On the eve of Brabant arrow the team Team Visma | Lease a Bike has just announced the six runners who will rally Beersel à Overijse. Unsurprisingly, it will be Wout van Aert who will be the leader in Dutch training. Deprived of the podium in recent weeks on the Tour of Flanders et Paris-Roubaixhe will try to do a little better than in 2021 where he had been beaten in the sprint by Tom Pidcock (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team) et “hope to be able to play a role in the final“. To accompany him we will find in particular the 3rd of the 2018 edition, Tiesj Benoot.
Video – Wout Van Aert after Paris -Roubaix:
Do better than 2021
“I can’t wait to come back to the start of the Brabançonne arrow“Said Van Aert in a statement published by his team.”I have not participated in the race for several years, but due to the change of calendar, the race is part of my program this year. It is therefore an additional opportunity for me to participate in a beautiful spring classic.“
“I have already come close to victory once during my first and only participation in 2021, so the route suits me“Continues the Belgian runner.”I feel good and I hope I can play a role in the final. It is with this goal that I will be at the start“.
A Belgian accent team
Alongside Van Aert and Benoot The experienced will also be present Daniel McLay, Tosh van der true et Julien Vermote. The defending world champion Niklas Behrens will do his debut on the Belgian race after a campaign of fairly complicated Flanderian classics (excluding deadlines on Paris-Roubaix and abandonment on the Classic Bruges-de Panne). And Van Aert will obviously be part of the favorites, Remco Evenepoel (Sudal Quick-Step) for its 1st race of the year and Tom Pidcock (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team) will also be present at the start tomorrow.
