Greg Van Avermaet has named Gravel World Champion Matej Mohorič as the favourite for the men’s 200-mile Unbound event but the former Olympic champion and Classics rider is hoping to finish in the top ten if he can avoid punctures and bad luck.
Van Avermaet is part of the growing group of current or former European road pros who are racing gravel and targeting the elite men’s Unbound race. These include Joris Nieuwenhuis, Lawrence Naesen, Daniel Oss, Jan Bakelants and Niki Terpstra, plus former roadies turned gravel privateers Peter Stetina, Laurens ten Dam, Ian Boswell, Chad Haga, Alex Howes and Nathan Haas.
Van Avermaet also rates 2023 winner Keegan Swenson, and veteran Laurens ten Dam who was fourth last year.
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