UAE Team Emirates racing the Danilith Nokere Koerse and the Bredene Koksijde Classic

The UAE Team Emirates will travel to Belgium for the Danilith Nokere Koerse, March 20, and the Bredene Koksijde Classic, on March 22.

Allan Peiper (Aus) will direct the two teams with the follwing riders:

Danilith Nokere Koerse
Roberto Ferrari (Ita)
Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor)
Manuele Mori (Ita)
Ivo Oliveira (Por)
Rui Oliveira (Por)
Jasper Philipsen (Bel)
Aleksandr Riabushenko (Blr)

Bredene Koksijde Classic
Tom Bohli (Swi)
Simone Consonni (Ita)
Roberto Ferrari (Ita)
Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor)
Ivo Oliveira (Por)
Rui Oliveira (Por)
Aleksandr Riabushenko (Blr)

The Danilith Nokere Koerse covers 195.6 km, starting in Deinze and finishing in Nokere. It climbs a good seven times the Nokerenberg climb, 350m long at 5.7% average and 7% maximum.

Jasper Philipsen: “I’d like to better myself compared to last year, when I was able to escape. The race suites my style. The goal is to try to be in the front for the final and give the best on the cobbled climb heading to the finish. It’s going to be the last appointment prior to the big classics, I’ll look for some positive signals to get even more motivation“.

The Bredene Koskijde Classic covers 199.2km with its start in Bredene and finish in Koksijde. Along the way, it covers four hard and steep ‘walls’: the Ruidenberg, the Goeberg, the Kemmelberg and the Rodeberg.

Simone Consonni on his goals said, “We’ll arrive in Belgium three days after Tirreno-Adriatico, I hope to be able to benefit from the race rhythm that I had in Italy. The northern races are charming the way they develop, we will see if the race gives an opportunity to the sprinters. If that’s the case, I’d like to be up there at the front to fight for a good result“.