Team Giant-Shimano head into their biggest home race Amstel Gold Race with greater ambitions than ever before. With Simon Geschke, Tom Dumoulin and Dries Devenyns, the team targets a top 10 finish in the Dutch classic.
This Sunday sees the Ardennes classics start in earnest with the one-day race Amstel Gold Race in Limburg - arguably the cycling hub of the Netherlands.
The best result the team has taken here over the past few years is 18th - 2013, Simon Geschke - and after a strong few months of racing and with a team with different cards to play they have the tools they need to keep challenging their progression here.
The line-up for the race is: Roy Curvers (NED), Dries Devenyns (BEL), Tom Dumoulin (NED), Simon Geschke (GER), Thierry Hupond (FRA), Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (RSA), Koen De Kort (NED) and Albert Timmer (NED).
Here's what some of the riders had to say ahead of Sunday:
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