Twenty-two of our riders will compete for the road race or time trial title, between 24-29 June, in nine different countries.
In the 22 years that have passed since the team’s inception, Soudal Quick-Step has won a staggering 70 National Championships with 32 different riders across 19 countries on three continents. In the next couple of days, our riders will again be in action at these races, for some of them, the last outing before the biggest event of the season, the Tour de France.
“We are very motivated for the Nationals. It goes without saying that we would like to be in the mix at the two Belgian races. For the time trial, we have three strong riders, while for Sunday we’ll rely on around a dozen riders on a course where we have some beautiful memories. In Italy, Mattia will be our main guy for the time trial, while for the road race it remains to be seen what the guys can do together.”
“In Germany, Max can fight for medals in the time trial, but also be there in the hard road race, despite being alone at the start. France doesn’t have an easy course, but the riders go there with confidence, and depending how the race will go, they could feature in the finale. Ethan had a very good Tour of Belgium and has a fair chance of fighting for medals this week. In the Czech Republic, Denmark, Netherlands and Slovakia, it won’t be easy, but the boys are motivated, and being the Nationals, you never know”, said Soudal Quick-Step sports director Tom Steels.
Belgium
ITT (June 27): Remco Evenepoel, Yves Lampaert, Ilan Van Wilder.
Road Race (June 29): Ayco Bastiaens, Remco Evenepoel, Junior Lecerf, Yves Lampaert, Tim Merlier, Pieter Serry, Dries Van Gestel, Bert Van Lerberghe, Ilan Van Wilder, Mauri Vansevenant, Jordi Warlop.
Czech Republic
ITT (June 26): Josef Cerny.
Road Race (June 29): Josef Cerny.
Denmark
Road Race (June 29): Casper Pedersen.
France
Road Race (June 29): Antoine Huby, Paul Magnier.
Germany
ITT (June 27): Maximilian Schachmann.
Road Race (June 29): Maximilian Schachmann.
Great Britain
ITT (June 26): Ethan Hayter.
Road Race (June 29): Ethan Hayter.
Italy
ITT (June 26): Mattia Cattaneo, Gianmarco Garofoli, Andrea Raccagni.
Road Race (June 29): Mattia Cattaneo, Gianmarco Garofoli, Andrea Raccagni.
Netherlands
ITT (June 24): Pepijn Reinderink.
Road Race (June 28): Pepijn Reinderink.
Slovakia
ITT (June 26): Martin Svrcek.
Road Race (June 29): Martin Svrcek.
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