Flèche Wallonne team line-ups and news
The following teams have announced their respective rosters for the next ProTour race, Flèche...
The following teams have announced their respective rosters for the next ProTour race, Flèche Wallonne on Wednesday, April 20.
Davitamon-Lotto will start in Charleroi at the Flèche Wallonne with the following riders: Serge Baguet, Christophe Brandt, Cadel Evans, Bjorn Leukemans, Axel Merckx, Koos Moerenhout, Preben Van Hecke and Wim Van Huffel
In next Sunday's Liege-Bastogne-Liege, Davitamon-Lotto will start with Serge Baguet, Christophe Brandt, Cadel Evans, Bjorn Leukemans, Axel Merckx, Johan Vansummeren and Wim Vanhuffel, with an eighth rider to be decided.
Mario Aerts will not race this week for Lotto, as he and the team believe that he has not completely recovered from a broken collarbone sustained in training last week. He expects to be back in the Tour de Romandie.
AG2R-Prévoyance: Mikel Astarloza, Sylvain Calzati, Iñigo Chaurreau, Philip Deignan, Cyril Dessel, Simon Gerrans, Stéphane Goubert and Ludovic Turpin. Mikel Astarloza crashed heavily in stage one of the Tour du Nord Isère last week, and had to get six stitches to his eyebrow. Astarloza will decide on his participation today. The team will be composed of the same riders also at Liège-Bastogne-Liège.
Phonak Hearing Systems: Santiago Botero, Ignacio Gutierrez, Santos Gonzalez, Alexandre Moos, Uros Murn, Oscar Pereiro and Tadej Valjavec. For Liège-Bastogne-Liège next Sunday, the team will line-up Santiago Botero, Ignacio Gutierrez, Santos Gonzalez, Miguel A. Perdiguero, Oscar Pereiro, Johann Tschopp, Tadej Valjavec and Steve Zampieri.
Fassa Bortolo: Massimo Codol, Mauro Facci, Massimo Giunti, Volodimir Gustov, Kim Kirchen, Vincenzo Nibali, Roberto Petito and Kanstantsin Siutsou.
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