Viviani: Quick-Step Floors primed for all scenarios at Milan-San Remo

When an Italian rider is winning sprints seemingly at will in the month of February, it's difficult not to cast the mind forward to that most evocative of finish lines on the Via Roma in March. Elia Viviani duly buttressed his standing as a Milan-San Remo contender by notching up his fifth win of the season on stage 2 of the Abu Dhabi Tour, but he insisted afterwards that he is just one of a number of options at the disposal of Quick-Step Floors for La Classicissima.

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Barry Ryan
Head of Features

Barry Ryan is Head of Features at Cyclingnews. He has covered professional cycling since 2010, reporting from the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and events from Argentina to Japan. His writing has appeared in The Independent, Procycling and Cycling Plus. He is the author of The Ascent: Sean Kelly, Stephen Roche and the Rise of Irish Cycling’s Golden Generation, published by Gill Books.