Tour of Flanders 2016: Riders

Alexander Kristoff was strongest in the 2015 Tour of Flanders and home riders Tom Boonen, Greg Van Avermaet and Sep Vanmarcke are eager to dethrone the fast Norwegian. But they are not the only ones... Cyclingstage.com brings you the start list of the 2016 Tour of Flanders.

World Tour Teams

AG2R La Mondiale
Gediminas Bagdonas, Maxime Daniel, Damien Gaudin, Nico Denz, Hugo Houle, Sébastien Minard, Jesse Sergent, Sébastien Turgot

Astana Pro Team
Lars Boom, Laurens De Vreese, Jakob Fuglsang, Andrei Grivko, Alexey Lutsenko, Gatis Smukulis, Dmitriy Gruzdev, Lieuwe Westra

BMC Racing Team
Greg Van Avermaet, Jean-Pierre Drucker, Stefan Küng, Daniel Oss, Taylor Phinney, Manuel Quinziato, Michael Schar, Marcus Burghardt

Cannondale Pro Cycling Team
Jack Bauer, Alberto Bettiol, Alan Marangoni, Matti Breschel, Sebastian Langeveld, Kristoffer Skjerping, Toms Skujiņš, Dylan van Baarle

Dimension Data
Edvald Boasson Hagen, Matthew Brammeier, Nick Dougall, Bernhard Eisel, Tyler Farrar, Reinardt J. van Rensburg, Mark Renshaw, Jay Robert Thomson

Etixx – Quick Step
Tom Boonen, Iljo Keisse, Nikolas Maes, Zdenek Stybar, Niki Terpstra, Matteo Trentin, Stijn Vandenbergh, Tony Martin

FDJ
Arnaud Démare, Mickaël Delage, Murilo Antonio Fischer, Marc Sarreau, Ignatas Konovalovas, Matthieu Ladagnous, Johan Le Bon, Olivier Le Gac

Giant – Alpecin
Søren Kragh Andersen, Nikias Arndt, Roy Curvers, Bert De Backer, Koen de Kort, Ramon Sinkeldam, Albert Timmer, Zico Waeytens

IAM Cycling
Heinrich Haussler, Martin Elmiger, Dries Devenyns, Reto Hollenstein, Roger Kluge, Vegard Stake Laengen, Oliver Naesen, Aleksejs Saramotins

Lampre – Merida
Davide Cimolai, Gang Xu, Chun Kai Feng, Roberto Ferrari, Marko Kump, Sacha Modolo, Luka Pibernik, Federico Zurlo

Lotto Soudal
Jürgen Roelandts, André Greipel, Tiesj Benoot, Pim Ligthart, Lars Bak, Jelle Wallays, Marcel Sieberg, Jasper De Buyst

LottoNL-Jumbo
Sep Vanmarcke, Bram Tankink, Mike Teunissen, Maarten Tjallingii, Tom Van Asbroeck, Timo Roosen, Robert Wagner, Maarten Wynants

Movistar Team
Andrey Amador, Jorge Arcas, Nelson Oliveira, Juan José Lobato, Dayer Quintana, Imanol Erviti, Jasha Sütterlin, Francisco Ventoso

Orica GreenEDGE
Sam Bewley, Mitchell Docker, Luke Durbridge, Jack Haig, Luka Mezgec, Jens Keukeleire, Magnus Cort, Svein Tuft

Team Katusha
Alexander Kristoff, Nils Politt, Jacopo Guarnieri, Marco Haller, Alexey Tsatevich, Viacheslav Kuznetsov, Sergey Lagutin, Michael Mørkøv

Team Sky
Michal Kwiatkowski, Christian Knees, Michal Golas, Salvatore Puccio, Luke Rowe, Ian Stannard, Geraint Thomas, Gianni Moscon

Tinkoff
Peter Sagan, Pavel Brutt, Adam Blythe, Oscar Gatto, Michael Gogl, Juraj Sagan, Nikolay Trusov, Michael Kolar

Trek – Segafredo
Fabian Cancellara, Stijn Devolder, Jasper Stuyven, Yaroslav Popovych, Gregory Rast, Markel Irizar, Edward Theuns, Marco Coledan

Procontinental teams

Bora-Argon 18
Shane Archbold, Jan Bárta, Zakkari Dempster, Ralf Matzka, Michael Schwarzmann, Lukas Pöstlberger, Andreas Schillinger, Scott Thwaites

CCC Sprandi Polkowice
Tomasz Kiendys, Adrian Kurek, Jaroslaw Marycz, Nikolay Mihaylov, Josef Cerny, Michal Paluta, Patryk Stosz, Simone Ponzi

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

Roompot – Oranje Peloton
Jesper Asselman, Berden de Vries, Kai Reus, Michel Kreder, Wesley Kreder, Ivar Slik, Sjoerd van Ginneken, Pieter Weening

Southeast – Venezuela
Filippo Pozzato, Andrea dal Col, Andrea Fedi, Giuseppe Fonzi, Matteo Draperi, Mirko Tedeschi, Mirko Trosino, Enrique Sanz

Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
Preben Van Hecke, Tim Declercq, Jonas Rickaert, Stijn Steels, Amaury Capiot, Gijs Van Hoecke, Bert Van lerberghe, Pieter Vanspeybrouck

Wanty – Groupe Gobert
Marco Marcato, Frederik Backaert, Jerome Baugnies, Dimitri Claeys, Kenny Dehaes, Tom Devriendt, Bjorn Thurau, Kevin Van Melsen


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