Mikel Landa and Paul Magnier will be in action for the Wolfpack at the seventh World Tour event of the season.
One of the most important stage races of the year, and for many the last outing before Milano-Sanremo, Tirreno-Adriatico takes place between 10-16 March. Our team took the overall glory once, in addition to this scoring a total of 18 stage wins, and will look to play again an important role there at the 60th edition.
Mattia Cattaneo, Josef Cerny, Mikel Landa – a top-three finisher at Tirreno-Adriatico in back-to-back years – Paul Magnier, Tour of Oman runner-up Valentin Paret-Peintre, Casper Pedersen and Pepijn Reinderink are the seven Soudal Quick-Step riders who will be present in Lido di Camaiore, from where the race will get underway with a short individual time trial.
One day later, in Follonica, but also in San Benedetto del Tronto – where the event traditionally comes to a conclusion on Sunday – the sprinters are expected to be in the spotlight, although the fight for the prestigious blue jersey and Neptun’s trident should unfold on the hilly roads to Pergola and on the steep gradients of Frontignano, the climb coming at the end of the penultimate stage.
“Tirreno-Adriatico is a race where we have had a lot of success in the last twenty years, and we would like to be again in the mix for a stage victory. Paul comes here after a couple of impressive results that he has racked up since the start of the season and we will support him in the sprints, while Mikel and Valentin will be our riders for the harder stages. Concerning the general classification, we’ll just take it one day at a time and see how things go and where we are after each stage”, said Soudal Quick-Step sports director Davide Bramati.
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