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168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Simon Gerrans and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Michael Matthews will lead a two-pronged approach for 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Orica-GreenEdge at this weekend's 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Milan-San Remo.

Gerrans won the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:2012 edition of the race, ahead of Fabian Cancellara and Vincenzo Nibali, and will be the team leader. While Matthews wi♑ll pr♛ovide them with a suitable alternative if it comes to a bunch sprint. The Australian outfit believe that they have all eventualities covered.

"If a scenario does come about that big moves go on the Poggio, we've got Simon Gerrans for that and Michael showed that he's in very good condition at Paris-Nice to handle the sprint, if that's what the scenario involves," team directeur sportif Matt White told Cyclingnews.

Matthews has never ridden Milan-San Remo and will be making his deb꧒ut on Sunday. He was on good form at Paris-Nice last week🌳, sticking with the climbers on some of the trickier finishes. The 23-year-old was forced to quit after the penultimate stage due to saddle sores.

Gerrans also took an early flight home from Paris-Nice. The former Sa🍷n Remo winner was suffering with his allergies and👍 took a tactical decision to abandon the race. White believes that the two riders are close to their best ahead of the year's first monument. "They're both pretty close to being at 100%," he says. "Simon had some allergy issues at Paris-Nice and Michael had a pretty big saddle sore, so we thought one extra day recovery would do it the world of good for Sunday.

"I think that they are going to be very competitive. I don't think it’s going to do us any favours going back to the old Milan-San Remo cജourse. I would have liked le Manie or the Pompeiana to be included, but that's life and ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚwe've got to deal with that."

No Goss

One notable omission from the Orica-GreenEdge roster for Sunday is 2011 winner 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Matthew Goss. He was also racing in France, and too♓k a second place on stage 3 but struggled later in the race to stay with the front-runners and also took early leave. This seems to have been the clincher in him not making the team.

"Gossy's moving quite well, but I think those two guys are climbing a lot better than Gossy at the moment,🔯" said White. "At the end of the day it is more than likely that it is a sprint, but it is a 300km race. Condition really does matter on a race like Milan-S🌳an Remo and Gossy is the first to admit that he's moving quite fast at the moment, but his climbing is not quite where it needs to be at this time of the year."

When Goss moved to Orica-GreenEdge in 2012 he came with a lot of potential, after𝓀 securing 10 victories the previous season, including San Remo. Since becoming the team's lead sprinter he has struggled to match that and has taken only five victories in just over two seasons of rac🎀ing. White says that Goss' omission from the team is not an indication that he is moving down the team's sprinting pecking order.

"Gossy has had a lot of close calls over ꦯthe last few years and that’s frustrating for him. I don't know how many second places he's had, but it must be close to 20. You turn half of those into victories and it makes a big difference. He's going fast at the moment. Our sprinters are all quite different and they've all got their own opportunities throughout the season."

Bad Weather

Last year's Milan-San Remo suffered from almost apocalyptic weather, with snow forcing the organisers to cut 46km from the route. The 2014 course has already taken a hammering due to landslides and may have to be altered a🍎gain. There is some good news. Some rain is pr🐟edicted at the start of the day, but the riders could have a dry finish on﷽ Sunday.

However, White says that this could still have an impact on the race. "It's not going to be as feral as it was last year, but a wet San Remo is a dangerous San Remo. It's a very nervous race," he explained. "The rain slows the race down and it becomes a lot more nervous and position becomes more important."

The Orica-GreenEdge team for Milan-San Remo:  Da♑ryl Impey, Jens Keukeleire, Luke Durbridge, Mathew Hayman, Michael Matthews, Simon Clarke, Simon Gerrans🐬 and Svein Tuft.