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168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Orica-GreenEdge's 2015 European campaign begins this weekend with back-to-back races in France at the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:La Classic Sud Ardèche and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:La Drôme Classic with several riders to make their 2015 season debuts. 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Esteban Chaves, Adam and Simon Yates will pin on a race number for the first time this season while new recruit 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Magnus Cort makes his first appearance ꦡin Orica-GreenEdge colours.

With the Yates brothers and Chaves set to assume great leadership roles this season after impressive results and performances in 2014 as the team's general𒊎 classification riders, McPartland added the two French races are good tests for the trio early.

"Particularly the Yates brothers, these guys are full of confidence after a good first year so are looking for opportunities like these races and they will get it for sure," sport director David McPartland said. "It's also the perfect race for them to star🐻t showing so﷽me leadership and for some of them it's the first time they will have that leadership.

"This year, the Yates brothers and Chaves will h🌼ave leadership roles in WorldTour races so this weekend's racing is a great opportunity to introduce them to that leadership responsibility before thꦯey take it onto WorldTour level," he added.

Proving support at the races, which are characterised by undulating parcours, are Christian Meier, Ivan Santaromita, Micha💧el Albasini and Daryl Impey fresh from defending his South African national time trial title.

"The races are sometimes considered the F𒊎r🦂ench equivalent of the Belgian Classics and that's exactly what they are," McPartland said of the 198km and 2012km races respectively.

"It's really lumpy and a really taxing course and French racing is typically quite aggressive. Really, the most likely outcome is th𝐆at it comes to a se💛lect group finish on both days."

Should the race finish in a bunch sprint, GreenEdge will be able to call upon Cort who already had four professional wins to his 🃏name at the age of 22.

"The La Classic Sud Ardèche last year had a group of 30-40ไ odd riders at the finish and at La Drô༺;me Classic there was only about 15 at the finish," McPartland said.

"If that is the case again, then I would expect we would have a good presence in numbers th🐻ere with guys that can get around that course and still finish it off for us."

Orica-GreenEdge for La Classic Sud Ardèche (28 February) and La Drôme Classic (1 March): Michael Albasini, Esteban Chaves, Magnus C💞ort, Daryl Impey, Christian Meieꦡr, Ivan Santaromita, Adam Yates and Simon Yates,