"Even if he has no experience of Flandriennes, he will be accompanied by Greg Van Avermaet, Oliver Naesen and others. We have a team that knows the roads and that will be able to accompany Benoît," says the 67-year-old former Route d'Occitanie stage winner. "This is the lot of all the teams who have riders at the end of their contract, but AG2R Citroën has arguments to be able to keep
Benoît Cosnefroy."