A dozen riders from the BMC Racing Team will compete in their respective countries' national championship races this week.
The team probably has the best chance in Belgium where Greg Van Avermaet leads a four-rider formation on a course that suits him well. Jempy Drucker also has good chances in Luxembourg while Silvan Dillier will be strong in both the Swiss time trial and road race.
Here are the dates, countries (events) and riders.
Wednesday:
Italy (time trial): Manuel Senni.
Switzerland (time trial): Silvan Dillier, Danilo Wyss.
Thursday:
Luxembourg (time trial): Jempy Drucker.
Saturday:
Italy (road race): Manuel Senni.
Sunday:
Belgium (road race): Ben Hermans, Dylan Teuns, Greg Van Avermaet, Löic Vliegen.
France (road race): Amaël Moinard.
Germany (road race): Marcus Burghardt, Rick Zabel.
Luxembourg (road race): Jempy Drucker.
Switzerland (road race): Silvan Dillier, Michael Schär, Danilo Wyss.
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