Team Picnic PostNL Raisin

The first Grand Tour of the year is here! A start on Bulgarian soil will then see the peloton tackle snow-capped mountain passes, sinuous descents, fast sprint finishes and all-out time trials.

A new race on the calendar for our Women's program, we can expect some tough and aggressive racing throughout the day, as the attackers look to stop the versatile sprinters.

Another one-day race awaits our Development program in the U23 Road Series. With the race named after the Dutch word for "cherries" (kersen), who will put the cherry on the cake at the end of the day?

Although there is no mountain finish, plenty of punchy Basque climbs are located throughout the three stages so we can expect lots of attacking from those who are at home as the road pitches up.

With a hilly and punchy parcours through the region surrounding Cologne, we could once again be in for a selective and exciting day of action, where the team return as defending champions.