On the 9th of March the Belgian peloton will have the GP Jean-Pierre Monseré, a classic for the sprinters which will rival Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico in the calendar. We preview the race ahead.
The Belgian race features 200 kilometers on the menu and has a circuit of which the riders will race three times. Into Roeselare, a traditional cycling city the riders will face four bergs - two of them coinciding with cobbled sectors. The gradients are never too tough, and frequently this is a race for the sprinters.
Prediction GP Jean-Pierre Monseré 2025:
*** Milan Fretin, Matteo Moschetti, Hugo Hofstetter
** Simon Dehairs, Gerben Thijssen
* Elia Viviani, Milan Menten, Luca Mozzato, Arne Marit, Pavel Bittner, Aaron Gate, Matteo Malucelli, Oded Kogut, Giacomo Nizzolo, Erlend Blikra
Pick: Milan Fretin
How: Regular bunch sprint
Original: Rúben Silva