TOUR DE ROMANDIE (WT)

Starting on April 25, Tour de Romandie takes in six days of racing. The race starts with a 4.8 kilometre prologue followed by a road stage with various climbs and an uphill finish sure to create some sizeable time gaps, giving the general classification riders a good start. Stage two could be a day for the opportunist with an abundance of climbs mid way through the race and an uphill finish. Day three on the road is more suited to the sprinters, providing they come out of the day's climbs feeling fresh. Another stage for the climbers and GC hopefuls, the mountainous stage four takes in climbs that reach peak gradients of 10 percent. The race closes with a 17.8 kilometre individual time trial with 300 metres uphill before a descent through to the finish. 

"Romandie is always a challenging race with tough stages and challenging Swiss weather conditions," explained Team Sunweb coach Marc Reef (NED) ahead of the race. "Together with the team's experts we have prepared for that. We have a strong team which is focused around supporting Wilco for an overall result, so the plan will be to keep him fresh each day, especially on the mountain stages when time gaps are most likely. Next to our GC ambitions, for some riders we also have our last kick in our preparations towards the Giro."

TOUR DE YORKSHIRE (WT)

The WorldTour peloton heads to the UK for the Tour de Yorkshire this Thursday, April 28. The three-day race opens with a 173 kilometre stage from Bridlington to Scarborough, followed by a 122.5 kilometre route ending in Harrogate. The final day takes in a challenging 194.5 kilometres with eight categorised climbs before a finish in Sheffield. 

Team Sunweb coach Tom Veelers (NED): "With two shorter, flatter stages to open the race we are expecting that they will more favour the sprinters. For these days we have two strong guys with Max and Phil so we will see what they can do here. Søren is also coming out of a good rest period before Liège, so we will also aim for a good result with him on stage 3. It will be important to minimise any time losses in the first two stages, and make sure that going into the final, toughest stage he is feeling good." 

TOUR DE YORKSHIRE (WWT)

The Women's Tour de Yorkshire takes riders along a 122.5 kilometre route from Tadcaster to Harrogate, exactly the same course as the men will take later that day. After rolling out from the start line the first intermediate sprint points will be up for grabs in Karesborough. This is followed by an ascent of the Côte de Lofthouse and a final sprint in Ripon before the finale in Harrogate. 

"Every year the parcours of this race are different so it isn't as easy as copy and pasting last years scenario," explained Team Sunweb coach Hans Timmermans (NED). "As always, we start the race with the ambition take a good result. We can expect a typical British hilly race with several smaller ascents, which will make for a tough day of racing. The 2.5 kilometre climb in the middle of the race could also be an early opener of the final. We are hoping for some typical British weather, wind and rain. The past few weeks have shown that we ride well on the tougher parcours, so this race should suit us. We line up at the race with Coryn and we hope that her great results will continue through to the Yorkshire finish line."

RUND UM DEN FINANZPLATZ ESCHBORN-FRANKFURT (WT)

Team Sunweb line up at the 56th edition of Eschborn-Frankfurt next Monday, May 1. Set to be a day for the sprinters, riders are tasked with 215.7 kilometres with various climbs before a flat run in to the finish. Team Sunweb line-up with two German talents for their first race of 2017 on home soil.

"Frankfurt is usually a race that ends in a reduced bunch sprint of around 30-40 riders," explained Team Sunweb coach Adriaan Helmantel (NED). "We line-up with a strong team and with ambitions to take a good result with Michael. Over the past few weeks he has shown his strength, and taking 4th at Liège yesterday gives us some extra confidence going into the race. We have good team to support him going into the final, with fast riders like Nikias, Ramon and Zico being particularly important in the lead-out. This is Michael's last race of this part of the season, so he will be extra motivated to go out in style."