Team dsm-firmenich PostNL coach Phil West: “Following on from Friday’s action at Classic Var we head straight into the new two-day format of Tour des Alpes-Maritimes. Stage one follows a rolling parcours before the more traditional final stage into Vence which takes place over a difficult shorter stage, where we expect the GC is likely to be decided. We will race both stages aggressively and focus on working really well as a team to come into the final of each day in the best way possible. It’s also great to have Vlad join us from the Development program and he can hopefully gain valuable experience from riding in this event with our Men’s program. As ever, we expect that the race will be keenly contested and so it is imperative that we are ready for action from the first kilometre.”