Grand Tour hopefuls will be out in force at Tirreno-Adriatico (September 7-14), with Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) as well as Vincenzo Nibali (Trek-Segafredo), Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott), Jakob Fuglsang (Astana) and Chris Froome (Ineos Grenadiers) all down to take to the start line.
The race does not have the usual team time trial on stage one, instead the start of the race has two sprint stages to suit the many top sprinters who are down to ride such as, Elia Viviani (Cofidis), Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix), Pascal Ackermann (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Fernando Gaviria (UAE Team Emirates).
Stage three suits a more punchy rider, maybe the classics riders can beat the GC men in a sprint or, perhaps, a breakaway could stay away.
We then hit the mountains for a day before going back to punchy terrain, a sprint and the usual final individual time trail in San Benedetto del Tronto.
Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) will be hoping to build his form as he looks to have another go at the GC in the Giro d’Italia in October.
Reigning champion Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) will not return for 2020 as he has started the Tour de France instead.
Tirreno-Adriatico 2020 start list – provisional
Ineos Grenadiers
THOMAS Geraint
GANNA Filippo
FROOME Chris
DENNIS Rohan
DUNBAR Eddie
PUCCIO Salvatore
GEOGHEGAN-HART Tao
AG2R La Mondiale
FRANK Mathias
DOMONT Axel
DILLIER Silvan
VENDRAME Andrea
HÄNNINEN Jaakko
BOUCHARD Geoffrey
WARBASSE Larry
Astana Pro Team
FUGLSANG Jakob
ARANBURU Alex
VLASOV Aleksandr
BOARO Manuele
RODRÍGUEZ Óscar
NATAROV Yuriy
FELLINE Fabio
Bahrain-McLaren
TEUNS Dylan
PERNSTEINER Hermann
TRATNIK Jan
BAUHAUS Phil
GARCÍA CORTINA Iván
PADUN Mark
HAUSSLER Heinrich
Bora-Hansgrohe
ACKERMANN Pascal
BODNAR Maciej
MAJKA Rafał
FABBRO Matteo
KONRAD Patrick
SELIG Rüdiger
POLJAŃSKI Pawel
CCC Team
KOCHETKOV Pavel
VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan
BARTA Will
DE LA PARTE Victor
WIŚNIOWSKI Łukasz
SAJNOK Szymon
ZIMMERMANN Georg
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
CLAEYS Dimitri
ALLEGAERT Piet
SABATINI Fabio
VERMOTE Julien
VANBILSEN Kenneth
HAAS Nathan
VIVIANI Attilio
Deceuninck-Quick-Step
KNOX James
BALLERINI Davide
SÉNÉCHAL Florian
KEISSE Iljo
MASNADA Fausto
VAN LERBERGHE Bert
STEELS Stijn
EF Pro Cycling
WOODS Michael
CAICEDO Jonathan Klever
CORT Magnus
GUERREIRO Ruben
CLARKE Simon
CRADDOCK Lawson
KANGERT Tanel
Gazprom-RusVelo
CANOLA Marco
VELASCO Simone
CIMA Imerio
BOEV Igor
ROVNY Ivan
NEKRASOV Denis
RYBALKIN Aleksey
Groupama-FDJ
FRANKINY Kilian
LUDVIGSSON Tobias
LE GAC Olivier
ROUX Anthony
SEIGLE Romain
THOMAS Benjamin
ARMIRAIL Bruno
Israel Start-Up Nation
BRÄNDLE Matthias
DOWSETT Alex
CIMOLAI Davide
CATAFORD Alexander
NAVARRO Daniel
SAGIV Guy
ZABEL Rick
Lotto-Soudal
HAGEN Carl Fredrik
HOLMES Matthew
MAES Nikolas
VERMEERSCH Florian
HANSEN Adam
GOOSSENS Kobe
OLDANI Stefano
Mitchelton-Scott
YATES Simon
HAIG Jack
AFFINI Edoardo
MEYER Cameron
BOOKWALTER Brent
HEPBURN Michael
HAMILTON Lucas
Movistar Team
ALBA Juan Diego
VILLELLA Davide
CARRETERO Héctor
SEPÚLVEDA Eduardo
TORRES Albert
JORGENSON Matteo
SAMITIER Sergio
Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè
ORSINI Umberto
LONARDI Giovanni
MAZZUCCO Fabio
CARBONI Giovanni
ROMANO Francesco
SAVINI Daniel
TONELLI Alessandro
Alpecin-Fenix
VAN DER POEL Mathieu
MERLIER Tim
VERGAERDE Otto
SBARAGLI Kristian
DE BONDT Dries
RICKAERT Jonas
VERVAEKE Louis
NTT Pro Cycling
CAMPENAERTS Victor
MEINTJES Louis
GASPAROTTO Enrico
GHEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel
BATTISTELLA Samuele
DYBALL Benjamin
BARBERO Carlos
Team Jumbo-Visma
TEUNISSON Mike
MARTENS Paul
ROOSEN Timo
PFINGSTON Christoph
EENKHOORN Pascal
WYNANTS Maarten
VAN EMDEN Jos
Vini-Zabù-KTM
VISCONTI Giovanni
WACKERMANN Luca
FRAPPORTI Marco
MITRI James
STOJNIĆ Veljko
ZARDINI Edoardo
STACCHIOTTI Riccardo
Team Sunweb
KELDERMAN Wilco
OOMEN Sam
MATTHEWS Michael
DAINESE Alberto
HAMILTON Chris
TUSVELD Martijn
HINDLEY Jai
Trek-Segafredo
BRAMBILLA Gianluca
NIBALI Vincenzo
KIRSCH Alex
NIBALI Antonio
WEENING Pieter
DE KORT Koen
BERNARD Julien
UAE-Team Emirates
GAVIRIA Fernando
BJERG Mikkel
RICHEZE Max
COSTA Rui
MOLANO Juan Sebastián
HENAO Sergio
RIABUSHENKO Alexandr
Team Total Direct Energie
TERPSTRA Niki
VAN GESTEL Dries
MANZIN Lonrenzo
PETIT Adrien
HIVERT Jonathan
SIMON Julien
TAARAMÄE Rein
Androni-Giocattoli-Sidermec
RESTREPO Jhonatan
RIVERA Kevin
RUMAC Josip
BAGIOLI Nicola
GABBURO Davide
PACIONI Luca
PELLAUD Simon
