Lampre-Merida will be in France for the participation in the Bretagne Classic-Ouest France, new name of the GP Ouest-France Plouay.

At the start of the World Tour race, whose course is renewed (after a hilly first part of 237 km, the riders will cover one lap of 13,9 km of the same circuit which hosted the world championship in 2000), Lampre-Merida will have Matteo Bono, Davide Cimolai, Rui Costa, Matej Mohoric, Przemyslaw Niemiec, Jan Polanc, Diego Ulissi and Xu Gang.

Rui Costa and Ulissi will be two important riders for the ambitions of Lampre-Merida in the final part of the race and their team mates will be required to support them or to join interesting attacks in the early part of the course.

In the case of a sprint, Cimolai will be the captain of the team.

The Lampre-Merida roster Bretagne Classic Ouest France:

Matteo Bono, Davide Cimolai, Rui Costa, Matej Mohoric, Przemyslaw Niemiec, Jan Polanc, Diego Ulissi and Xu Gang.