Strade Bianche 2019: Riders

Although its history is still young, Strade Bianche is gaining prestige every year. So small wonder the race features a stellar start list. Cyclingstage.com brings you the riders who aim to dethrone Tiesj Benoot.

World Tour Teams

AG2R La Mondiale
Ben Gastauer, Silvan Dillier, Nans Peters, Alexandre Geniez, Nico Denz, François Bidard, Quentin Jauregui

Astana Pro Team
Alexey Lutsenko, Manuele Boaro, Dario Cataldo, Jakob Fuglsang, Davide Ballerini, Zhandos Bizhigitov, Dmitriy Gruzdev

Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team
Vincenzo Nibali, Damiano Caruso, Matej Mohoric, Grega Bole, Hermann Pernsteiner, Luka Pibernik, Jan Tratnik

BORA – hansgrohe
Rafal Majka, Maximilian Schachmann, Maciej Bodnar, Daniel Oss, Cesare Benedetti, Oscar Gatto, Gregor Mühlberger

CCC Team
Greg Van Avermaet, Guillaume Van Keirsbulck, Josef Cerny, Michael Schär, Nathan Van Hooydonck, Gijs Van Hoecke, Łukasz Wisniowski

Deceuninck – Quick Step
Julian Alaphilippe, Zdenek Stybar, Yves Lampaert, Eros Capecchi, Dries Devenyns, Pieter Serry, Petr Vakoc

Dimension Data
Michael Valgren, Roman Kreuziger, Reinardt Janse Van Reinsburg, Ben King, Rasmus Tiller, Jaco Venter, Gino Mäder

EF Education First Pro Cycling Team
Sebastian Langeveld, Alex Howes, Alberto Bettiol, Jonathan Klever Caicedo, Hugh Carthy, Tanel Kangert, Lachlan Morton

Groupama FDJ
Stefan Küng, Bruno Armirail, Antoine Duchesne, Tobias Ludvigsson, Matthieu Ladagnous, Romain Seigle, Léo Vincent

Jumbo-Visma
Wout Van Aert, Antwan Tolhoek, Taco van der Hoorn, Neilson Powless, Danny van Poppel, Floris De Tier, Lennard Hofstede

Lotto Soudal
Tiesj Benoot, Tim Wellens, Jens Keukeleire, Tosh Van der Sande, Tomasz Marczynski, Carl Fredrik Hagen, Lawrence Naesen

Mitchelton-Scott
Brent Bookwalter, Luke Durbridge, Chris Juul-Jensen, Callum Scotson, Nick Schultz, Rob Stannard, Edoardo Affini

Movistar Team
Richard Carapaz, Carlos Betancur, José Joaquin Rojas, Nelson Oliveira, Eduard Prades, Carlos Barbero, Eduardo Sepúlveda

Team Katusha – Alpecin
Enrico Battaglin, Steff Cras, Ian Boswell, Ruben Guerreiro, Nathan Haas, Vyacheslav Kuznetsov, Dmitry Strakhov

Team Sky
Geraint Thomas, Gianni Moscon, Salvatore Puccio, Diego Rosa, Leonardo Basso, Eddie Dunbar, Michał Golas

Team Sunweb
Robert Power, Sam Oomen, Nikias Arndt, Marc Hirschi, Nicolas Roche, Asbjørn Kragh Andersen, Jai Hindley

Trek – Segafredo
Bauke Mollema, Gianluca Brambilla, Toms Skujins, Nicola Conci, Markel Irizar,Matteo Moschetti
Fumiyuki Beppu

UAE-Team Emirates
Rui Costa, Fernando Gaviria, Jasper Philipsen, Tadej Pogacar, Roberto Ferrari, Vegard Stake Laengen, Simone Petilli

Procontinental teams

Neri Sottoli – Selle Italia – KTM
Giovanni Visconti, Francesco Manuel Bongiorno, Davide Gabburo, Umberto Marengo, Simone Velasco, Edoardo Zardino, Sebastian Schönberger

Nippo Vini Fantini Faizanè
Moreno Moser, Nicola Bagioli, Marco Canola, Damiano Cima, Sho Hatsuyama, Juan José Lobato, Giovanni Lonardi

Vital Concept – B&B Hotels
Steven Lammertink, Justin Mottier, Yoann Bagot, Maxime Cam, Bert de Backer, Corentin Ermenault, Jimmy Turgis


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