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So after the exciting Milano SanRemo, we have an exciting stage race. Ayuso come to this race fresh after winning Tirreno, hoping for more wins. Roglic returns to racing, honing his for before the Giro. However Vingegaard will not race as he's still not recovered from his crash. But we get the...

Women's Valenciana race. Demi vollering in her new FDJ colors, Reusser in her new Movistar colors, and the return of Anna Van Der Breggen, after being retired for 3 years. Notable mentions: Anna van der Breggen, Vollering, Marlen Reusser, Balsamo, Lippert...

This is where the stage races start proper in Europe. We've had the Mallorca one day races, now it's onto the mainland. It's Spain so that means plents of climbing, and even a TTT. Notable GC/allaround mentions: O'Connor, Carlos Rodriguez, McNulty, Almeida, Martinez, Vlasov, Bilbao, Buitrago...

Let the hype begin! This is the race that Remco will win, after coming from Tenerife where he broke every record there is. Others will race for 2nd place or lower. It's also the race where Bernal starts his European season after beating Remco in San Juan on that one stage. Notable GC mentions...