The Ardennes campaign is rounded off by Sunday's Liège-Bastogne-Liège. The 253km race faces 10 ranked climbs including the legendary Redoute. Team Giant-Alpecin aims for a good result with Tom Dumoulin (NED) and Warren Barguil (FRA).
Best finisher for the team in last's year's Liège-Bastogne-Liège was Simon Geschke (GER) as 24th. The German rider will return to competition in this year’s race after recovering from a broken collarbone. His objective will be to regain his racing rhythm and to support the team wherever possible.
Coach Aike Visbeek on Sunday's classic: "It is obvious that we will continue to aim for a good result with Dumoulin and Barguil. I am very happy to have Geschke back onboard as his experience in those kind of races is very valuable for us.
"I expect a difficult race. Both Dumoulin and Barguil will aim for the finale and then we will see who has the better legs. Georg Preidler (AUT) is doing very well and I hope he will be able to support the guys until the Côte de la Roche-aux-Faucons."
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Warren Barguil (FRA)
Lawson Craddock (USA)
Tom Dumoulin (NED)
Caleb Fairly (USA)
Johannes Fröhlinger (GER)
Simon Geschke (GER)
Thierry Hupond (FRA)
Georg Preidler (AUT)
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