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Belgium enters Sunday's 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:World Championships with the options and a parcours suited to their elite men's characteristics. It was no wonder they appeared so relaxed and confident at their pre-race press conference in d𒁃owntown Richmond on Thursday.

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tom Boonen sat flanked by 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Philippe Gilbert and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Greg van Avermaet, and although all three come i꧃nto the race with high expectations t🅘he trio will all have their chances on the men’s race.

Boonen is the most likely rider tꦛo sit in the bunch and wait for a sprint, while Gilbert and Van Avermaet will be able to🦋 rider their own races.

"Every time that you come to the World Championships you come with the same ambition. You're trying to get a win," Boonen told Cyclingnews after the main press conference concluded.

Boonen won the Worlds in Madrid ten years ago and although he is moving into the twilight of hisꦗ career he remains a colossus in the sport. The slightly uphill sprint suits him and with a cadre of Etixx Quickstep riders in the national team, they look set-up to support him.

Van Avermaet and Gilbert will be given freedom and support to ride their races too and either rider could factor if a select group goes clear in the final two laps. To put it simply, Belgium are spoilt for choice when it comes to leadership options and if they click, as Boonen expects the🧜m too, they could run away with the title.

"This year we find the parcours has been especially designed for th꧒e Belgians it seems," he beamed.

"It seems like it's going to be a very fast race but what would [winning] it mean? It would mean the same as the first win, an aꦗmazing feeling.

"I see four or five guys that are able to win but that's not the objective from the sta🅰rt. There are even guys like Tiesj Benoot who can pretty much win the race and he's 21.

"It’s not eas🐭y to come here and say that we're going to start with one leader. That's not possible but the good thing is that we have guys who are well spread out tactically✤ wise, so we have guys who can go in the break with the strong guys and I can wait a little bit with the faster guys who will try to survive for the sprint. The last few years show that it works out and that we have a cocktail of good riders."

Boonen added that there was little to read into the fact that three of his trade teammates had been picked for the team – a possible hint tha🦂t the team were 🎐more primed to support him than van Avermaet or Gilbert.

"I think the coach made the choices by lookꦚing at the Classic parcours and he took some of the rܫiders from the best Classics team in the world and that's the only thing that I see. These guys are all here and willing to do a good job for everyone. In the end it's always the same objective: trying to be in the front of the race with the last one or two laps. It's the same for everyone."