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Lotto Soudal riders recon Cobbled Classic courses

Five Lotto Soudal riders did a recon of the Flemish Ardennes ahead of the Classics Season

last weekend, five Lotto Soudal riders did a recon of the Flemish Ardennes, together with sports director Herman Frison. On Saturday Tiesj Benoot, Frederik Frison, Moreno Hofland, Nikolas Maes and Jürgen Roelandts rode about 140 kilometres on the roads of the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad.

One day later, they covered 200 kilometres to memorize the course of Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne and E3 Harelbeke.

Sports director Herman Frison: “Some guys already know the area very well of course, but others much less. And it’s useful to see the hills and cobbles again, also for me. It has been ten months since we raced on these roads and during such a training you see things that could be important in the race. We have chosen to do the recon this weekend because there’s a risk that the weather will be bad a few days before the Omloop and then you can’t move the date anymore. Now we were able to do these recons without stress and without much rain. Such rides are also perfect to test the tubes and tyre pressure."

2017 European Classics Racing Schedule

Feb 25 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Belgium
Feb 26  Kuurne - Brussel - Kuurne, Belgium
Mar 04 Strade Bianche Italy
Mar 18 Milano Sanremo Milan, Italy
Mar 22 Dwars Door Vlaanderen, Belgium
Mar 25 E3 Harelbeke, Belgium
Mar 26 Gent-Wevelgem, Belgium
Apr 02 Ronde Van Vlaanderen, Belgium
Apr 09 Paris-Roubaix, France/Belgium
Apr 16 Amstel Gold Race, Netherlands
Apr 19 La Fleche Wallonne, Belgium
Apr 23 Liege–Bastogne–Liege, Belgium
 
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