Gent - Wevelgem 2015: Riders

One week prior to the Tour of Flanders Gent-Wevelgem is battled out. The start-list is filled with big names like Peter Sagan and Alexander Kristoff. And what is title-holder Jogn Degenkolb up to? Greg Van Avermaet and Sep Vanmarcke are eyeing up a win also. Cyclingstage.com brings you the startlist of Gent-Wevelgem 2015. (Slideshow route/profile)

World Tour Teams Gent-Wevelgem 2015

AG2R La Mondiale
Gediminas Bagdonas, Maxime Daniel, Damien Gaudin, Alexis Gougeard, Hugo Houle, Quentin Jauregui, Sébastien Turgot, Johan Vansummeren

Astana Pro Team
Arman Kamyshev, Borut Bozic, Laurens De Vreese, Andriy Grivko, Dmitriy Gruzdev, Andrea Guardini, Alexey Lutsenko, Ruslan Tleubayev

BMC Racing Team
Greg Van Avermaet, Marcus Burghardt, Silvan Dillier, Jean-Pierre Drucker, Klaas Lodewyck, Daniel Oss, Manuel Quinziato, Michael Schar

Cannondale – Garmin
Alan Marangoni, Jack Bauer, Lasse Norman Hansen, Edward King, Kristijan Koren, Kristoffer Skjerping, Dylan van Baarle, Ruben Zepuntke

Etixx – Quick Step
Mark Cavendish, Nikolas Maes, Niki Terpstra, Zdenek Stybar, Matteo Trentin, Stijn Vandenbergh, Martin Velits, Łukasz Wiśniowski

FDJ
Arnaud Démare ., William Bonnet, David Boucher, Sébastien Chavanel, Mickaël Delage, Matthieu Ladagnous, Johan Le Bon, Yoann Offredo

Giant – Alpecin
John Degenkolb, Nikias Arndt, Bert de Backer, Koen de Kort, Roy Curvers, Ramon Sinkeldam, Albert Timmer, Zico Waeytens

IAM Cycling
Sylvain Chavanel, Heinrich Haussler, Dries Devenyns, Matthias Brändle , Reto Hollenstein, Roger Kluge, Vicente Reynes, Jonas Van Genechten

Lampre – Merida
Filippo Pozzato, Niccolo Bonifazio, Davide Cimolai, Sacha Modolo, Luka Pibernik, Maximiliano Richeze, Nelson Oliveira, Manuele Mori

Lotto Soudal
André Greipel, Jürgen Roelandts, Lars Bak, Stig Broeckx, Jens Debusschere, Pim Ligthart, Marcel Sieberg, Dennis Vanendert

LottoNL-Jumbo
Sep Vanmarcke, Rick Flens, Tom Leezer, Bram Tankink, Tom Van Asbroeck, Maarten Tjallingii, Barry Markus, Maarten Wynants

Movistar Team
Dayer Quintana, Alex Dowsett, Gorka Izagirre, John Gadret, Juan José Lobato, Enrique Sanz, Fran Ventoso, Jasha Sütterlin

Orica GreenEDGE
Adam Blythe, Mitchell Docker, Mathew Hayman, Luke Durbridge, Leigh Howard, Jens Keukeleire, Jens Mouris, Magnus Cort

Team Katusha
Alexander Kristoff, Jacopo Guarnieri, Gatis Smukulis, Vladimir Isaychev, Luca Paolini, Alexander Porsev, Rüdiger Selig, Alexey Tsatevich

Team Sky
Ian Stannard, Bernhard Eisel, Andrew Fenn, Christian Knees, Luke Rowe, Bradley Wiggins, Geraint Thomas, Elia Viviani

Tinkoff – Saxo
Peter Sagan, Maciej Bodnar, Matti Breschel, Michael Kolar, Michael Mørkøv , Matteo Tosatto, Nikolay Trusov, Pavel Brutt

Trek Factory Racing
Jesse Sergent, Gregory Rast, Giacomo Nizzolo, Yaroslav Popovych, Gert Steegmans, Hayden Roulston, Boy van Poppel, Danny van Poppel

Procontinental teams

Bora-Argon 18
Sam Bennett, Bjorn Thurau, Ralf Matzka, Andreas Schillinger, Christoph Pfingsten, Michael Schwarzmann, Scott Thwaites, Paul Voss

Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
Nacer Bouhanni, Jonas Ahlstrand, Christophe Laporte, Cyril Lemoine, Adrien Petit, Dominique Rollin, Florian Senechal, Louis Verhelst

MTN – Qhubeka
Edvald Boasson Hagen, Theo Bos, Matthew Brammeier, Gerald Ciolek, Tyler Farrar, Kristian Sbaragli, Jay Robert Thomson, Reinardt Janse van Rensburg

Southeast
Alessandro Petacchi, Rafael Andriato, Andrea Dal Col, Mauro Finetto, Giuseppe Fonzi, Mirko Tedeschi, Eugert Zhupa, Jakub Mareczko

Team Europcar
Giovanni Bernaudeau, Jimmy Engoulvent, Yohann Gene, Tony Hurel, Morgan Lamoisson, Yannick Martinez, Alexandre Pichot, Angelo Tulik

Team Roompot Oranje Peloton
Berden de Vries, Dylan Groenewegen, Johnny Hoogerland, Raymond Kreder, Wesley Kreder, Ivar Slik, Sjoerd van Ginneken, Tim Kerkhof

Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
Jelle Wallays, Pieter Jacobs, Sander Helven, Oliver Naesen, Jarl Salomein, Edward Theuns, Gijs Van Hoecke, Stijn Steels

Wanty – Groupe Gobert
Bjorn Leukemans, Simone Antonini, Roy Jans, Marco Marcato, Mirko Selvaggi, Boris Dron, Tom Devriendt, Frederik Veuchelen