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He may no longer be the leader of the UCI WorldTour rankings, but Tom Slagter (Blanco) is heading into his Milan - San⭕remo debut with c✱onfidence.

The 23-year-old Tour Down Under winner, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:dropped to second, two points in arrears of Richie Porte (Sky) following his victory at Paris-Nice but Slagter said that he was looki✃ng for🃏 consistency.

💟"Last week I was still number one," he said. "If you have a high place in the rankings, you will prove you belong there. With that feeling I race Milan-Sanremo."

Slagter, in his third season as a professional, will be racing La Primavera for t꧃he first time but is well-suited tജo the parcours.

"The short but steep climbs suit me," he said. Slagter did reconnaissance of th⛎e last 200km a few weeks ago and noted that it would be a hot pace to the Passo del Turchino and it was important to be towards the front of the race.

"In the Touᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚr Down Under, the Tour du Haut-Var and Strade Bianche there was those selective climbs an🌃d in those races I rode really well.

"I admit that Milan-Sanr🍎emo of a different caliber, but with 𓄧the Tirreno-Adriatico in the legs, I am also a little stronger."

Joining Slagter on the start line in Milan will be Maarten Tjallingii, Paul Martens, Mark Renshaw, Lars Petter Nordhaug, David Tanner, Tom Leezer an🦹d Maarten Wynants. According to Blanco sports director Nico Verhoeven, the team will have options dependsing on how the race pans out.

"If during one of the climbs a small group goes off the front, we have Tom Slagter Jelte as a good candidate," he explained. "If it turns into a♊ sprint with a large group we have the support for Mark Renshaw."