Unfortunately, Max Poole will not start at Paris–Nice. He is still recovering from a viral infection and needs more time to get back to full fitness. This is especially disappointing after his long absence late last year due to the Epstein–Barr virus.
Team Picnic PostNL coach Matt Winston said: “Unfortunately, we’ll miss Max in the line-up, which naturally has consequences for our GC ambitions at Paris–Nice. Those plans will have to be put aside, but we still head to the start with a motivated group looking to fight for stage results. Casper hasn’t had the most ideal lead-in to the race this week with a little bit of sickness himself, so we’ll take things day by day with him, but there are still plenty of opportunities for us to be active and look for our chances throughout the week with the rest of the team we bring there.”
Line-up
Chris Hamilton (AUS)
Timo de Jong (NLD)
Niklas Märkl (DEU)
Juan Martinez (COL)
Tim Naberman (NLD)
Timo Roosen (NLD)
Casper van Uden (NLD)