Hirschi and McNulty headline for Tour de Romandie

UAE Team Emirates will head to the Tour de Romandie which runs from 26 April- 1 May.
The team goes in with several prospects with Brandon McNulty taking aim at the General Classification while local favourite Marc Hirschi will be extra motivated in front of a home crowd.

Hirschi: “ We’ve had a great season so far as a team and we want to continue that here this week. It’s a race I know quite well and the team is motivated to do a strong performance.
I would love to take a victory and we also have McNulty here who can do a strong GC ride. We’re looking forward to it.”

Fernando Gaviria makes his return to racing after a broken collarbone during Opening Weekend, with Colombian focused on coming back strong for the Giro d’Italia.

Gaviria: “It was a tough couple of months but the sensations in the last weeks in training were good. I had a strong start to the year with wins at Tour of Oman so I know although I lost a lot that I’m not too far away from good shape.
Tour de Romandie will be a hard test but a good step to get ready for the Giro d’Italia which I want to prepare well.”

The team will also compete at the Eschborn-Frankfurt in Germany on May 1, where Pascal Ackermann and Gaviria will aim to be up in the sprint. Ackermann will participate pending a medical check for a suspected muscular injury which he sustained in Paris-Roubaix.

The team will be guided by Sports Directors Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) and Simone Pedrazzini (Swi) over the six days in Romandie, while Manuele Mori will take charge at Eschborn-Frankfurt.

Tour de Romandie [2.UWT] – 26-Apr-2022 / 01-May-2022

 
-Juan Ayuso (Spa)
-Finn Fisher Black (NZ)
-Fernando Gaviria (Col)
-Marc Hirschi (Swi)
-Brandon McNulty (USA)
-Ivo Oliveira (Por)
-Jan Polanc (Slo)

 
Eschborn-Frankfurt [1.UWT] – 01-May-2022

 
-Pascal Ackermann (Ger)
-Alexys Brunel (Fra)
-Fernando Gaviria (Col)
-Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor)
-Maximilano Richeze (Arg)
-Joel Suter (Swi)
-Oliviero Troia (Ita)