After winning the Figueira Champions Classic and the Volta ao Algarve, Evenepoel is now ready for his first big goal of the season. He will have strong rivals in the mountains, and this will be a race decided uphill which will be an important test for the Belgian. He will not have Mikel Landa backing him up this time around, but can count on
Ilan van Wilder who recently finished the UAE Tour in fourth position.
Mattia Cattaneo and
Louis Vervaeke, the right-hand men of Evenepoel, will be present. A group of rouleurs is coming to race alongside Evenepoel this week, helping him in the less mountainous stages whilst also testing and priming their form ahead of the main classics block. This includes
Yves Lampaert,
Casper Pedersen and Gianni Moscon.
Remco Evenepoel, Ilan van Wilder, Louis Vervaeke, Yves Lampaert, Mattia Cattaneo and Casper Pedersen.
