Cannondale-Drapac will be missing classics men Taylor Phinney and Sep Vanmarcke for Saturday's Milan-San Remo due to injury, but the green argyle team promises to light up La Classicissima regardless.
"Milano-Sanremo is a race of many outcomes. The last few years, it was a sprint but it's never certain. We can't predict it. There arrives 40 riders or three. It is always some surprise. For me, that is a key point of the race," sport director Fabrizio Guidi explained.
"I think we have riders to put up their hands for all the outcomes. We can be a surprise factor on Saturday."
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The eight-man team will feature five debutants that will be backed up by three veterans riders: Simon Clarke, with five appearances, Kristijan Koren, with four, and Tom Van Asbroeck with one. Toms Skujins is one the debutants for the race and is sure to attract the television cameras as he will be carrying a Velon tracking device.
"Having Velon onboard at any race is awesome for the spectators," said Skujins. "Just having that extra amount of info on what's going on in the bunch makes watching on the telly a bit more exciting. The tracker is such a small thing to carry, but it provides a lot more excitement for my supporters, who can see in real time how hard I'm working and what it takes to be in the race."
Milan-San Remo is the third Italian one-day race of the season for the 25-year-old after Strade Bianche and GP Industria & Artigianato. The Latvian got a taste of the Monuments in 2016 at Tour of Flanders and Liege-Bastogne-Liege last year, explaining his excitement to line out at one of the biggest races on the calendar.
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