Milan-San Remo provisional start list

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Peter Sagan was second on the stage(Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)

Milan-San Remo race organisers RCS Sport have released the provisional start list for the 107th edition of La Classicissima featuring the likes of World Champion Peter Sagan (Tinkoff), former winners Alexander Kristoff (Katusha), Fabian Cancellara (Trek-Segafredo), Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data) and Filippo Pozzato (Southeast-Venezuela).

The 18 WorldTours teams will line up in Milan's Piazza del Duomo on March 19 alongside seven Pro-Continental wild card teams; Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec, Bardiani–CSF, Bora–Argon 18, CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice, Cofidis, Southeast–Venezuela and Team Novo Nordisk. The 2016 edition of the race is almost identical to the 2015 percoroso with traffic work at Genova-Voltri reducing the length of the race from 293 to 291 kilometres.

Kristoff and Matthews, second and third in 2015, will start the race with favourite status as both riders have enjoyed winning starts to the season. Kristoff will be missing Luca Paolini but will Michael Morkov and Jacopo Guarnieri. Matthews' bid to become the third Australian to win Milan-San Remo is boosted by an Orica-GreenEdge squad of Luka Mezgec, Chris Juul Jensen and Sam Bewley with Michael Albasini as a wildcard.

WorldTour teams:
AG2R La Mondiale: Jan Bakelants
Astana Pro Team: Vincenzo Nibali, Alexey Lutsenko
BMC Racing Team: Greg Van Avermaet, Philippe Gilbert
Cannondale Pro Cycling: Ramunas Navardauskas, Matti Breschel
Dimension Data: Mark Cavendish, Edvald Boasson Hagen, Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg
Etixx-Quick-Step: Tom Boonen, Fernando Gaviria Rendon, Zdenek Stybar
FDJ: Arnaud Démare
IAM Cycling: Heinrich Haussler, Leigh Howard
Lampre-Merida: Diego Ulissi, Davide Cimolai, Rui Costa
Lotto Soudal: Tony Gallopin, Jurgen Roelandts
Movistar Team: JJ Lobato,
Orica-GreenEdge: Michael Matthews, Michael Albasini
Team Giant-Alpecin: Tom Dumoulin, Zico Waeytens
Team Katusha: Alexander Kristoff
Team LottoNl-Jumbo: Sep Vanmarcke, Moreno Hofland
Team Sky: Geraint Thomas, Michal Kwiatkowski, Ben Swift, Elia Viviani
Tinkoff Team: Peter Sagan
Trek-Segafredo: Fabian Cancellara, Niccolò Bonifazio

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Tinkoff Team
#	Rider Name (Country) Team
1	Peter Sagan (Svk)
2	Adam Blythe (GBr)
3	Daniele Bennati (Ita)
4	Manuele Boaro (Ita)
5	Maciej Bodnar (Pol)
6	Oscar Gatto (Ita)
7	Roman Kreuziger (Cze)
8	Matteo Tosatto (Ita)

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AG2R La Mondiale
#	Rider Name (Country) Team
11	Jan Bakelants (Bel)
12	Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu)
13	Axel Domont (Fra)
14	Patrick Gretsch (Ger)
15	Hugo Houle (Can)
16	Matteo Montaguti (Ita)
17	Christophe Riblon (Fra)
18	Jesse Sergent (NZl)

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Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec
#	Rider Name (Country) Team
21	Marco Bandiera (Ita)
22	Giorgio Cecchinel (Ita)
23	Marco Frapporti (Ita)
24	Francesco Gavazzi (Ita)
25	Franco Pellizotti (Ita)
26	Daniele Ratto (Ita)
27	Mirko Selvaggi (Ita)
28	Davide Vigano (Ita)

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Astana Pro Team
#	Rider Name (Country) Team
31	Vincenzo Nibali (Ita)
32	Valerio Agnoli (Ita)
33	Lars Boom (Ned)
34	Eros Capecchi (Ita)
35	Andriy Grivko (Ukr)
36	Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz)
37	Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa)
38	Gatis Smukulis (Lat)

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Bardiani CSF
#	Rider Name (Country) Team
41	Simone Andreetta (Ita)
42	Enrico Barbin (Ita)
43	Nicola Boem (Ita)
44	Mirco Maestri (Ita)
45	Sonny Colbrelli (Ita)
46	Stefano Pirazzi (Ita)
47	Lorenzo Rota (Ita)
48	Alessandro Tonelli (Ita)

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BMC Racing Team
#	Rider Name (Country) Team
51	Greg Van Avermaet (Bel)
52	Damiano Caruso (Ita)
53	Alessandro De Marchi (Ita)
54	Jean Pierre Drucker (Lux)
55	Philippe Gilbert (Bel)
56	Daniel Oss (Ita)
57	Manuel Quinziato (Ita)
58	Danilo Wyss (Swi)

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Bora-Argon 18
#	Rider Name (Country) Team
61	Shane Archbold (NZl)
62	Jan Barta (Cze)
63	Cesare Benedetti (Ita)
64	Sam Bennett (Irl)
65	Patrick Konrad (Aut)
66	Gregor Muhlberger (Aut)
67	Rüdiger Selig (Ger)
68	Paul Voss (Ger)

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Cannondale Pro Cycling Team
#	Rider Name (Country) Team
71	Matti Breschel (Den)
72	Simon Clarke (Aus)
73	Kristjan Koren (Slo)
74	Sebastian Langeveld (Ned)
75	Moreno Moser (Ita)
76	Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu)
77	Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned)
78	Dylan Van Baarle (Ned)

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CCC Sprandi Polkowice
#	Rider Name (Country) Team
81	Victor De La Parte Gonzalez (Spa)
82	Felix Grossschartner (Aut)
83	Jan Hirt (Cze)
84	Adrian Honkisz (Pol)
85	Bartlomiej Matysiak (Pol)
86	Maciej Paterski (Pol)
87	Simone Ponzi (Ita)
88	Davide Rebellin (Ita)

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Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
#	Rider Name (Country) Team
91	Nacer Bouhanni (Fra)
92	Borut Bozic (Slo)
93	Jerome Cousin (Fra)
94	Christophe Laporte (Fra)
95	Cyril Lemoine (Fra)
96	Julien Simon (Fra)
97	Geoffrey Soupe (Fra)
98	Anthony Turgis (Fra)

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Dimension Data
#	Rider Name (Country) Team
101	Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor)
102	Mark Cavendish (GBr)
103	Stephen Cummings (GBr)
104	Nathan Haas (Aus)
105	Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (Rsa)
106	Serge Pauwels (Bel)
107	Youcef Reguigui (Alg)
108	Kristian Sbaragli (Ita)

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Etixx - Quick Step
#	Rider Name (Country) Team
111	Tom Boonen (Bel)
112	Fernando Gaviria Rendon (Col)
113	Yves Lampaert (Bel)
114	Fabio Sabatini (Ita)
115	Zdenek Stybar (Cze)
116	Matteo Trentin (Ita)
117	Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel)
118	Julien Vermote (Bel)

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FDJ
#	Rider Name (Country) Team
121	Arnaud Demare (Fra)
122	Mickael Delage (Fra)
123	Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu)
124	Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra)
125	Kevin Reza (Fra)
126	Anthony Roux (Fra)
127	Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra)
128	Arthur Vichot (Fra)

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IAM Cycling
#	Rider Name (Country) Team
131	Martin Elmiger (Swi)
132	Leigh Howard (Aus)
133	Heinrich Haussler (Aus)
134	Sondre Holst Enger (Nor)
135	Roger Kluge (Ger)
136	Jarlinson Pantano Gomez (Col)
137	Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat)
138	Jonas Van Genechten (Bel)

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Lampre - Merida
#	Rider Name (Country) Team
141	Diego Ulissi (Ita)
142	Matteo Bono (Ita)
143	Davide Cimolai (Ita)
144	Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por)
145	Marko Kump (Slo)
146	Sacha Modolo (Ita)
147	Manuele Mori (Ita)
148	Luka Pibernik (Slo)

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Lotto Soudal
#	Rider Name (Country) Team
151	Jens Debusschere (Bel)
152	Tony Gallopin (Fra)
154	Adam Hansen (Aus)
155	Jurgen Roelandts (Bel)
156	Marcel Sieberg (Ger)
157	Jelle Vanendert (Bel)
158	Tim Wellens (Bel)

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Movistar Team
#	Rider Name (Country) Team
161	Andrey Amador Bikkazakova (Crc)
162	Alex Dowsett (GBr)
163	Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa)
164	Nelson Filipe Santos Simoes Oliveira (Por)
165	Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa)
166	Jasha Sütterlin (Ger)
167	Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa)
168	Giovanni Visconti (Ita)

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Orica-GreenEdge
#	Rider Name (Country) Team
171	Michael Matthews (Aus)
172	Michael Albasini (Swi)
173	Sam Bewley (NZl)
174	Mathew Hayman (Aus)
175	Daryl Impey (Rsa)
176	Christopher Juul Jensen (Den)
177	Jens Keukeleire (Bel)
178	Luka Mezgec (Slo)

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Southeast-Venezuela
#	Rider Name (Country) Team
181	Filippo Pozzato (Ita)
182	Julen Amezqueta Moreno (Spa)
183	Manuel Belletti (Ita)
184	Matteo Busato (Ita)
185	Samuele Conti (Ita)
186	Andrea Fedi (Ita)
187	Jakub Mareczko (Ita)
188	Daniel Felipe Martinez (Col)

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Team Giant-Alpecin
#	Rider Name (Country) Team
191	Tom Dumoulin (Ned)
192	Nikias Arndt (Ger)
193	Roy Curvers (Ned)
194	Koen De Kort (Ned)
195	Simon Geschke (Ger)
196	Tom Stamsnijder (Ned)
197	Albert Timmer (Ned)
198	Zico Waeytens (Bel)

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Team Katusha
#	Rider Name (Country) Team
201	Alexander Kristoff (Nor)
202	Sven Erik Bystrom (Nor)
203	Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita)
204	Marco Haller (Aut)
205	Sergey Lagutin (Rus)
206	Michael Morkov (Den)
207	Simon Spilak (Slo)
208	Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa)

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Team LottoNL-Jumbo
#	Rider Name (Country) Team
211	Enrico Battaglin (Ita)
212	Moreno Hofland (Ned)
213	Tom Leezer (Ned)
214	Paul Martens (Ger)
215	Maarten Tjallingii (Ned)
216	Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel)
217	Jos Van Emden (Ned)
218	Sep Vanmarcke (Bel)

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Team Novo Nordisk
#	Rider Name (Country) Team
221	Scott Ambrose (NZl)
222	Kevin Demesmaeker (Bel)
223	Joonas Henttala (Fin)
224	David Lozano Riba (Spa)
225	Javier Mejias Leal (Spa)
226	Andrea Peron (Ita)
227	Charles Planet (Fra)
228	Martijn Verschoor (Ned)

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Team Sky
#	Rider Name (Country) Team
231	Geraint Thomas (GBr)
232	Peter Kennaugh (GBr)
233	Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol)
234	Salvatore Puccio (Ita)
235	Luke Rowe (GBr)
236	Ian Stannard (GBr)
237	Ben Swift (GBr)
238	Elia Viviani (Ita)

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Trek-Segafedo
#	Rider Name (Country) Team
241	Fabian Cancellara (Swi)
242	Eugenio Alafaci (Ita)
243	Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita)
244	Marco Coledan (Ita)
245	Fabio Felline (Ita)
246	Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita)
247	Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr)
248	Grégory Rast (Swi)