Only a few days after the sequence Tour of Flanders – Paris-Roubaix It is now the time of the Ardennes tryptic: theAmstel Gold Race This Sunday, April 20, the Walloon arrow Wednesday April 23, and finally Liège-Bastogne-Liège Sunday April 27. There Team Visma | Lease a Bike has just unveiled the names of the seven runners who will rub shoulders with the legendary Cauberg this Sunday. Their headliner will be the local star Wout van Aertwinner in 2021 after an extremely tight sprint. On the podium in 2022 and 2024 Tiesj Benoot will be by his side just like the former winner of Paris-Roubaix Dylan van Baarle. In addition to the three precedingly cited runners, Ben, Daniel McLay, Tosh van der true et Attila Valter Complete the composition of the Team Visma | Lease a Bike For this Sunday. Note that Van Aert, Benoot, McLay et Van der Sande will make the sequence Brabant arrow – Amstel Gold Race.
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“All the chance to get a good result”
Benoot is impatient to participate in l’Amstelhe who will also participate in Brabant arrow A few days earlier. “”The Brabançonne arrow is an ideal preparation for the Amstel Gold Race. These are two beautiful races where I managed to obtain some places of honor in the past. In the Amstel Gold Race, the teams usually start to accelerate far from the finish line. I hope that such a scenario will happen again. In addition, the Cauberg again plays a more important role in the final, which can be advantageous for attackers. I think the team is likely to get a good result.“
Enthusiasm shared by its sports director Frans Maassen : “The competition will be tough and the passage of the cobblestones to the hilly classics should not be underestimated. This combination is only reserved for a few runners, but if someone can succeed, it’s Wout. He has already proven it in the past “. Himself winner of theAmstel Gold Race in 1991 Mesh continues: “It’s a brilliant race. As a Dutch team, we are driving in front of our audience. I hope we can continue to progress as we have done in recent weeks. Tiesj was already good in the Ardennes classics last season and he made it a goal this year. I hope Ben Tulett can join our two leaders, so that we can show ourselves in the finishl.”
