With Paris-Nice and Tirreno behind them, the Slipstream/Chipotle riders are rested and ready to continue their European invasion. Follow your Argyle Heroes as they hit it hard in Italy, Spain and France.

It will be an Argyle Easter weekend with Milano-Sanremo this Saturday, March 22. Nearly 300 km long, “la classica di primavera” is the longest of all professional one-day races.

A younger crew will head to Spain for the 5-day Vuelta a Castilla y Leon that starts Monday, March 24. In its 23rd year, this shorter, more intense stage race attracts a strong field that will include Rabobank, Euskatel and Saunier Duval.

Then the boys round out March with the 77th running of the two-day, three-stage Criterium International. Taking place in the Ardennes region of France, this weekend of hard racing includes a long, flat stage, an intense, short climbing stage, and a final time trial.