Izegem Course strictly Mathieu van der Poel and Fabio Jakobsen

The organization has put together a nice field of participants. In addition to Mathieu van der Poel, his brother David is also coming to Izegem, as are teammates Guillaume Van Keirsbulck and Julien Vermote.

In addition, a strong delegation from Quick-Step-Alpha Vinyl will be at the start. European champion Fabio Jakobsen will be joined by regional riders Yves Lampaert, Tim Declercq and Bert Van Lerberghe. Florian Sénéchal is also present.

The starting gun in Izegem sounds at 2.30 pm, in the Gentseheerweg. The riders have to cover 167.4 kilometers divided over 18 laps of good 9 kilometers. The finish is planned around 6.15 pm.