CCC-Liv will compete in the second French UCI Women's WorldTour race this week on Saturday. In Nice, the team will enter in La Course, organised by Tour de France organizer ASO. The team for this race consists of Sofia Bertizzolo, Soraya Paladin, Marianne Vos, Pauliena Rooijakkers and Riejanne Markus.

Sports director Jeroen Blijlevens: “We will start with a strong team and hope to finish high in the ranking. Last year we won La Course with Marianne Vos. The course is largely comparable to 2019. Although the climb, the Côte de Rimiez which needs to be covered twice, is a bit longer with 6 kilometres and at the same time less steep than last year. After the last climb, there is a descent and a flat stretch of 30 kilometres to the finish line in Nice. We will have to race attentively as a team to be successful and jump at the right moments.”

Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio would normally also have been part of the selection. However, she has not yet recovered sufficiently from her crash during the recon of the Strade Bianche nearly a month ago. She has indicated that she would rather postpone her comeback.

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