Gerrans makes his return

The French ProTour team AG2R Prévoyance has announced its lineups for upcoming races, including the return of Simon Gerrans in Milan-Turin on March 4. He will be accompanied by Julien Loubet, Lloyd Mondory, Carl Naibo, David Navas, Erki Putsep, Christophe Riblon and Ludovic Turpin, with Gilles Mas acting as trainer. For the Giro di Lucca that follows on March 6, the team will be nearly identical, with the inclusion of Iñigo Chaurreau and Alexandre Usov in place of Erki Putsep and Ludovic Turpin. In Paris-Nice (March 5-12), the team will see José Luis Arrieta, Mikel Astarloza, Cyril Dessel, Renaud Dion, Samuel Dumoulin, Hubert Dupont, Christophe Moreau and Tomas Vaitkus in action. Dion is taking the place of Stéphane Goubert, who is suffering from gastroenteritis. Yuriy Krivtsov and Sylvain Calzati will act as reserves for this race, while Vincent Lavenu and Arturas Kasputis will direct the team.