Team Sky reveal squads for E3 Harelbeke and Ghent-Wevelgem
Luke Rowe and Ian Stannard will lead Team Sky at E3 Harelbeke and Ghent-Wevelgem this weekend, while Mikel Landa will make his debut at Coppi e Bartali

Ian Stannard and Luke Rowe on stage one of the 2016 Paris-Nice (Credit: Watson)
Geraint Thomas will not defend his E3 Harelbeke title on Good Friday, with Team Sky instead backing Ian Stannard and Luke Rowe for the hilly cobbled Classic.
Thomas is focussing on stage racing this season, racing at the Volta a Catalunya this week instead, with Stannard and Rowe entrusted to follow the Welshman's good work on the cobbles in 2015.
Last year's Amstel Gold Race winner and 2014 World Champion Michal Kwiatkowski starts E3 Harelbeke, but sits out of the sprinter Classic, Ghent-Wevelgem on Easter Sunday.
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Andy Fenn, Michal Golas, Christian Knees, Salvatore Puccio and Elia Viviani join Stannard and Rowe in riding both races over the weekend, with Danny van Poppel replacing Kwiatkowski on Sunday.
Sky also announced that Mikel Landa will make his debut for the team at the Settimana Coppi e Bartali in Italy between March 24-27. The Basque rider has been absent with illness so far this year and is looking to gain form and fitness ahead of the Giro d'Italia.
According to the Sky website, van Poppel will also ride Coppi e Bartali, despite it clashing with Ghent-Wevelgem on Sunday.
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Team Sky squads
E3 Harelbeke: Andy Fenn, Michal Golas, Christian Knees, Michal Kwiatkowski, Salvatore Puccio, Luke Rowe, Ian Stannard, Elia Viviani
Ghent Wevelgem: Andy Fenn, Michal Golas, Christian Knees, Salvatore Puccio, Luke Rowe, Ian Stannard, Elia Viviani, Danny van Poppel
Coppi e Bartali: Philip Deignan, Sebastian Henao, Mikel Landa, David Lopez, Gianni Moscon, Alex Peters, Danny van Poppel, Xabier Zandio
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Stuart Clarke is a News Associates trained journalist who has worked for the likes of the British Olympic Associate, British Rowing and the England and Wales Cricket Board, and of course Cycling Weekly. His work at Cycling Weekly has focused upon professional racing, following the World Tour races and its characters.