Liv AlUla Jayco roll into France for the next stop on the Women’s WorldTour calendar with a punchy and powerful squad for the one-day Classic Lorient Agglomération.
The team will boast a diverse squad for all scenarios, with the aggressive Silke Smulders back in action together with the fast-finishing Letizia Paternoster.
Australian Ruby Roseman-Gannon returns to the race where she finished fourth back in 2023. With Dutch duo Quinty Ton and Jeanne Koreavaar rounding out the team alongside Swede Caroline Andersson.
Liv AlUla Jayco:
Caroline Andersson (SWE)
Jeanne Korevaar (NED)
Letizia Paternoster (ITA)
Ruby Roseman-Gannon (AUS)
Silke Smulders (NED)
Quinty Ton (NED)
Silke Smulders:
“After the Tour I spent one week at home just without my bike. Then I went up to Andorra and I’ve been staying with the Ruby and did some great rides, also with a lot of the other girls that are staying there, so it’s been really good.
After this nice period of just relaxing and training I feel recharged and with energy to go back into racing, so I’m really excited. I think we have a super strong team here, Plouay is a race that can end in different scenarios, and we have a lot of depth in the team so we can handle all these scenarios.
With Letizia we have a super strong rider for the finish if it ends up being a bunch sprint, Caroline is going really well so if it’s more of an attacking race on the climbs, then me and Caroline are good options. I think there are a lot of cards we can play an I think everyone seems to be in a good shape so that makes it exciting.”
Shawn Clarke (Sport Director):
“We can be pretty excited going to Plouay, it’s always a bit of an unpredictable race which is what makes it such a great race. It’s right on the balance of being one that finishes with small groups and that suits the climbers, or it can finish in a reduced bunch sprint.
If you look at the group that we have here, everybody is fit, they’re still motivated at the end of the season, which is important and everybody’s going good and they’re hungry, I think that’s a difference maker coming into this race.
Our team our team is looking good and I think the riders we have here can cover both eventualities out of the race, which frees us up to just race and not have to try to force a certain outcome and I think that freedom will give us a good result in the end.”
Classic Lorient Agglomération – Race Details:
Sat, 30th Aug, Plouay – Plouay (165.3km)
Photo: Sprint Cycling
