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However the time-trial bike is far from the priorities of van Aert at the moment. After the Opening Weekend he will spend three weeks at altitude with a few teammates in preparation for what are his ultimate goals: Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix. Hence, it will be an important challenge this weekend, specially Omloop Het Nieuwsblad.
“It’s massively strong if everyone is on their normal level," he says of the lineups for the weekend which include Dylan van Baarle, Christophe Laporte, Tiesj Benoot, Jan Tratnik and Matteo Jorgenson.
I heard that the guys training in Tenerife are doing really well, so we’ll have a super strong team for Opening Weekend. I hope that Benoot will have recovered and I’m confident that he’ll be strong in the Spring as well.”