Team Picnic PostNL coach Matt Winston: “We’re looking forward to one of the first WorldTour stage races in Europe this season, and we’re bringing a strong team to Tirreno-Adriatico. In the sprints, our focus is on Casper, with Bram and Niklas guiding him in the final part of the lead-out. Stages two and seven offer the main sprint opportunities, and we’re ready to make the most of them. Unfortunately our planned GC finisher Max [Poole] broke his collarbone in Strade, so we will now focus on hunting stages in the sprints, and from the breakaways and attacks.”
Read an update on Max here.