Tirreno-Adriatico (2019) Photos; Stage 0: Pre-Race Favorites Press Conference
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Pre-race favorites photo-op		share this photo
Primoz Roglic, Geraint Thomas, Vincenzo Nibali, Julian Alaphilippe and Tom Dumoulin		share this photo
Looks like everyone will be aiming for Primoz Roglic		share this photo
Pre-race favorites press conference in Lido di Camaiore		share this photo
Vincenzo Nibali, Bahrain - Merida, said: “We’ll try to interpret the Team Time Trial the best we can. The two time trials are important to define the overall classification. The opening time trial will help to understand what can be our goal on GC.”		share this photo
Julian Alaphilippe, Deceuninck - Quick-Step, said: “This is my first participation at Tirreno-Adriatico. I’m really excited to start this race. After the victory at Strade Bianche, I know I’m in good shape. The TTT is very important. We’re here to try and win some stages with Elia [Viviani] and me. After Stage 1, we’ll see if something can be done on GC as well.”		share this photo
Geraint Thomas, Team Sky, said: “I was better at this time last year but I’ve improved my condition and we’re here with a strong team for the Team Time Trial. Stage 1 is definitely more open this year. Five or six teams can win it. It’s nice to have Filippo Ganna as a late inclusion in our line-up after he won the individual pursuit at the Track World Championships.”		share this photo
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Tom Dumoulin, Team Sunweb, said: “I’ve had a little time to recover from my crash at the UAE Tour. I took it easy since then and I’m ready to fight for Tirreno-Adriatico now. There’s no long climb on the course this year but the Marche region is also very difficult for bike racing. I love to race there too. Jumbo-Visma was very strong at the UAE Tour. They’re here with the same team but I hope we can have a very strong TTT as well, and we’ll take it from there.”		share this photo
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Primoz Roglic, Team Jumbo - Visma, said: “We’ve had a nice start at the UAE Tour: our team was really strong. It was quite hard for me to defend the jersey. I needed to rest well after that. Now we’re ready for Tirreno-Adriatico with the whole team. I’m looking forward to it!”		share this photo
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Tirreno-Adriatico (2019) Photos; Stage 0: Pre-Race Favorites Press Conference
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