Jumbo Visma announced the teams for three upcoming races on Saturday, revealing that Belgian Wout Van Aert will lead the team in the Strade Bianche on August 1, the first World Tour race since the Coronavirus interruption.

Van Aert, a two-time podium finisher in Siena, is recovering from devastating injuries sustained in a crash at last year's Tour de France and will be looking for another good result in the gravel road classic.

"Since the beginning of June, I have been working specifically to get back into the season. "At the training camp in Tignes, we put the finishing touches on the last of the work. My goal is to run well right away and to keep this up for as long as possible. Strade Bianche is a very good race."

Last year, Van Aert started his first full road season with Jumbo-Visma on a high note, finishing third in Strade Bianche, second in the E3 Binkbank Classic, and stage wins in the Criterium du Dauphiné and Tour de France. However, after having his hip gouged out by a loose barricade during a time trial at the Tour last July, Van Aat endured two surgeries and months of rehabilitation before returning to the highest level.

He entered the 2020 season as an unknown quantity, finishing 11th at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, his first and only appearance before the coronavirus pandemic closed all sporting events. Now, with strict hygiene protocols and COVID-19 inspections in place, racing has tentatively resumed and Van Aert hopes to show that he is back to his best.

"In the past I have raced well after training periods, and after two podium finishes, I will be looking for another top finish."

Van Aert is also looking to get back on the podium.

At his side are Tour de France stage winner Mike Tunissen, who surprised on the opening stage and wore the maillot jaune, and Amund Janssen, Paul Martens, Maarten Weinants, Antoine Torhoek, and Bert-Jan Lindemann. There are.

"They are all strong. So not only me, but also riders like Mike and Amundo should have ambition. We will do everything we can to get a good result."

Strade Bianche's Jumbo Wisma: Wout Van Aert, Amund Janssen, Bert-Jan Lindemann, Paul Martens, Antoine Torhoek, Mike Tunissen, and Maarten Winants

The team will also be competing on the same day at The team will also participate at large in the Heist Pile Kermesse, which will be held on the same day. This race is 10 laps of 16 km and will be a good warm-up for sprinter Dylan Groenewegen. He is the stage winner of this year's UAE Tour and Volta a la Comunita Valenciana and won two stages of the Tour last July. He will be joined by Jos van Emden, Taco van der Hoorn, and riders from the U23 Development Team.

Heiste Pijl's Jumbo Visma: Jos van Emden, Taco van der Hoorn, Koen Bouwman, Dylan Groenewegen, Rick Pluimers, Lars Boven, Olav Kooij, Owen Geleijn, Archie Ryan, Mick van Dijke, Tim van Dijke, Hidde van Veenendaal

The Dutch team also announced its squad for the Vuelta a Burgos, which starts on Tuesday, with Sepp Kuss and George Bennett will lead the team.

Sports director Artur van Dongen said, "After training camp and a long break from this strange season, we are looking forward to resuming the season. This Spanish stage race is a good mix of hard sprints and uphill finishes. With two strong climbers in Sepp and George, I'm sure I'll be able to challenge for the overall lead."

Jumbo Visma will have Timo Rosen and Pascal Eenkhorn competing on the flat stages, while Kuss and Bennett will focus on the first summit finish on stage 3, the Picon Blanco, and the climb finish on stage 5, Lagunas de Neira. Development Team riders Gijs Leemreize and Finn Fisher-Black will participate in the race.

Jumbo Visma in the Vuelta a Burgos: George Bennett, Sepp Kuss, Finn Fisher-Black, Pascal Eenkhorn, Timo Roosen, Leonard Hofstede, Gijs Leemreize