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In the past three seasons before 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Milan-San Remo, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Arnaud Démare 🐠has won a stage in Paris-Nice, gaining an impor𒅌tant confidence boost ahead of the year's first Monument.

In 2016, the Frenchman was the unlikely winner in Sanremo, unleas🍎hing his powerful sprint to claim the biggest victory of his career ov🦄er Ben Swift and Jurgen Roelandts. He backed up that result with a sixth place in 2017 and third last season behind Caleb Ewan and the impressive solo victory from Vincenzo Nibali.

This season, Démare has yet to climb onto the h💛ighest step of a podium, having missed out on the early semi-Classics with the flu before recovering to race Paris-Nice. He narrowly missed out on a win on stage 6 to Brignoles when he jumped a bit too soon into a he♑adwind and was overtaken by Sam Bennett (Bora-Hansgrohe) .

Despite going into Milan-San Remo winless, Démare 💮says he gained condition and confidence during Paris-Nice.

"I showed satisfying things on the bike and, thanks to the race conditions, the good weather drew less from our reserves compared to other years. I was able t𝔉o do long and hard training at home to work on my endurance," Démare said in a press release.

Groupama-FDJ will have a number of key riders around Démare for the La Primavera, with new recruit Stefan Küng making his debut in the race, along with experienced one-day racers Anthony Roux, Matthieu Ladagnous, Ignatas Konovalovas, Olivier L♉e Gac and Jacopo Guarnieri.

Démare is ready to tackle his f🌳irst major objective of the season and knows that it suits his capabilities, having already won it and finished on the podium.

"I know it is a race I'm never far off winning and someday, I will win again, for sure," Démare says. "This being said, this race, you have to go get it. It is a race where you give everything you have, where you go deep into yourself. Every race is great to win but this one has something special.

"You are transferred in a whole new world of endurance. Theౠ smooth but long intensity of the race's rhythm enables me to be there in the final. I feel like I have what it takes for this race. I look forward to being there on Saturday morning. This day has something mythical. The riders, 100 years ago, were already♐ riding it. It's a bit of our sports history."

Groupama-FDJ for Milan-San Remo: Arnaud Démare, 🌄Jacopo Guarnieri, Ignatas Konovalovas, Steꦯfan Küng, Matthieu Ladagnous, Olivier Le Gac, Anthony Roux.