‘I’m the last of the romantic racers’ – Alberto Bettiol returns to the Tour of Flanders with form and ambition

Alberto Bettiol is an emotive, enigmatic person and an instinctive racer but his recent results and performances have convinced him that he can take on Mathieu van der Poel and anyone else at Sunday’s Tour of Flanders.

Bettiol and his EF Education-EasyPost team sense that he is on a roll this spring after winning Milano-Torino and making the selection on the Poggio, and finishing fifth at Milan-San Remo.