Alongside Guimard's excitement at the prospect of seeing Roglic and Evenepoel battle it out over three weeks across Italy, the Frenchman also contemplates the early season dominance of
Jumbo-Visma and what it means for the rest of the peloton.
"The Jumbo-Visma team, on these Flandrian Classics is a notch above. They're now mastering these races perfectly, with the riders who have the talent to do so," he says. "The problem is that history does not always repeat itself and that the next two events are also a little different, especially since from one day to the next we are not necessarily at the same level. Things can change, races are different, adversity will be different..."