'The team is very strong' - Narváez and Vermeersch join Tadej Pogačar for Tour of Flanders
Nils Politt, Mikkel Bjerg and Tim Wellens also in seven-rider squad toꦕ back world champion

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:UAE Team Emirates-XRG have announced their team to support 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tadej Pogačar at the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour of Flanders on Sunday as the world champion chases a second victory at the cobbled Monumentꦆ.
Classics specialists Nils Politt and Mikkel♐ Bjerg head up the strong support squad, the pair having finished third and fourth at the race last season.
Ecuadorian champion Jhonatan Narváez, a new addition to UAE for 2025, is also on board, as is Belgian racer Tim 🍸Wellens. Up-and-coming Portuguese rider António Morgado is also taking part, with Florian Vermeersch completing the lineup, despite a list featuring Rui Oliveira's name.
"Flanders is an amazing race and for sure ranks as one of the most important victories in my career," Pogačar said.
"The energy of the race and the p𒉰assion for cycling in this region is something special. The team is very strong, and I think we can give a really good showing to try and ride for the victory."
It's widely expected that Pogačar, who has wins at the UAE Tour and Strade Bianche to his name this season, will battle Milan-San Remo and E3 Saxo Classic champion 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Mathieu van der Poel for the win in Oudenaarde on Sunday. Mads Pedersen and his Lidl-Trek are also possible c💝ontenders🐷.
Van de Poel won the Ronde in 2020, 2022, and 2024, beating Pogačar in the 2020 edition in a four-rider sprint. However, he was beaten by the Slovenian in 2023 after Pogačar dropped him on the Paterberg and soloed to the finish.
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The duo will also face off on the cobbles of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Paris-Roubaix on April 13 after UAE last week confirmed the long-standing rumour that Pogačar would race the Hell of the North.
Pogačar is hoping for a successful cobbled Classics campaign.
"In Milano- 💟San Remo, we had a great race and a good battle between the rivals and I'm lookin𝓰g forward to doing it all again on Sunday, albeit in different circumstances," he said.
One final cob🎉bled test lies in wait for the men's peloton ahead of Sunday, with the Dwars door Vlaanderen coming up on Wednesday.
Neither Pogačar nor Van der Poel will be taking part in the warm-up race, though UAE also confirmed their team, with Bjerg, Politt, Narváez, Oliveira, and Wellens joined by Filippo Baroncini and Classic Brugge-De Panne champion Juan Sebastián Molano.

Dani Ostanek is Senior News Writer at Cyclingnews, having joined in 2017 as a freelance contributor and later being hired full-time. Before joining the team, she ꧟had written for numerous major publications in the cycling world, including CyclingWeekly and Rouleur. She writes and edits at Cyclingnews as well as running newsletter, social media, and how to watch campaigns.
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