On the 14th of August the peloton will be in Munich to despite the once-a-year European championships, where the riders will have a sprinter-friendly route which will see the fast men enter a furious battle over the European colours for a whole year.
The preliminary startlist includes sprinters such as: Tim Merlier, Luka Mezgec, Rudy Barbier, Bryan Coquard, Arnaud Démare, Hugo Hofstetter, Fabio Jakobsen, Iván García Cortina, Jon Aberasturi, Alberto Dainese, Elia Viviani, Mads Pedersen, Alexander Kristoff, Pascal Ackermann, Phil Bauhaus, Stanislaw Aniolkowski, Sam Bennett and Itamar Einhorn.
You can download the startlist here with BIB and A4!
Furthermore, although it will not be easy to succeed, there will be classics riders aswell hoping for a chaotic race where they can thrive. Some wildcards are: Rune Herregodts, Dries de Bondt, Filippo Ganna, Matteo Trentin, Mikkel Honoré, Stefan Bissegger, Silvan Dillier, Rasmus Tiller and Nils Politt.
Belgium
1 Bondt, Dries De
2 Gendt, Aimé De
3 Herregodts, Rune
4 Merlier, Tim
5 Theuns, Edward
6 Gestel, Dries Van
7 Lerberghe, Bert Van
Slovenia
8 Finkšt, Tilen
9 Jarc, Aljaž
10 Mezgec, Luka
11 Novak, Domen
12 Per, David
13 Primožič, Jaka
14 Tratnik, Jan
15 Zumer, Matic
France
16 Barbier, Rudy
17 Boudat, Thomas
18 Coquard, Bryan
19 Démare, Arnaud
20 Godon, Dorian
21 Hofstetter, Hugo
22 Lecroq, Jérémy
23 Russo, Clément
Netherlands
24 Eekhoff, Nils
25 Hoole, Daan
26 Jakobsen, Fabio
27 Maas, Jan
28 Reinders, Elmar
29 Emden, Jos van
30 Poppel, Boy van
31 Poppel, Danny van
Spain
32 Arcas, Jorge
33 García Cortina, Iván
34 González, David
35 Lazkano, Oier
36 Peñalver, Manuel
37 Aberasturi, Jon
38 Lastra, Jonathan
39 Azparren, Xabier Mikel
Italy
40 Baroncini, Filippo
41 Dainese, Alberto
42 Ganna, Filippo
43 Guarnieri, Jacopo
44 Milan, Jonathan
45 Mozzato, Luca
46 Trentin, Matteo
47 Viviani, Elia
Denmark
48 Bjerg, Mikkel
49 Hansen, Lasse Norman
50 Honoré, Mikkel
51 Norsgaard, Mathias
52 Mørkøv, Michael
53 Pedersen, Mads
54 Price-Pejtersen, Johan
55 Wandahl, Frederik
Swiss
56 Bissegger, Stefan
57 Bohli, Tom
58 Dillier, Silvan
59 Rüegg, Lukas
60 Schär, Michael
61 Hollenstein, Reto
62 Pellaud, Simon
Norway
63 Abrahamsen, Jonas
64 Kristoff, Alexander
65 Skaarseth, Anders
66 Tiller, Rasmus
67 Wærsted, Syver
Germany
68 Ackermann, Pascal
69 Bauhaus, Phil
70 Degenkolb, John
71 Denz, Nico
72 Kluge, Roger
73 Krieger, Alexander
74 Politt, Nils
75 Schwarzmann, Michael
Poland
76 Aniołkowski, Stanisław
77 Banaszek, Alan
78 Banaszek, Norbert
79 Benedetti, Cesare
80 Bodnar, Maciej
81 Kaczmarek, Jakub
82 Maciejuk, Filip
Portugal
83 Oliveira, Rui
Austria
84 Bayer, Tobias
85 Gamper, Patrick
86 Haller, Marco
87 Konrad, Patrick
88 Pöstlberger, Lukas
89 Schönberger, Sebastian
Czech Republic
90 Bárta, Jan
91 Bárta, Tomáš
92 Neuman, Dominik
93 Otruba, Jakub
94 Stybar, Zdenek
95 Toupalík, Adam
Ireland
96 Bennett, Sam
97 Dunbar, Eddie
98 Mullen, Ryan
99 Teggart, Matthew
100 Townsend, Rory
Estonia
102 Kangert, Tanel
103 Laas, Martin
104 Lauk, Karl Patrick
105 Nisu, Oskar
106 Vahtra, Norman
Hungary
107 Dina, Márton
108 Peák, Barnabás
Luxembourg
109 Heiderscheid, Colin
110 Pries, Cedric
Slovakia
111 Baška, Erik
112 Canecký, Marek
113 Foltán, Adam
114 Kaško, Dávid
115 Liska, Andrej
116 Stoček, Matúš
Latvia
117 Liepins, Emīls
118 Pluto, Mārtiņš
119 Skujins, Toms
Sweden
120 Ludvigsson, Tobias
Romania
121 Grosu, Eduard
Lithuania
122 Januškevičius, Mantas
123 Konovalovas, Ignatas
124 Lašinis, Venantas
125 Siskevicius, Evaldas
Greece
126 Bouglas, Georgios
127 Christopoulos-Cheller, Panagiotis
128 Ilias, Perikles
Israel
129 Ben Moshe, Yuval
130 Einhorn, Itamar
Croatia
131 Potočki, Viktor
Albania
132 Hoxha, Marolino
133 Sefa, Ylber
134 Velia, Olsian
North Macedonia
135 Petrovski, Andrej
136 Petrovski, Stefan
Kosovo
137 Delija, Alban
138 Nuha, Blerton
Iceland
139 Omarsson, Ingvar
Montenegro
140 Cerović, Goran
Bosnia and Herzegovina
141 Karić, Vedad
Armenia
142 Grigoryan, Stepan