Looking back on the season just gone, Greg Van Avermaet reckons it was his finest to date. He also insists it wasn’t good enough.
The Belgian once again oozed consistency over the spring, finishing third at both the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix, before taking a maiden Tour de France stage victory in which he got the better of Peter Sagan.
“For me it was the best season so far,” Van Avermaet tells Cyclingnews and other media at BMC’s winter camp in Denia, Spain. “Last year was already really good – I was good in every race – and this year I stepped a little bit up again. In every race that suited me I was there and performing well.”
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A big Spring Classics scalp continues to elude the 30-year-old, however, and while he has cemented his status as a perennial threat, he has also made a name for himself as something of a nearly man.
Van Avermaet has notched up 20 top-five placings in sizeable one-day races over the past five seasons, and has finished in the top 10 a further 15 times. At the Tour of Flanders, he has placed 4th, 2nd, and 3rd. At Paris-Roubaix, 4th and 3rd. He has clocked up second place finishes at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Strade Bianche to boot. It’s something he is desperate to correct.
“For me I have a lot of ambition and I will not be happy if I’m not winning Classics next year,” Van Avermaet says.
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