Philippe Gilbert remembers his World Championships victory well.
"We dictated everything that day, and then we won," the Belgian says of Valkenburg 2012, where he soared away on the final ascent of the Cauberg.
"It was a really special day. It was a good course for us, for Belgium, because we had [Tom] Boonen able to win and also me, so two favourites, really taking the race on. When you're announced as the favourites, and you do the race with your team and you finish the job, it's an amazing feeling."
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With a few days until the 2017 Worlds road race in Bergen, Norway, there's ample basis for hope that a repeat could be on the cards.
Belgium once again have two top favourites, in Gilbert and Greg Van Avermaet, and the strongest team in the race. What's more, Gilbert senses the course will lend itself to his and Belgium's aggressive style of racing.
"It's quite open, because you have a lot of riders who could potentially win. It could be a sprint with a select group, or someone attacking – everything is possible," he says of the Bergen course, featuring 12 laps of a finishing circuit that contains three short climbs.
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