Tour of Flanders 2018: Riders

Philippe Gilbert and Greg Van Avermaet were the Classics masters in 2017. The Walloon soloed to victory in the Tour of Flanders, while his Flemish compatriot went on to win a three-up sprint the following week in Paris-Roubaix. Van Avermaet also won Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, E3 Harelbeke and Gent-Wevelgem. Can anyone challenge the Belgians this year? Cyclingstage.com presents the list of riders for the 2018 Tour of Flanders.

World Tour Teams

AG2R La Mondiale
Oliver Naesen, Stijn Vandenbergh, Gediminas Bagdonas, Rudy Barbier, Nico Denz, Julien Duval, Tony Gallopin

Astana Pro Team
Laurens De Vreese, Oscar Gatto, Hugo Houle, Truls Korsaeth, Alexey Lutsenko, Magnus Cort, Michael Valgren

Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team
Vincenzo Nibali, Borut Bozic, Sonny Colbrelli, Ivan Garcia Cortina, Heinrich Haussler, Kristijan Koren, Luka Pibernik

BMC Racing Team
Greg Van Avermaet, Alberto Bettiol, Jean-Pierre Drucker, Stefan Küng, Jürgen Roelandts, Michael Schar, Francisco Ventoso

BORA – hansgrohe
Peter Sagan, Marcus Burghardt, Daniel Oss, Maciej Bodnar, Juraj Sagan, Christoph Pfingsten, Andreas Schillinger

Dimension Data
Julien Vermote, Edvald Boasson Hagen, Nick Dougall, Johann van Zyl, Ryan Gibbons, Jay Robert Thomson, Jaco Venter

Groupama – FDJ
Arnaud Démare, Davide Cimolai, Antoine Duchesne, Jacopo Guarnieri, Ignatas Konovalovas, Olivier Le Gac, Ramon Sinkeldam

Lotto Soudal
Tiesj Benoot, Frederik Frison, Lars Bak, Jens Debusschere, Jasper De Buyst, Marcel Sieberg, Jelle Wallays

LottoNL-Jumbo
Grondahl Amund Jansen, Pascal Eenkhoorn, Timo Roosen, Bram Tankink, Jos van Emden, Robert Wagner, Maarten Wynants

Mitchelton-Scott
Mathew Hayman, Jack Bauer, Luke Durbridge, Alexander Edmondson, Michael Hepburn, Luka Mezgec, Matteo Trentin

Movistar Team
Jorge Arcas, Carlos Barbero, Héctor Carretero, Imanol Erviti, Nuno Bico, Nelson Oliveira, Jasha Sütterlin

Quick-Step Floors
Philippe Gilbert, Yves Lampaert, Iljo Keisse, Zdenek Stybar, Florian Sénéchal, Tim Declercq, Niki Terpstra

Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
Sep Vanmarcke, Matti Breschel, Sebastian Langeveld, Sacha Modolo, Taylor Phinney, Thomas Scully, Mitchell Docker

Team Katusha – Alpecin
Tony Martin, Viacheslav Kuznetsov, José Gonçalves, Marco Haller, Baptiste Planckaert, Nils Politt, Rick Zabel

Team Sky
Michal Kwiatkowski, Michal Golas, Christian Knees, Gianni Moscon, Luke Rowe, Ian Stannard, Dylan van Baarle

Team Sunweb
Edward Theuns, Søren Kragh Andersen, Nikias Arndt, Roy Curvers, Lennard Hofstede, Tom Stamsnijder, Mike Teunissen

Trek – Segafredo
Jasper Stuyven, John Degenkolb, Koen de Kort, Ryan Mullen, Mads Pedersen, Gregory Rast, Kiel Reijnen

UAE-Team Emirates
Alexander Kristoff, Sven Erik Bystrøm, Simone Consonni, Filippo Ganna, Marco Marcato, Ben Swift, Oliviero Troia

Procontinental teams

Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
Christophe Laporte, Geoffrey Soupe, Jimmy Turgis, Cyril Lemoine, Michael Van Staeyen, Bert Van Lerberghe, Kenneth Vanbilsen

Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
Pieter Weening, Floris Gerts, Pim Ligthart, Coen Vermeltfoort, Sjoerd van Ginneken, Brian van Goethem, Jan-Willem van Schip

Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise
Preben Van Hecke, Piet Allegaert, Amaury Capiot, Aime De Gendt, Benjamin Declercq, Edward Planckaert, Jonas Rickaert

Vérandas Willems-Crelan
Wout Van Aert, Sean De Bie, Stijn Steels, Zico Waeytens, Stijn Devolder, Huub Duyn, Michael Goolaerts

Vital Concept Cycling Club
Bryan Coquard, Bert De Backer, Johan Le Bon, Jérémy Lecroq, Julien Morice, Patrick Müller, Jonas Van Genechten

Wanty – Groupe Gobert
Frederik Backaert, Tom Devriendt, Yoann Offredo, Andrea Pasqualon, Dion Smith, Guillaume Van Keirsbulck, Mark McNally

WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
Kenny Dehaes, Justin Jules, Julien Mortier, Alex Kirsch, Dimitri Peyskens, Lukas Spengler, Maxime Vantomme


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