Another important rider that also had an unlucky season,
Julian Alaphilippe will also be featured in the cobbles classics, making the Soudal-Quickstep Northern Classics block a difficult match to Jumbo-Visma one who got the better in the 2022 season.
"I expect him to ride all the races from the
E3 Saxo Bank Classic to the Tour of Flanders. With a rider like that we can offer a lot more stamina. With Alaphilippe, Davide Ballerini, Kasper Asgreen and Florian Senechal we can still put up a good fight", he said.
Still, Lampaert race program will not start and will not be excluded to just Classics has he stated,"I will race the Vuelta San Juan and then do a training camp in Calpe. There will be no other races until Omloop Het Nieuwsblad at the end of February. I think it's good for me to build up my race pace in the heat of Argentina. Remco and Fabio Jakobsen will also make their debut there. After the opening weekend in Belgium I will ride the Paris - Nice and not the Strade Bianche. Then
Milano-Sanremo, E3 Saxo Bank Classic and Gent-Wevelgem will follow" he reveled about his race calendar.
And there is also the possibility of seeing Lampaert at
Giro d'Italia a race that he never went, "I know that Remco and the staff are looking for help with the flat stages. If I am well at that time and there is still a place, I want to be at the start. First I have to make sure that everything goes well in the classics" he concluded.