Race organisers of the UCI 2.1 Tour of Alberta have announced the provisional team rosters for the upcoming race held from Sept 2 to 7 in Canada. The star-studded field will include Bauke Mollema (Trek Factory Racing), Michael Matthews and Adam Yates (Orica-GreenEdge), Ryder Hesjedal and Davide Formolo (Cannondale-Garmin) and Simon Geschke (Giant-Alpecin), just to name a few.
It will be a strong line-up in the history of the three-year event with five WorldTour teams sending top-notch riders that have proven success in Grand Tour overall classifications, stages and sprints. Although the race has been held in communities along the base of the Canadian Rockies, the 2015 edition is the first time that the race will include climbs through the mountains. This year there will be two mountain finishes in Jasper National Park (Miette Hot Springs) on stage 3 and to Marmot Basin ski area on stage 4.
This year, Mollema placed seventh overall at the Tour de France and his teammates Luxembourg time trial and road champion Bob Jungels, and US road champion Matthew Busche will line up in his support.
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Likewise, Orica-GreenEdge’s Yates will look for a top overall placing after showing top form winning the Clasica San Sebastian, while his teammate Matthews, who had wins at Tour de Suisse, Pais Vasco, Paris-Nice and two stages at Giro d’Italia will push for stage wins. The event kicks off with a team time trial and Orica-GreenEdge will no doubt aim for that win with help from their time trial specialists Svein Tuft, Luke Durbridge, Michael Hepburn and Sam Bewley.
Tour de France stage winner Simon Geschke will be on the start line with his team Giant-Alpecin and looking for stage victories. Organisers announced the participation of 2012 Giro d’Italia overall winner Ryder Hesjedal (Cannondale-Garin) last week, and the Canadian all-rounder will have help in the mountains from this year’s Giro d’Italia stage winner Davide Formolo and another potential overall winner Janier Acevedo.
Katusha will bring their GC rider Ilnur Zakarin, who won the Tour de Romandie and a stage at the Giro d’Italia this year.
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