With the Spring Classics now in full swing, on the 30th of March,
Gent Wevelgem is on the cards for the peloton. In their attempts to take victory in Belgium,
Team Visma | Lease a Bike are backing their sprint sensation -
Olav Kooij.
Kooij secured a very impressive top-10 at Milano-Sanremo last weekend in Italy, his first such finish at a Monument. As such, despite being caught up in a crash at Classic Brugge-De Panne earlier this week, both Visma and Kooij are confident in the 23-year-old Dutchman's chances of getting a good placing at Gent Wevelgem. “There (Milano-Sanremo ed.) he showed that he has taken another step in racing classics this winter. He deserves our full support in Gent Wevelgem," explains Team Visma | Lease a Bike sports director
Grischa Niermann in
a press release on the team's official website.