Aru, Armeé lead Qhubeka Assos at Tour de la Provence
Italian rider happy with form after winter of hard 🍌work and cyclo-cross racing

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fabio Aru will make his racing debut with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Qhubeka Assos at the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de la Provence on Thursday, with the Italian rider and 🐲Belgium's Sander Arme&ea🐬cute; shouldering the GC hopes of the South African WorldTour team.
It will be a star-studded edition of the four-day race in the south of France, with 14 WorldTour teams on the start list and stand-out names including 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-QuickStep) and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Arnaud Démare (Groupama-FDJ). The race includes sprint ﷽opportunities and climbing, including a finish on the lower slopes of Mont Ventoux on Saturday.
“The main goals for the Tour de la Provence will be to feature well across the race; definitely t🌸rying to win a stage and consequently aiming for a strong general classification from Aru and Armeé," said Qhubeka Assos directuer sportif, Gabriele Missaglia.
“The teaꦦm is competitive, although we still have to consider that for this group it’s the first race of the season and despite having worked well with targeted training we do not know our real racing condition, yet.”
Aru hasn’t raced on th🤪e ro꧙ad since he abandoned the Tour de France but has instead been tuning his form by combing road training with cyclo-cross racing.
"I’m really happy and I can’t wait now to start my road season with my new team. For sure I’ve worked really hard over the winter including participating in some cyclo-cross, which I thoroughly enjoyed,&rdquꦇo; said Aru. ♑;
&ldq♚uo;I&rsquo🔴;m very happy overall (with my condition) and I now just want to start my road season. I will do my best for my team and teammates, and we will see how the race unfolds."
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South Africa’s Nicholas Dlamini also returns from a racing hiatus 🐻of nearly four month🌸s, with such an early season opener in Europe a change for the 25-year-old rider, who usually starts in Australia at the Tour Down Under.
“The body’s showing🦹 some good signs from the camp and I’ve been maintaining that shape so I’m excited to put it to the test ... I think we’re all super-motivated to the highest level after seeing how our team performed in Etoile de Besseges. We wanꦑt to continue with that momentum and hopefully do better and get closer and closer to the podium overall," said Dlamini.
The highest finisher from Qhubeka Assos at⛎ th🌸e five-day Etoile de Besseges was Michael Gogi, who came sixth overall. Giacomo Nizzolo finished fourth on stage 1 and third on stage 2, confirming his speed in the sprint finishes. He is not part of the Qhubeka Assos line-up in France but will ride the Clasica de Almeria in Spain on Sunday.