Cavendish, Sagan, Pedersen and Ganna in action at Circuit de la Sarthe

Mark Cavendish (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl)
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Peter Sagan (TotalEnergies), Mads Pedersen (Trek Segafredo) and Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers) return to racing at this week’s Circuit de la Sarthe-Pays de la Loire as they look to polish their form for Paris-Roubaix.

The four-day race in central France offers several chances for the sprinters and so Mark Cavendish leads a QuickStep-AlphaVinyl squad that also includes Yves Lampaert and Tim Declercq. Cavendish will take on fastmen of the calibre of Elia Viviani (Ineos Grenadiers), Olav Kooij (Jumbo-Visma), Nacer Bouhanni and Hugo Hofstetter (Arkea-Samsic).

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