Peter Sagan was among the eight players selected to compete in Bora Hansgrohe's Paris-Nice. Sagan is set to compete in Saturday's Strade Bianche, and several of his teammates were already in Tuscany training for the one-day classic.

Sagan was about to travel to Tuscany from his home in Monaco, but will head to Paris for the Paris-Nice start on Sunday.

Sagan recently returned from a high-altitude training camp in Colombia in preparation for the spring classics and the Giro d'Italia in May. He was also scheduled to compete in next week's Tirreno Adriatico, but this event will likely be canceled as well, as the Italian government has decided to cancel all sporting and public events for the next month due to the high number of coronavirus cases.

Sagan will join seven teammates in Paris-Nice, including his brother Yulai, Pascal Ackermann, and German road race champion Maximilian Schachmann. They are also to make up for the teams that have decided to withdraw from Paris-Nice, including CCC Team, Team Ineos, UAE Team Emirates, Astana, and Mitchelton-Scott.

Meanwhile, Bora-Hansgrohe also announced its lineup for Sunday's GP Monsere, a UCI 1.1 race in Belgium.

"We trust the health authorities in our countries and will act according to their guidelines," said a statement from Bora-Hansgrohe on Thursday, noting that with the cancellation of Strade Bianche, next week's Tirreno and Milan-San Remo on March 21 are also likely to be postponed. is noted.

"Therefore, we do not believe that athletes and staff will be at increased risk of competing in future races. This is a very changeable event and we are constantly evaluating the situation as things develop."

Bora Hansgrohe to compete in Paris-Nice 2020: Pascal Ackermann, Jempie Drucker, Felix Grossshaltner, Patrick Konrad, Julai Sagan, Peter Sagan, Maximilian Schachmann, Michael Schwarzmann

Bora Hansgrohe for the 2020 GP Monsere: Markus Burghardt, Patrick Gamper, Oscar Gut, Daniel Oss, Ide Schelling, Andreas Schillinger [17