During the Tour de France, Lampre-Merida will do another World Tour event, the Tour de Pologne, scheduled from the 12th to 18th of July.

The line-up for the Polish competition will be made up of Mario Costa, Roberto Ferrari, Sacha Modolo, Matej Mohoric, Manuele Mori, Przemyslaw Niemiec, Simone Petilli and Diego Ulissi.

The first two stages (Radzymin-Varsavia and Tarnowskie Gory-Katowice) will be suitable for the sprinters and the third day (Zawiercie-Novy Sacz) will be good for a breakaway. After another stage for the sprinters (Novy Sacz-Rzeszow), the general classification contenders will battle in the 5th (Wieliczka-Zakopane) and 6th stage (Bukovina-Bukovina). The individual time trial in Krakow (25 km) will be the final stage.

"The final time trial will shape the battle for the general classification," sports director Maini explained. “We'll start with the target of trying to achieve top results in the stages and we'll rely on our captains Ulissi and Modolo.

“For the sprints, Ferrari and Mohoric will be precious for Sacha, while on the climbs Niemiec and Petilli will try to be as competitive as possible. We have important roles for Mario Costa and Mori  who'tt support the captains and maybe join the breakaways".

The Lampre-Merida line-up:

Mario Costa, Roberto Ferrari, Sacha Modolo, Matej Mohoric, Manuele Mori, Przemyslaw Niemiec, Simone Petilli and Diego Ulissi