The organisers of the two races that make up the opening of the Belgian classics (Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne) have announced the invited teams. 25 teams will be present at the start of these events, which take place on February 27 and 28. Dimension Data i s not amongst the teams named and Mark Cavendish will no be able to defence his title in Kuurne.
There will be 13 WorldTour teams onthe start line - AG2R La Mondiale, BMC Racing Team, Etixx-Quick Step, IAM Cycling, Lotto-Soudal, Orica-GreenEdge, Giant-Alpecin, Katusha, LottoNL-Jumbo, Tinkoff, and Trek-Segafredo - and 12 Continental Pro teams - Bora-Argon 18, CCC Sprandi Polkowice, Direct Energie, Roompot Oranje Peloton, Southeast Venezuela, Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise, Wanty-Groupe Gobert, Fortuneo-Vital Concept, ONE Pro Cycling, Stölting Service Group, Cofidis and Nippo-Vini Fantini.
23.07 - 28.07: Le Tour de Femina |
24.07 - 28.07: Tour Alsace |
25.07 - 28.07: Princess Anna Vasa Tour |
25.07 - 28.07: Czech Tour |
28.07: Puchar MON |
28.07: Gran Premio Sportivi Loria |
27.07 - 29.07: Kreiz Breizh Elites |
30.07: Kreiz Breizh Elites Féminin |
31.07: Trofee van Vlaanderen |
03.08: Olympic games - Men |
Connor SENS 25 years | today |
Tibor DEL GROSSO 21 years | today |
Vincent UEBERSAX 35 years | today |
Ana Bianca SCHNITZMEIER 34 years | today |
Oleksandr DEREVIANKO 30 years | today |
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