On Friday, the Northern campaign of Team LAMPRE-MERIDA will start. The blue-fuchsia-green team will take part in the E3 Priis Vlaanderen - Harelbeke, World Tour event that will be followed by Gent-Wevelgem on Sunday.

In both races, sport directors Mario Scirea and Daniele Righi will lead a team composed of Niccolo Bonifazio, Davide Cimolai, Sacha Modolo, Manuele Mori, Nelson Oliveira, Luka Pibernik, Filippo Pozzato and Maximilano Richeze.

Bonifazio and Cimolai recently delivered very interesting performances and on Sunday they were both in the top ten of Milano-Sanremo. Their goal is to improve on last year's results, exploiting the experience they have gathered. For what concerns the experience, Filippo Pozzato is a master and he will aim to compete at the top level.

The support from Oliveira, Richeze and Mori to the teammates will be fundamental while Pibernik will try to improve his skills in this kind of races. An extra value to the team selection will be given by Sacha Modolo who'll be back to racing after the unlucky participation in the Tirreno-Adriatico .