IAM Cycling head to the Circuit Cycliste Sarthe with a squad full of options for challenging both stage wins and the overall with Jérôme Coppel and Mathias Frank spearheading their GC aspirations. Sondre Holst Enger and Matteo Pelucchi provide the team with options for the sprints while former UCI World Hour Record holder Matthias Brändle is likely to challenge for the stage 3b time trial victory.
"We are primarily going there to win some stages," directeur sportif Lionel Marie said. "This race offers opportunities for riders of all types, and we are bringing a varied group to accommodate the course. We have riders for the sprints, as well as guys who can climb, in view of the second to last stage.
"For the individual time trial, we will come with Coppel and Brändle, who are specialists looking for a good result. We will focus on the stages so that each of our riders can make an impression."
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Coppel, the French national champion against the clock, won the final time trial of the Etoile de Bessèges to claim overall victory in February and was recently a narrow second to Thibaut Pinot at the Critérium International TT.
"Gaining the race rhythm in Corsica was very important for me after I had to drop out of Paris-Nice because of a flu. I have felt good this week and now am looking forward to this race," said Coppel who was third at the Ruta del Sol time trial and tenth in the Paris-Nice prologue.
"My main goal will be the time trial, and then depending on how that goes, and how my legs feel, perhaps then I can also start to think about a place in the general classification. Of course, we are also coming with Mathias Frank, who could definitely play a role in the overall standings. I am very confident, and we will just have to see how it goes."
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