Pauline Ferrand-Prévot and Marianne Vos will lead Visma-Lease a Bike into the Spring Classics with their first races of the season at Strade Bianche on Saturday.
They are two of the greatest cyclists of all time – and between them, share more multi-discipline world titles and racing experience than any other in the peloton today – and both aim to share success on the punishingly steep slopes into the Piazza del Campo in Siena.
Ferrand-Prévot had an outstanding return to road cycling last year, after retiring from a sparkling mountain bike career, winning Paris-Roubaix and the Tour de France on home soil.
“Last year, it was good for me to come back. It was discovering again what road cycling was. Last year, I had a feeling when I started Strade Bianche that I was still a MTB rider, but this year I’m coming into Strade as a road rider. In my mind, it’s quite different,” Ferrand-Prévot said.
Ferrand-Prévot said she is pleased to be starting the Spring Classics season alongside Vos, once again. Last year, she finished third behind Demi Vollering (FDJ United-SUEZ) and Anna van der Breggen (SD Worx-Protime) in Siena, and went on to finish second at the Tour of Flanders and then win Paris-Roubaix. Vos also had a strong spring campaign last year, finishing second at Milan-San Remo.
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