“With Paris-Roubaix, Liège-Bastogne-Liège and Ghent-Wevelgem, our U23 have three major classic appointments on the calendar this month. While our climbers are racing in the Circuit des Ardennes this week, our selection for Paris-Roubaix carried out a recon of the last 100 kilometers of the course with nineteen cobblestones on Thursday. With Huub Artz we have an important asset in our midst. He has made it a big goal of his first participation in these prestigious U23 classics and has shown in Le Samyn and the GP de Denain in the jersey of our World Team that he is made for the cobblestone races. He can count on a strong team around him, for example Tim Rex and Alessio Delle Vedove, who performed excellently as first-year prospects last season. Success in the Hell of the North sometimes depends on a dose of luck. That is why we have left nothing to chance in our preparation. Our riders have the same equipment as the pros of Intermarché-Wanty, including the Continental GP5000 AS tires of 32 mm with Effetto Mariposa tubeless system, and our staff will be present in many of the sectors with spare wheels.”
