The BMC Racing Team announced its roster for Sunday's Liège-Bastogne-Liège that includes world road champion Philippe Gilbert and Greg Van Avermaet, who has posted a half-dozen top 10 finishes in spring classics and semi-classics.
Gilbert A Winner In 2011
The 257.5-kilometer race in Belgium caps the Ardennes classics. Gilbert won Liège-Bastogne-Liège in 2011 to go along with a third-place finish in 2010 and fourth in 2009. He finished 15th in Flèche Wallonne on Wednesday. Van Avermaet did not compete in Flèche Wallonne, but has placed a career-best seventh at this race (in 2011) in two previous starts.
BMC Racing Team Liège-Bastogne-Liège roster:
Brent Bookwalter (USA), Marcus Burghardt (GER), Steve Cummings (GBR), Mathias Frank (SUI), Philippe Gilbert (BEL), Amaël Moinard (FRA), Dominik Nerz (GER), Greg Van Avermaet (BEL).
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