Etixx-QuickStep counting on strength in numbers at Tour of Flanders
Stybar and Terpstra offer alternatives to Boonen
Until recently, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Etixx-QuickStep could rely on a trump card at the Tour of Flanders. 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tom Boonen was the benchmark for all others at the Ronde: stronger than anybody who was faster than him, and faster than anybody who was strong💝er than him.
After an arduous recovery from the head injury he sustained at October’s Abu Dhabi Tour, Boonen arrives at the first Sunday of April in the unfamiliar role of outsider. While his Etixx-QuickStep team remains a redoubtable force, their collective power is diminished by the lack of a bankable leader like the Boonen of old.
“Cancellara and Sagan are above the others and it’s up to them to take responsibility,” he said. “If they don’t, they won’t win.”
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Barry Ryan was Head of Features at Cyclingnews. He has covered professional cycling since 2010, reporting from the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and events from Argentina to Japan. His writing has appeared in The Independent, Procycling and Cyclin🗹g🎐 Plus. He is the author of , published by Gill Books.