr Vakoc, Guillaume Van Keirsbulck, Julien Vermote

Giant – Alpecin
Tom Dumoulin, Koen de Kort, Caleb Fairly, Cheng Ji, Sam Oomen, Albert Timmer

IAM Cycling
Dries Devenyns, Marcel Aregger, Sondre Holst Enger, Jonathan Fumeaux, Pirmin Lang, Jarlinson Pantano, Oliver Zaugg, David Tanner

Lotto Soudal
Tony Gallopin, Sander Armée, Sean De Bie, Thomas De Gendt, Pim Ligthart, Tosh Van der sande, Jelle Vanendert, Tim Wellens

Orica GreenEDGE
Michael Matthews, King lok Cheung, Jack Haig, Mathew Hayman, Damien Howson, Daryl Impey, Jens Keukeleire, Christian Meier

Procontinental teams

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

Bora-Argon 18
Emanuel Buchmann, Cesare Benedetti, Silvio Herklotz, Bartosz Huzarski, Gregor Mühlberger, Christoph Pfingsten, José Mendes, Paul Voss

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

Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
Yoann Bagot, Rayane Bouhanni, Romain Hardy, Luis Ángel Maté, Anthony Perez, Stephane Rossetto, Michael Van Staeyen

Direct Energie
Thomas Voeckler, Thomas Boudat, Lilian Calmejane, Bryan Coquard, Fabien Grellier, Perrig Quemeneur, Romain Sicard, Angelo Tulik

Drapac Professional Cycling
Brendan Canty, Nathan Earle, Jordan Kerby, Peter Koning, Travis Meyer, Lachlan Norris, Thomas Scully, Samuel Spokes

Fortuneo – Vital Concept
Florian Vachon, Jean marc Bideau, Frederic Brun, Anthony Delaplace, Brice Feillu, Armindo Fonseca, Kevin Ledanois, Chris Anker Sørensen

Gazprom-RusVelo
Igor Boev, Roman Kustadinchev, Alexey Kurbatov, Evgeny Shalunov, Andrei Solomennikov, Mamyr Stash, Sergey Nikolaev, Aydar Zakarin

One Pro Cycling
Martin Mortensen, Yanto Barker, George Harper, Sebastian Lander, Hayden Mccormick, Dion Smith, Peter Williams, Samuel Williams

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

Southeast – Venezuela
Filippo Pozzato, Liam Bertazzo, Matteo Busato, Andrea dal Col, Matteo Draperi, Gilbert Ducournau, Enrique Sanz

Stölting Service Group
Gerald Ciolek, Lasse Norman hansen, Alex Kirsch, Romain Lemarchand, Christian Mager, Mads Pedersen, Michael Reihs, Fabian Wegmann

Team Novo Nordisk
Stephen Clancy, Kevin De Mesmaeker, Brian Kamstra, Nicolas Lefrancois, David Lozano, Javier Megias, Charles Planet, Martijn Verschoor

Team Roth
Andrea Pasqualon, Nico Brüngger, Alberto Cecchin, Lucas manuel Gaday, Matthias Krizek, Roland Thalmann, Nicola Toffali, Giacomo Tomio

Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
Preben Van Hecke, Floris De Tier, Jef Van Meirhaeghe, Sander Helven, Kenneth Van Rooy, Dries Van Gestel, Otto Vergaerde, Jens Wallays

VERVA ActiveJet Pro Cycling Team
Pawel Charucki, Paweł Cieślik, Paweł Franczak, Kamil Gradek, Jonas Koch, Michal Podlaski, Jiri Polnicky, Adam Stachowiak

Wanty – Groupe Gobert
Enrico Gasparotto, Mark McNally, Jerome Baugnies, Gaetan Bille, Dimitri Claeys, Guillaume Martin, Marco Minnaard, Frederik Veuchelen

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