Greg Van Avermaet (BMC) has confirmed he will ride Sunday’s Gent-Wevelgem after a last-minute virus stopped him from taking part in Friday’s E3 Harelbeke.
The Belgian - who won Tirreno-Adriatico and leads BMC hopes for the cobbled Classics, completed a two-hour training ride on Saturday and declared himself fit to race, even if he not yet at 100 per cent.
Van Avermaet is expected to take on the Classic riders and sprinters in the new-look Gent-Wevelgem that includes a steeper climb on the Kemmel and other climbs in the finale of the 243km race. He faces the likes of Peter Sagan (Tinkoff), Fernando Gaviria (Etixx-QuickStep), Andre Greipel (Lotto Soudal), Alexander Kristoff (Katusha), Fabian Cancellara (Trek-Segafredo), Elia Viviani (Team Sky) and Milan-San Remo winner and French rival Arnaud Demare.
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He will be backed by a strong BMC team that includes the USA’s Taylor Phinney, who is returning to race in Belgium for the first time since his career-threatening accident in the 2014 US national road race championships.
“Today I felt okay. I did some efforts and I felt pretty good and better than yesterday. I’m not sure I’m 100 per cent but this way I think it’s possible to race tomorrow,” Van Avermaet said in a video posted by BMC on social media.
“I don’t want to miss another race. I’m not 100 per cent yet and I hope to get better in afternoon and there’s still one night to go. I hope to be there because Gent-Wevelgem for sure is a really nice race.”
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