Dwars door Vlaanderen 2017: Riders

In 2017, Dwars door Vlaanderen takes World Tour status for the first time in its existence. Title defender Jens Debusschere faces competition of both Classics riders and sprinters. Cylingstage.com brings you the startlist of Dwars door Vlaanderen.

World Tour Teams

AG2R La Mondiale
Oliver Naesen, Gediminas Bagdonas, Rudy Barbier, Nico Denz, Julien Duval, Sondre Holst Enger, Hugo Houle, Nans Peters

Astana Pro Team
Matti Breschel, Laurens De Vreese, Oscar Gatto, Dmitriy Gruzdev, Truls Korsaeth, Alexey Lutsenko, Riccardo Minali, Ruslan Tleubayev

Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team
Niccolo Bonifazio, Chun Kai Feng, Borut Bozic, Sonny Colbrelli, Ivan Garcia Cortina, Jon Ander Insausti, David Per, Luka Pibernik

BMC Racing Team
Loïc Vliegen, Jean-Pierre Drucker, Martin Elmiger, Floris Gerts, Stefan Küng, Dylan Teuns, Francisco Ventoso, Tom Bohli

Bora – Hansgrohe
Sam Bennett, Michael Kolar, Erik Baška, Christoph Pfingsten, Lukas Pöstlberger, Juraj Sagan, Aleksejs Saramotins, Rüdiger Selig

Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cycling Team
Sep Vanmarcke, Sebastian Langeveld, Ryan Mullen, Tom Van Asbroeck, Dylan van Baarle, Thomas Scully, Wouter Wippert, Alberto Bettiol

FDJ
Arnaud Démare, Mickaël Delage, Jacopo Guarnieri, Lorrenzo Manzin, Marc Fournier, Matthieu Ladagnous, Olivier Le Gac, Marc Sarreau

Lotto Soudal
Jens Debusschere, Tiesj Benoot, Jasper De Buyst, Tony Gallopin, Marcel Sieberg, Nikolas Maes, Jürgen Roelandts, Jelle Wallays

LottoNL-Jumbo
Lars Boom, Twan Castelijns, Dylan Groenewegen, Amund Grondahl Jansen, Timo Roosen, Gijs Van Hoecke, Robert Wagner, Maarten Wynants

Movistar Team
Carlos Betancur, Jorge Arcas, Nuno Bico, Héctor Carretero, Carlos Barbero, Dayer Quintana, Antonio Pedrero, Jasha Sütterlin

ORICA-Scott
Jens Keukeleire, Mathew Hayman, Caleb Ewan, Luke Durbridge, Christopher Juul-Jensen, Mitchell Docker, Roger Kluge

Quick-Step Floors
Philippe Gilbert, Tim Declercq, Dries Devenyns, Fernando Gaviria, Iljo Keisse, Yves Lampaert, Zdenek Stybar, Niki Terpstra

Team Katusha – Alpecin
Jenthe Biermans, Reto Hollenstein, Viacheslav Kuznetsov, Marco Mathis, Baptiste Planckaert, Nils Politt, Mads Würtz schmidt, Rick Zabel

Team Sunweb
Michael Matthews, Roy Curvers, Bert De Backer, Ramon Sinkeldam, Tom Stamsnijder, Mike Teunissen, Albert Timmer, Zico Waeytens

Trek – Segafredo
Marco Coledan, Laurent Didier, Kiel Reijnen, Fabio Felline, Mads Pedersen, Boy van Poppel, Fumiyuki Beppu, Edward Theuns

UAE Team Emirates
Marco Marcato, Sacha Modolo, Marko Kump, Vegard Stake Laengen, Simone Consonni, Andrea Guardini, Oliviero Troia, Federico Zurlo

Procontinental teams

Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
Kenneth Vanbilsen, Dimitri Claeys, Christophe Laporte, Cyril Lemoine, Florian Sénéchal, Jimmy Turgis, Michael Van Staeyen, Loïc Chetout

Direct Energie
Sylvain Chavanel, Bryan Coquard, Romain Cardis, Ryan Anderson, Antoine Duchesne, Yohann Gene, Adrien Petit, Alexandre Pichot

Gazprom-RusVelo
Roman Maikin, Pavel Brutt, Alexander Porsev, Ivan Savitskiy, Igor Boev, Andrei Solomennikov, Alexey Tsatevich, Nikolay Trusov

Israel Cycling Academy
Zakkari Dempster, Guillaume Boivin, Ben Perry, Mihkel Raim, Guy Sagiv, Krists Neilands, Dennis van Winden, Daniel Turek

Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
Pim Ligthart, Jesper Asselman, Raymond Kreder, Jens Mouris, Taco van der Hoorn, Sjoerd van Ginneken, Brian van Goethem, Coen Vermeltfoort

Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise
Bert Van Lerberghe, Kevin Deltombe, Maxime Farazijn, Edward Planckaert, Jonas Rickaert, Kenneth Van Rooy, Stijn Steels, Preben Van Hecke

Vérandas Willems-Crelan
Stijn Devolder, Dries De Bondt, Timothy Dupont, Michael Goolaerts, Aidis Kruopis, Sander Cordeel, Elias Van breussegem, Huub Duyn

Wanty – Groupe Gobert
Guillaume Van Keirsbulck, Frederik Backaert, Jerome Baugnies, Wesley Kreder, Yoann Offredo, Simone Antonini, Kevin Van Melsen, Pieter Vanspeybrouck

WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect
Roy Jans, Ludwig De Winter, Kevyn Ista, Alex Kirsch, Lawrence Naesen, Thomas Deruette, Julien Stassen, Maxime Vantomme


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