Tomorrow, 199 riders of 25 different teams will start in Compiègne for 257.5 kilometers of racing, including 52.8 kilometers on cobble stones (see the Paris-Roubaix 2016 race route on Google Maps). This will be the 114th edition of Paris-Roubaix and it will start without last year's winner, John Degenkolb ...

Starting in Compiègne, the weather should be dry but potentially still with some fog which will disappear progressively. While early this week the weather reports still mentioned rain during the race (which would have been a first since several years!), this will finally not be the case and the riders will thus get on the cobbles towards Roubaix under a dry sky, but without much sun.

The list of participants for Paris-Roubaix 2016

The Astana team comes to the start with only 7 riders instead of 8 for the other teams and the total number of participants is thus 199 tomorrow morning in Compiègne.

Among the main favourites we mainly find:
> Peter Sagan (Tinkoff) who had a quite good start of his season with second places in the Circuit Het Nieuwsblad and in the stage race Tirreno-Adriatico, a fourth place in the Strade Bianche and finally the victory in his rainbow jersey in Ghent-Wevelgem and in the Tour of Flanders
> Fabian Cancellara (Trek-Segafredo) who starts his last season this year and who mainly won the Strade Bianche and took the 2nd place in the Tour of Flanders
> Sep Vanmarcke (Team Lotto NL-Jumbo) who was beaten in the sprint by Fabian Cancellara in Paris-Roubaix 2013 and who finished this year 2nd of Ghent-Wevelgem and 3rd of the Tour of Flanders
> but also riders like Lars Boom (Astana Pro Team), Zdenek Stybar and Niki Terpstra (winner in 2014), both of the Etixx-QuickStep team

In Paris-Roubaix we can always expect surprises though!

Here are all the riders with their bib numbers:

Team Giant-Alpecin

For Giant-Alpecin we won't have last year's winner, John Degenkolb, at the start (following his team's accident during a training camp early this year) and the bib number 1 has thus been awarded to the Belgian rider Bert de Backer:

1 - DE BACKER Bert
2 - ANDERSEN Soren Kragh
3 - ARNDT Nikias
4 - CURVERS Roy
5 - DE KORT Koen
6 - SINKELDAM Ramon
7 - STAMSNIJDER Tom
10 - VAN DER HAAR Lars

Etixx-QuickStep

Tom Boonen, the leader of the Etixx-QuickStep team, could be qualified as one of the outsiders next to the favourites of the race ... In this team we however also find the former winner, Niki Terpstra (photo):

11 - BOONEN Tom
12 - KEISSE Iljo
13 - MAES Nikolas
14 - MARTIN Tony
15 - STYBAR Zdenek
16 - TERPSTRA Niki
17 - TRENTIN Matteo
19 - VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume

BMC Racing Team

The BMC Racing Team represents alone no less than 6 nationalities at the start of Paris-Roubaix 2016:

21 - BURGHARDT Marcus
22 - DRUCKER Jean-Pierre
23 - GERTS Floris
24 - KÜNG Stefan
25 - OSS Daniel
26 - PHINNEY Taylor
27 - QUINZIATO Manuel
28 - ZABEL Rick

Astana Pro Team

In the Astana team we thus find one ofthe favourites (of the second level however) with Lars Boom. Could the big Dutch blond rider decide the race and take the win in the vélodrome in Roubaix?

31 - BOOM Lars
32 - AYAZBAYEV Maxat
33 - DE VREESE Laurens
34 - GRUZDEV Dmitriy
35 - KAMYSHEV Arman
36 - SMUKULIS Gatis
37 - WESTRA Lieuwe

IAM Cycling

In the Swiss IAM Cycling team, the Australian Heinrich Haussler wears the first bib number:

41 - HAUSSLER Heinrich
42 - BRANDLE Matthias
43 - HOLLENSTEIN Reto
44 - KLUGE Roger
45 - NAESEN Oliver
46 - REYNES Vicente
47 - SARAMOTINS Aleksejs
48 - VAN GENECHTEN Jonas

Orica-GreenEDGE

In the Australian Orica-GreenEDGE team, the Belgian Jens Keukeleire wears the first bib number. He finished 6th last year ...

51 - KEUKELEIRE Jens
52 - BEWLEY Sam
53 - DOCKER Mitchell
54 - DURBRIDGE Luke
55 - HAYMAN Mathew
56 - MEZGEC Luka
57 - NIELSEN Magnus Cort
58 - TUFT Svein

Team Sky

Luke Rowe took the 8th place in Paris-Roubaix 2015 and is thus a good leader for Team Sky which accompanies him with two other British riders, one German rider, three Italians and one Dutch rider:

61 - ROWE Luke
62 - FENN Andrew
63 - KNEES Christian
64 - MOSCON Gianni
65 - PUCCIO Salvatore
66 - STANNARD Ian
67 - VAN POPPEL Danny
68 - VIVIANI Elia

Lotto-Soudal

3rd in Milan-Sanremo and 7th in Ghent-Wevelgem this year, Jurgen Roelandts was appointed as the leader of the Belgian Lotto-Soudal team:

71 - ROELANDTS Jurgen
72 - BAK Lars Ytting
73 - BENOOT Tiesj
74 - DE BUYST Jasper
75 - FRISON Frederik
76 - GREIPEL André
77 - SIEBERG Marcel
78 - WALLAYS Jelle

Team Katusha

The sprinter Alexander Kristoff, 6 times victorious already this year and part of the top 10 in Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne, the Tour of Flanders and Milan-Sanremo, will be the leader of Team Katusha:

81 - KRISTOFF Alexander
82 - GUARNIERI Jacopo
83 - HALLER Marco
84 - ISAYCHEV Vladimir
85 - KUZNETSOV Viacheslav
86 - MORKOV Michael
87 - POLITT Nils
88 - PORSEV Alexander

Team Lotto NL-Jumbo

Sep Vanmarcke is thus one of the favourites and he'll be the leader of the Lotto NL-Jumbo team in this Paris-Roubaix. His team is mainly made up of other Belgian riders and Dutch guys but there's also one German rider, Robert Wagner.

91 - VANMARCKE Sep
92 - CASTELIJNS Twan
93 - ROOSEN Timo
94 - TEUNISSEN Mike
95 - TJALLINGII Maarten
96 - VAN ASBROECK Tom
97 - WAGNER Robert
98 - WYNANTS Maarten

Bora-Argon 18

Bora-Argon 18 is one of the teams which have been invited in Paris-Roubaix 2016. Here are their 8 riders:

101 - SCHILLINGER Andreas
102 - ARCHBOLD Shane
103 - BARTA Jan
104 - BENNETT Sam
105 - DEMPSTER Zakkari
107 - SELIG Rüdiger
108 - THWAITES Scott
110 - SCHWARZMANN Michael

Tinkoff

One of the biggest favourites, if not *the* biggest, is Peter Sagan. Could the Slovakian rider take the win in the vélodrome in Roubaix in his rainbow jersey? We'll only know tomorrow at the end of the afternoon!

111 - SAGAN Peter
112 - BLYTHE Adam
113 - BRUTT Pavel
114 - GATTO Oscar
115 - GOGL Michael
116 - KOLAR Michael
117 - SAGAN Juraj
118 - TRUSOV Nikolay

Cofidis, solutions crédits

The French Cofidis, solutions crédits team will come to the start of this Paris-Roubaix 2016 with Florian Sénéchal as its leader:

121 - SENECHAL Florian
122 - BOZIC Borut
123 - HOFSTETTER Hugo
124 - JOEAAR Gert
125 - LAPORTE Christophe
126 - LEMOINE Cyril
127 - VAN BILSEN Kenneth
128 - VAN STAEYEN Michael

Wanty-Groupe Gobert

Dans l'équipe belge Wanty-Groupe Gobert, le leader italien Marco Marcato sera accompagné par 6 coureurs belges et un Allemand :

131 - MARCATO Marco
132 - BACKAERT Frederik
133 - CLAEYS Dimitri
134 - DEHAES Kenny
135 - DEVRIENDT Tom
136 - JANS Roy
137 - STENUIT Robin
138 - THURAU Bjorn

Trek-Segafredo

It'll be the last chance for Spartacus, the nickname of Fabian Cancellara, to win Paris-Roubaix once again, after his 3 victories in 2006, 2010 and 2013:

141 - CANCELLARA Fabian
142 - COLEDAN Marco
143 - DEVOLDER Stijn
144 - IRIZAR Markel
145 - POPOVYCH Yaroslav
146 - RAST Gregory
147 - STUYVEN Jasper
148 - VAN POPPEL Boy

AG2R La Mondiale

Sébastien Turgot will be the French leader of the French AG2R La Mondiale team which represents no less than 5 nationalities in this race:

151 - TURGOT Sébastien
152 - BAGDONAS Gediminas
153 - DANIEL Maxime
154 - DENZ Nico
155 - GAUDIN Damien
156 - HOULE Hugo
157 - MINARD Sébastien
158 - SERGENT Jesse

FDJ

Here are the 8 riders of the FDJ team:

161 - LADAGNOUS Matthieu
162 - DELAGE Mickaël
163 - FISCHER Murilo Antonio
164 - HOELGAARD Daniel
165 - KONOVALOVAS Ignatas
166 - LE BON Johan
167 - LE GAC Olivier
168 - SARREAU Marc

Fortuneo-Vital Concept

The French Champion Steven Tronet will be leading his Fortuneo-Vital Concept team:

171 - TRONET Steven
172 - BONNAMOUR Franck
173 - BREEN Vegard
174 - HUTAROVICH Yauheni
175 - JARRIER Benoit
176 - MCLAY Daniel
177 - MOUREY Francis
178 - VALLEE Boris

Direct Energie

Sylvain Chavanel will be the experimented rider leading the Direct Energie team which is mainly French but in which we also find two Canadians of whom Antoine Duchesne takes a real pleasure in riding on the cobbles:

181 - CHAVANEL Sylvain
182 - ANDERSON Ryan
183 - DUCHESNE Antoine
184 - GENE Yohann
185 - GRELLIER Fabien
186 - MORICE Julien
187 - PETIT Adrien
188 - PICHOT Alexandre

Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise

Here are the 8 riders of the Belgian Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise team:

191 - VAN HECKE Preben
192 - DECLERCQ Tim
193 - FARAZIJN Maxime
194 - HELVEN Sander
195 - RICKAERT Jonas
196 - STEELS Stijn
197 - VAN HOECKE Gijs
198 - VAN LERBERGHE Bert

Team Dimension Data

Mark Cavendish wears the first bib number for Team Dimension Data, but there's not much chance to see the British rider cross the finish line in the vélodrome in Roubaix first! Edvald Boasson Hagen however could be seen as one of the outsiders :).

201 - CAVENDISH Mark
202 - BOASSON HAGEN Edvald
203 - BRAMMEIER Matthew
204 - DOUGALL Nicolas
205 - EISEL Bernhard
206 - FARRAR Tyler
207 - JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt
208 - THOMSON Jay

Lampre-Merida

Here are the 8 riders of the Italian Lampre-Merida team:

211 - CIMOLAI Davide
212 - FARIA DA COSTA Mario
213 - FENG Chun Kai
214 - FERRARI Roberto
215 - KUMP Marko
216 - PIBERNIK Luka
217 - XU Gang
218 - ZURLO Federico

Movistar Team

Team Movistar will come to the start with these 8 riders:

221 - ERVITI Imanol
222 - ARCAS Jorge
223 - LOBATO Juan Jose
224 - MORENO Javier
225 - OLIVEIRA Nelson
226 - QUINTANA Dayer Uberney
227 - SUTTERLIN Jasha
228 - VENTOSO Francisco

Cannondale Pro Cycling Team

For Cannondale it'll be Sebastian Langeveld who takes the lead:

231 - LANGEVELD Sebastian
232 - BAUER Jack
233 - GAIMON Phillip
234 - KOREN Kristijan
235 - MARANGONI Alan
236 - MULLEN Ryan
237 - VAN BAARLE Dylan
238 - WIPPERT Wouter

Delko Marseille Provence-KTM

In the team from Marseille, the Spanish rider Mikel Aristi will wear the first bib number:

241 - ARISTI Mikel
242 - COMBAUD Romain
243 - GALTA Fredrik Strand
244 - GIRAUD Benjamin
245 - LAAS Martin
246 - LABORIE Christophe
247 - MARTINEZ Yannick
248 - SISKEVICIUS Evaldas

door Thomas Vergouwen
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