Tour of Qatar 2016: Riders

February 8th, the Tour of Qatar leaves for a 5-day race. The sun-baked course is (literally) the perfect warm-up for the spring season. Cyclingstage.com brings you the startlist. Alexander Kristoff and Mark Cavendish are among the contenders in the 2016 Tour of Qatar. (Slideshow route/profile)

World Tour Teams

AG2R La Mondiale
Gediminas Bagdonas, Maxime Daniel, Damien Gaudin, Hugo Houle, Sébastien Minard, Jesse Sergent, Sébastien Turgot, Johan Vansummeren, Patrick Gretsch

Astana Pro Team
Andrea Guardini, Lars Boom, Lieuwe Westra, Laurens De Vreese, Daniil Fominykh, Dmitriy Gruzdev, Gatis Smukulis, Ruslan Tleubayev

BMC Racing Team
Jean-Pierre Drucker, Greg Van Avermaet, Tom Bohli, Daniel Oss, Manuel Quinziato, Joey Rosskopf, Michael Schar, Rick Zabel

Dimension Data for Qhubeka
Mark Cavendish, Edvald Boasson Hagen, Mekseb Debesay, Bernhard Eisel, Tyler Farrar, Youcef Reguigui, Mark Renshaw, Jay Robert Thomson

Giant – Alpecin
Søren kragh Andersen, Nikias Arndt, Johannes Frohlinger, Cheng Ji, Tom Stamsnijder, Zico Waeytens

Lampre – Merida
Davide Cimolai, Sacha Modolo, Yukiya Arashiro, Mário Costa, Marko Kump, Matej Mohoric, Luka Pibernik, Federico Zurlo

LottoNL-Jumbo
Mike Teunissen, Moreno Hofland, Tom Van Asbroeck, Maarten Wynants, Twan Castelijns, Timo Roosen, Jos van Emden, Robert Wagner

Team Katusha
Alexander Kristoff, Sven Erik Bystrøm, Jacopo Guarnieri, Marco Haller, Dmitry Kozonchuk, Michael Mørkøv, Nils Politt

Procontinental teams

Bora-Argon 18
Sam Bennett, Shane Archbold, Zakkari Dempster, Christoph Pfingsten, Lukas Pöstlberger, Andreas Schillinger, Rüdiger Selig, Scott Thwaites

CCC Sprandi Polkowice
Davide Rebellin, Adrian Honkisz, Tomasz Kiendys, Jaroslaw Marycz, Simone Ponzi, Branislau Samoilau, Grzegorz Stepniak, Adrian Kurek

Drapac Professional Cycling
Brenton Jones, Peter Koning, Graeme Brown, Jordan Kerby, Jason Lowndes, Jens Mouris, Samuel Spokes, Bernard Sulzberger

Fortuneo – Vital Concept
Vegard Breen, Daniel Mclay, Boris Vallée, Steven Tronet, Arnaud Gerard, Yauheni Hutarovich, Benoit Jarrier, Pierre-Luc Perichon

Roompot Oranje Peloton
Barry Markus, Jesper Asselman, Berden de Vries, Tim Kerkhof, Wesley Kreder, Andre Looij, Ivar Slik, Brian Van goethem

Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team – Al Ahli Club
Ivan Santaromita, Mansoor Ali Thani, Rafaâ Chtioui, Soufiane Haddi, Maher Hasnaoui, Giuliano Kamberaj, Tariq Obaid, Andrea Palini

Stölting Service Group
Fabian Wegmann, Alexander Kamp, Alex Kirsch, Thomas Koep, Christian Mager, Mads Pedersen, Michael Reihs, Michael Carbel svendgaard

Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
Preben Van Hecke, Amaury Capiot, Floris De Tier, Tim Declercq, Stijn Steels, Jef Van Meirhaeghe, Kenneth Van Rooy, Pieter Vanspeybrouck

UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
Carlos Eduardo Alzate, Matthew Busche, Marco Canola, Daniel Eaton, Chris Jones, Luke Keough, Karl Menzies, Bradley White

Wanty – Groupe Gobert
Marco Marcato, Roy Jans, Danilo Napolitano, Simone Antonini, Bjorn Thurau, Robin Stenuit, Mark Mcnally, Kenny Dehaes, Tom Devriendt

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