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Belgian sprinter Greg꧃ Van Avermaet will lead BMC Racing's charge at this weekend's Milan-San Remo, as another American squad, Team Ra🗹dioShack, also announced its lineup for La Primavera.

Alessandro Ballan, who has enjoyed solid form at Tirrenಞo-Adriatico in support of overall leader Cadel Evans, will be another spearhead of BMC Racing's push in the 298km Classic, forming a two-prongedᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ attack with the 25-year-old Belgian, who made the switch to Jim Ochowicz's team from the Omega Pharma-Lotto squad in the off-season.

He has enjoyed a solid lead up to the f💫irst Monumen♍t of the season, with a top 10 finish in the Italian classic, Strade Bianche, on March 5 before taking sixth on the second stage of Tirreno-Adriatico.

One of his former teammates, Phillipe Gilbert, will go into Saturday's race as one of the favourites after picking up aꦫ stage win in T🙈irreno-Adriatico and featuring throughout the week. A crash in training for André Greipel means Gilbert will likely be the Belgian team's number one in the possible absence of its German sprinter.

Meanwile, RadioShack will take two experienced spr꧟inters in Robbie Hunter and Robbie McEwen to Milan-San Remo, with the latter having experienced a quiet preparation for one of his perennial season goals.

Hunter has settled into life at RadioShack well after making a last-minute switch to the team following the collapse of Pegas🅘us Sports earlier this year. Like B🍒MC Racing's Van Avermaet and Ballan this race-proven pair will form a formidable attack in an event with which both riders are very familiar.

BMC Racing for Milan-San Remo: Alessandro Ballan, Marcus꧋ Burghardt, George Hincapie, Karsten Kroon, Mওanuel Quinziato, Michael Schär, Greg Van Avermaet, Danilo Wyss

Team RadioShack for Milan-San Remo: Manuel Cardoso, Robert Hunter, Geoffroy Lequatre, Robb๊ie McEwen, Dmitriy Muravyev, Yaroslav Popovych, Grégory Rast, Sébastien Rosseler