Expect Peter Sagan (image) to try and go one better than last year and win his first monument. His main rivals will be a mix of classics stars and grand tour specialists with Cancellara, Nibali and Gilbert all in contention to fight for the victory. Let’s not forget defending champion Ciolek, could he spring another surprise?
World Tour Teams
AG2R
Davide Appollonio, Guillaume Bonnafond, Steve Chainel, Patrick Gretsch, Hugo Houle, Lloyd Mondory, Matteo Montaguti, Rinaldo Nocentini
Astana
Borut Bozič, Enrico Gasparotto, Francesco Gavazzi, Andriy Grivko, Andrea Guardini, Maxim Iglinskiy, Alexey Lutsenko, Vincenzo Nibali
Belkin
Jos van Emden, Rick Flens, Jonathan Hivert, Tom Leezer, Bauke Mollema, Lars Petter Nordhaug, Maarten Tjallingii, Robert Wagner
BMC
Greg van Avermaet, Philippe Gilbert, Thor Hushovd, Klaas Lodewyck, Manuel Quinziato, Michael Schär, Peter Velits, Danilo Wyss
Cannondale
Maciej Bodnar, Damiano Caruso, Alessandro De Marchi, Oscar Gatto, Paolo Longo Borghini, Alan Marangoni, Marco Marcato, Peter Sagan
Europcar
Yukiya Arashiro, Bryan Coquard, Jérôme Cousin, Tony Hurel, Vincent Jérôme, Bryan Nauleau, Alexandre Pichot, Björn Thurau
FDJ.fr
William Bonnet, David Boucher, Mickaël Delage, Arnaud Démare, Matthieu Ladagnous, Johan Le Bon, Yoann Offredo, Arthur Vichot
Garmin-Sharp
Jack Bauer, Nathan Haas, Sebastian Langeveld, David Millar, Ramunas Navardauskas, Tom-Jelte Slagter, Johan Vansummeren, Fabian Wegmann
Giant – Shimano
Roy Curvers, John Degenkolb, Dries Devenyns, Simon Geschke, Reinardt Janse van Rensburg, Koen de Kort, Tom Stamsnijder, Albert Timmer
Katusha
Pavel Brutt, Vladimir Gusev, Alexandr Kolobnev, Alexander Kristoff, Aleksandr Kuchynski, Luca Paolini, Gatis Smukulis, Angel Vicioso
Lampre – Merida
Matteo Bono, Davide Cimolai, Sacha Modolo, Manuele Mori, Filippo Pozzato, Ariel Maximiliano Richeze, Diego Ulissi, Luca Wackermann
Lotto – Belisol
Lars Ytting Bak, Tony Gallopin, André Greipel, Adam Hansen, Pim Ligthart, Jürgen Roelandts, Marcel Sieberg, Jelle Vanendert
Movistar
Andrey Amador, Juan José Lobato, Adriano Malori, Dayer Uberney Quintana, José Joaquín Rojas, Enrique Sanz, Jasha Sütterlin, Francisco José Ventoso
Omega Pharma – Quick-Step
Jan Bakelants, Mark Cavendish, Iljo Keisse, Michal Kwiatkowski, Alessandro Petacchi, Mark Renshaw, Zdeněk Stybar, Matteo Trentin
Orica – Greenedge
Simon Clarke, Luke Durbride, Mathew Hayman, Daryl Impey, Jens Keukeleire, Brett Lancaster, Michael Matthews, Svein Tuft
Team Sky
Edvald Boasson Hagen, Dario Cataldo, Bernhard Eisel, Christian Knees, Salvatore Puccio, Gabriel Rasch, Ben Swift, Geraint Thomas
Tinkoff Bank – Saxo
Daniele Bennati, Christopher Juul Jensen, Roman Kreuziger, Karsten Kroon, Michael Mørkøv, Nicolas Roche, Nicki Sørensen, Nikolay Trusov
Trek Factory Racing
Eugenio Alafaci, Fabian Cancellara, Laurent Didier, Fabio Felline, Bob Jungels, Yaroslav Popovych, Gregory Rast, Hayden Roulston
Wild card teams
Androni Giocattoli – Venezuela
Manuel Belletti, Omar Bertazzo, Marco Frapporti, Kenny van Hummel, Antonino Casimiro Parrinello, Franco Pellizotti, Diego Rosa, Gianfranco Zilioli
IAM Cycling
Sylvain Chavanel, Stefan Denifl, Martin Elmiger, Heinrich Haussler, Sebastien Hinault, Roger Kluge, Thomas Löfkvist, Matteo Pelucchi
Bardiani – CSF
Enrico Barbin, Enrico Battaglin, Nicola Boem, Marco Canola, Sonny Colbrelli, Marco Coledan, Filippo Fortin, Stefano Pirazzi
MTN Qhubeka
Gerald Ciolek, Ignatas Konovalovas, Merhawi Kudus, Louis Meintjes, Kristian Sbaragli, Daniel Teklehaimanot, Jay Robert Thomson, Jaco Venter
Neri Sottoli – Yellow Fluo
Rafael Andriato, Francesco Chicchi, Daniele Colli, Francesco Failli, Mauro Finetto, Simone Ponzi, Matteo Rabottini, Fabio Taborre
NetApp – Endura
Jan Bárta, Cesare Benedetti, Iker Camaño, David de la Cruz, Zakkari Dempster, Bartosz Huzarski, Erick Rowsell, Paul Voß
UnitedHealthcare
Alessandro Bazzana, Lucas Euser, Robert Förster, Davide Frattini, Chris Jones, Marc de Maar, Martijn Maaskant, Kiel Reijnen
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