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Eddy Merckx believes that 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Bradley Wiggins would be a complete champion should the British 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France winner secure titlܫes in Paris-Roubaiꦛx and the Hour Record.

Wiggins is targeting the Classics this spring before ending his WorldTour career with Team Sky. Paris-Roubaix forms the cornerstone of his cobbled ambitions as he looks to step down from the top of professional road racing with a Monument🐓 win.

"Wiggins is more motivated now and he's a complete rider," Merckx told Cyclingnews at the recent Tour of Qatar.

Team Sky and Wiggins have c💮onquered the Tour de France together, winning the race in 2012 befo꧒re the British team returned in 2013 for their second straight title, courtesy of Chris Froome. Despite Grand Tour successes the team have struggled to find the right blend and formula in one-day racing. Podiums in the Classics have been few and far between and although they have won important one-day races in Belgium, success in one of cycling’s monuments still alludes them.

"Paris-Roubaix is a race where it's every man for himself. If you're good on the pave then you just need that little bit of luck so that you don&r🏅squo;t have a flat at a bad moment," said Merckx, who won Roubaix on three occasions during his incredibl🐽e career.

"He'll b𝓰e there for sure and if he wins there, for his career, and goes on to take the Hour Record, that will make h𓆏im a big champion, a very complete champion."

Wiggins of course will have to take on two of the most successful Classics riders of all ti💝me in Tom Boonen and Fabian Cancellara, if he is to win Paris-Roubaix but Merckx correctly points to the fact that the depth of Classics contenders is rapidly expanding.

"There are more top Classics riders these days. You have Boonen, you have Gilbert, Cancellara, Kristoff, and then you have more and more young riders coming through. There's Lars Boom who is strong and it won't be so easy🌠 for someone like Boonen this year. You also have Terpstra and the world champion.

"Cancellara appears more motivated this season and his condition is better than in previous yeaꦉrs but Wiggins is one of the riders who I believe can win Paris-Roubiax. The others will have to watch out for Wiggins because he's a great rider and he used Qatar as preparation. He can't be overlooked. I think he’s one of the top favourites for Roubaix."