The Quick-Step team will present themselves in force, with several candidates for victory, on Saturday at the Het Nieuwsblad circuit, the opening race of the Belgian season, betting on the Dane Kasper Asgreen, winner of the last Tour of Flanders, the Czech Zdenek Stybar, the Belgian Yves Lampaert and the French Florian Sénéchal. The training of Patrick Lefevere is on the teeth for “a very exciting opening weekend for a Belgian team”, communicated Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl on Wednesday.
«It is also a good race to gauge the form of the runners. We have guys like Yves (2nd in 2020), Florian and Zdenek (winner in 2019) who can be there in the final and get a good result“, estimated the sporting director, Tom Steels.
The Dutchman Fabio Jakobsen, already winner of four races this season, and the German Jannik Steimle will replace Asgreen and Cerny for the Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne race on Sunday.
