Belgian WorldTour team Lotto Soudal is hunting stage wins at the Abu Dhabi Tour this week. André Greipel leads the sprint ambitions with the German aiming to add to his Tour Down Under stage wins last month. Although the team is banking on the opening three stages of success, Sander Armée and Bjorg Lambrecht will be given the opportunity for success on the final day climb up Jabel Hafeet. "We really want to win a stage at Abu Dhabi Tour this week and we have most chance on the first three days, all sprint stages," said sports director Mario Aerts.ADVERTISEMENT The sprint field at the WorldTour Abu Dhabi Tour is world class in 2018 and Aerts is under no illusion of the challenge ahead. However, with a confident squad assembled in the Persian Gulf, Aerts believe the team can add to its haul of six wins thus far this season. "André Greipel will have to face some strong opponents, because the list of top sprinters is long: Mark Cavendish, Caleb Ewan, Marcel Kittel, Alexander Kristoff and Elia Viviani. His two stage wins at Tour Down Under gave André a lot of confidence and he is surrounded by a good team, with experienced riders such as Adam Hansen and Marcel Sieberg." Due the number of teams with sprint ambitions, Aerts added that he believes there will be cooperation in controlling the stages and there will be three clear chances for wins with Greipel.
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