Riders in the 120 strong peloton will be made up of 19 UCI teams, and one National Team. The 20 teams are:

Velocia-SRAM
Orica-AIS
Lotto Soudal Ladies
Lenswold.eu – Zannata
Topsport Vlaanderen-Pro-Duo
Bizkaia-Durango
Optium P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies
United Healthcare Pro Cycling Team
Poitou Charentes Futurscope 86
Wiggle Honda
Matrix Fitness
Ale Cipollini
Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi
Hitec Products
Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team
Boels Dolmans Cycling Team
Team Liv-Plantur
BTC City Ljubljana
Bigla Pro Cycling Team
France National Team

World road race champion, Pauline Ferrand-Prevot will be representing Rabo-Live, hoping to keep the win within the team on behalf of Marianne Vos, who is still side-lined by injury.

Ferrand-Prevot had any hope of a win dashed last year, along with Lizzie Armitstead when they both crashed on the finishing straight.

The fast, flat race is very likely to finish in a sprint – we’ll be keeping our eyes peeled on Girogio Bronzini and Wiggle Honda team mate Elisa Longo Borghini, Lizzie Armitstead (Boels Dolmans), and her Dutch team mate Ellen van Dijk, plus last year’s second place rider Kirsten Wild (Hitec Products). Also on our radar is German Lisa Brennauer (Velocio-SRAM) – she came fourth last year and also won the Women’s Tour just last month.