The participants have been announced who will battle from tomorrow until Sunday, March 16th in the 60th Tirreno Adriatico Crédit Agricole. The Race of the Two Seas will once again feature a world-class lineup with number 1 bib Mathieu Van der Poel, winner of three stages and who at the start of this road season has already won the GP Le Samyn. The list of main stage hunters includes Filippo Ganna (3 victories), Jonathan Milan (2 victories), Biniam Girmay, Thomas Pidcock, Olav Kooij, Dylan Groenewegen, Pascal Ackermann, Ben Healy, Marc Hirschi, Magnus Cort Nielsen, and Paul Magnier. Many are the contenders for the Trident of Neptune with Juan Ayuso and Jai Hindley, second and third classified in 2024 respectively, leading the list of favorites that includes Adam Yates, Richard Carapaz, Mikel Landa, David Gaudu, Antonio Tiberi, Giulio Ciccone, Pello Bilbao, and Derek Gee. Among the former winners, we'll see Nairo Quintana (2015, 2017), Michal Kwiatkowski (2018), and Simon Yates (2020), with the latter making his debut with Team Visma | Lease a Bike.

THE VOICES. Tirreno Adriatico Crédit Agricole saw six top riders speak at today's press conference. Here are their statements on the eve of the opening stage.

Mathieu Van der Poel: "I've felt good in training, now I just want to race. I need to find my race rhythm to reach my best level. A stage race like Tirreno Adriatico is ideal ahead of the classics. Without Philipsen, I'll have more opportunities to race my own race, and my goal will be to take home a stage".

Juan Ayuso: "I consider myself a climber and I've done specific work thinking about my big goal, which is the Giro d'Italia. However, I don't think I've dropped in time trial level. Last year's victory in the first stage was an incredible result. Repeating will be difficult, but I believe I have good chances and I'll give my all. I don't see myself as the main favorite of the race. I definitely want to win, just like Adam Yates, but we're aware there will be strong competition".

Jonathan Milan: "It's difficult to make comparisons between different seasons. Last year I was very strong but not at the top, just as I'm not at the top this year. I'll try to improve my condition day by day. The time trial isn't very long, I'll try to do well even though I'll have to deal with high-level rivals like Ganna and Ayuso".

Thomas Pidcock: "I still feel the fatigue from Strade Bianche, but I'm motivated. Tirreno Adriatico offers several chances ahead of Milan-Sanremo. Tomorrow I'll try to do my best but I'm not expecting any miracles. It will be a spectacular week".

Filippo Ganna: "Tirreno Adriatico is one of my favorite races. I always suffer a lot because of the course layout, but in the end it gives me excellent condition. This is the tenth time I'm at the start, I can say I'm getting older... Tomorrow I want to do well, I've trained specifically for the time trial so I hope everything goes smoothly".

Jai Hindley: "This is a race I really like, I always return willingly. The courses are tough and my legs always turn much better towards the end. I'm happy to be at the start again and I think I can fight for the Blue Jersey. Probably the penultimate stage will be the decisive one in terms of the general classification".

START LIST

Alpecin - Deceuninck
1. VAN DER POEL Mathieu
2. GAZE Samuel
3. GHYS Robbe
4. GLIVAR Gal
5. MEURISSE Xandro
6. PRICE-PEJTERSEN Johan
7. VERMEERSCH Gianni

Arkéa - B&B Hotels
11. CAPIOT Amaury
12. DELAPLACE Anthony
13. LE BERRE Mathis
14. RODRÍGUEZ Cristián
15. VAUQUELIN Kévin
16. VENTURINI Clément
17. VERRE Alessandro

Bahrain - Victorious
21. TIBERI Antonio
22. BILBAO Pello
23. CARUSO Damiano
24. EULÁLIO Afonso
25. MIHOLJEVIĆ Fran
26. PASQUALON Andrea
27. STANNARD Robert

Cofidis
31. IZAGIRRE Ion
32. ARANBURU Alex
33. COQUARD Bryan
34. FERRON Valentin
35. MAAS Jan
36. OURSELIN Paul
37. THOMAS Benjamin

Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
41. STAUNE-MITTET Johannes
42. BENNETT Sam
43. DE BONDT Dries
44. GODON Dorian
45. GUDMESTAD Tord
46. PRODHOMME Nicolas
47. VENDRAME Andrea

EF Education - EasyPost
51. CARAPAZ Richard
52. HEALY Ben
53. BATTISTELLA Samuele
54. CHAVES Esteban
55. COSTA Rui
56. SHAW James
57. VALGREN Michael

Groupama - FDJ
61. GAUDU David
62. GERMANI Lorenzo
63. GRÉGOIRE Romain
64. MADOUAS Valentin
65. PACHER Quentin
66. PENHOËT Paul
67. RUSSO Clément

INEOS Grenadiers
71. GANNA Filippo
72. DE PLUS Laurens
73. HAMILTON Lucas
74. KWIATKOWSKI Michał
75. PUCCIO Salvatore
76. RIVERA Brandon Smith
77. SWIFT Connor

Intermarché - Wanty
81. BONNEU Kamiel
82. BRAET Vito
83. BUSATTO Francesco
84. COLLEONI Kevin
85. PAQUOT Tom
86. BARRÉ Louis
87. RUTSCH Jonas

Israel - Premier Tech
91. GEE Derek
92. ACKERMANN Pascal
93. FRIGO Marco
94. FUGLSANG Jakob
95. HOULE Hugo
96. RAISBERG Nadav
97. STEWART Jake

Lidl - Trek
101. CICCONE Giulio
102. CONSONNI Simone
103. GHEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel
104. MILAN Jonathan
105. SKUJIŅŠ Toms
106. STUYVEN Jasper
107. THEUNS Edward

Movistar Team
111. QUINTANA Nairo
112. ARCAS Jorge
113. AULAR Orluis
114. FORMOLO Davide
115. RUBIO Einer
116. SÁNCHEZ Pelayo
117. TESFATSION Natnael

Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
121. PIDCOCK Thomas
122. AZPARREN Xabier Mikel
123. BRAMBILLA Gianluca
124. DE LA CRUZ David
125. HOWSON Damien
126. DONOVAN Mark
127. ZUKOWSKY Nickolas

Red Bull - BORA hansgrohe
131. HINDLEY Jai
132. ADRIÀ Roger
133. KOCH Jonas
134. MACIEJUK Filip
135. MOSCON Gianni
136. PALZER Anton
137. VAN DIJKE Tim

Soudal Quick-Step
141. LANDA Mikel
142. CATTANEO Mattia
143. ČERNÝ Josef
144. MAGNIER Paul
145. PARET-PEINTRE Valentin
146. PEDERSEN Casper
147. REINDERINK Pepijn

Team Jayco AlUla
151. ZANA Filippo
152. DUNBAR Eddie
153. GAMPER Patrick
154. GROENEWEGEN Dylan
155. MEZGEC Luka
156. REINDERS Elmar
157. SÜTTERLIN Jasha

Team Picnic PostNL
161. HAMILTON Chris
162. KOERDT Bjoern
163. LEEMREIZE Gijs
164. LEIJNSE Enzo
165. MÄRKL Niklas
166. VAN UDEN Casper
167. WELTEN Bram

Team Polti VisitMalta
171. PIGANZOLI Davide
172. BAIS Davide
173. LONARDI Giovanni
174. MAESTRI Mirco
175. MUÑOZ Francisco
176. PIETROBON Andrea
177. TONELLI Alessandro

Team Visma | Lease a Bike
181. YATES Simon
182. KOOIJ Olav
183. KRUIJSWIJK Steven
184. MCLAY Daniel
185. UIJTDEBROEKS Cian
186. VALTER Attila
187. VAN BAARLE Dylan

Tudor Pro Cycling Team
191. HIRSCHI Marc
192. KRIEGER Alexander
193. PLUIMERS Rick
194. STORK Florian
195. WARBASSE Larry
196. WILKSCH Hannes
197. ZIJLAARD Maikel

UAE Team Emirates - XRG
201. AYUSO Juan
202. OLIVEIRA Rui
203. DEL TORO Isaac
204. GROßSCHARTNER Felix
205. MAJKA Rafał
206. NOVAK Domen
207. YATES Adam

Uno-X Mobility
211. CORT Magnus
212. DVERSNES Fredrik
213. HOLTER Ådne
214. JOHANNESSEN Anders Halland
215. JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland
216. BLUME LEVY William
217. WÆRENSKJOLD Søren

VF Group - Bardiani CSF - Faizanè
221. TAROZZI Manuele
222. CONFORTI Lorenzo
223. COVILI Luca
224. FIORELLI Filippo
225. PINARELLO Alessandro
226. SCALCO Matteo
227. ZANONCELLO Enrico