Stephen Clancy is really in at the deep-end this week as he starts his first ever World Tour stage race. The Limerick man is in the Novo-Nordisk squad for the seven-day event which kicks off tomorrow in Warsaw (Photo: Toby Watson)
By Brian Canty
Nicolas Roche resumes his season tomorrow at the Tour of Poland where he will be part of an eight-man Team Sky line-up for the World Tour event.
The Irish elite national road and time-trial champion will wear his specially-made kit for the first time in a race that features some monstrous climbing days, a 25-kilometre time-trial and a couple of days for the fast men.
In the Sky line-up are Michal Golas, Michal Kwiatkowski, Benat Intxausti, Peter Kennaugh, Salvatore Puccio, Leopold Konig and Elia Viviani.
It is going to be a savage race with many riders who just missed selection for the Tour getting the nod for the Poland’s flagship event.
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Save for the opening two stages, which should be days for the sprinters, the remaining days are are classified as mountainous.
Sunday's 194-kilometre journey to Bukowina Tatrzańska looks like it’ll shape the race.
There are a staggering 15 climbs - 10 of which are cat 1 - and that comes a day after a similarly difficult 218-kilometre run to Rzeszow which features five climbs.
And during a third straight day of climbing next Monday, there are seven cat 1 ascents.
Dimension Data: Kanstantsin Niyonshuti, Adrien Niyonshuti, Kristian Sbaragli, Youcef Reguigui, Matt Brammeier, Omar Fraile, Jacques Janse van Rensburg and Songezo Jim.
Team Sky: Michal Golas, Michal Kwiatkowski, Benat Intxausti, Peter Kennaugh, Salvatore Puccio, Nicolas Roche, Leopold Konig and Elia Viviani.
Novo Nordisk: Javier Megias, Martijn Verschoor, Charles Planet, David Lozano, Stephen Clancy, Chris Williams, Nicolas Lefrancois.
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