The battle for the European title should put together French title-holders Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder and Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin (Russia) who were runners-up last year.
The other couples aiming at the podium should be Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski (Russia), Nathalie Pechalat / Fabian Bourzat (France) and Frederica Faiella / Massimo Scali (Italy).
