“Last week, Van Aert showed in Paris-Roubaix that he is back in top shape after his corona infection. As a climber, he can also compete with the best. Last year he won a mountain stage in the Tour de France and the Amstel Gold Race. He is the favorite for me,” said de Hagenaar about the Jumbo-Visma goldcrest.
Defending champion Tadej Pogacar will carry a heavy burden on his shoulders in ‘Liège’. The Slovenian flew to her home country Slovenia on Thursday morning with his fiancée Urska Zigart (25) after she received the dramatic news that her mother had died. The two-time Tour winner is still planning to start.
From a Dutch perspective, Boogerd gives Wout Poels one wheel. De Limburger won Liège-Bastogne-Liège in 2016. He puts Bauke Mollema in the same row. De Groninger finished eighth last year and finished three times in the top ten.
Michael Boogerd’s prognosis for Liège-Bastogne-Liège
- Five wheels: Wout van Aert
- Four wheels: Tadej Pogacar, Julian Alaphilippe
- Three wheels: Aleksandr Vlasov, Dylan Teuns, Daniel Martinez, Remco Evenepoel
- Two wheels: Michael Woods, Alejandro Valverde, Tiesj Benoot, Benoit Cosnefroy, Soren Kragh Andersen
- A wheel: Wout Poels, Bauke Mollema, Vincenzo Nibali, Thomas Pidcock, Alexis Vuillermoz, Tim Wellens, Warren Barguil
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