Etixx-Quickstep heads into Paris-Tours, the final race before the UCI Road World Championships, with a powerful team full of potential winners. Matteo Trentin, the 2015 winner of the race, is joined by Tom Boonen and Fernando Gaviria in the team for the 252.5km race on Sunday.
Paris-Tours has in its history a string of high-profile champions, including Philippe Gilbert, Oscar Freire, and Erik Zabel. Trentin's win last year was the first for Patrick Lefevere's team since Richard Virenque won with Domo-Farm Frites in 2001. Boonen was second to Gilbert in 2009.
In addition to Trentin, Boonen and fast man Gaviria, the team will be represented by Nikolas Maes, Gianni Meersman, Maximiliano Richeze, Fabio Sabatini and Zdenek Stybar.
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AG2R La Mondiale for World Championship team time trial
The French squad AG2R La Mondiale will be one of the WorldTour teams to compete in the UCI Road World Championship team time trial on Sunday, and is using it to try to improve the team's record in the discipline.
There was a threat of a boycott by the WorldTour teams, but in the end ten teams opted to compete - last year's top eight finishers plus AG2R and Katusha.
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