Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto will line up at the Tour of Flanders without their usual talisman, but are optimistic about the chances of the other talented riders in their squad for De Ronde.
While most analysis of the contenders for Sunday on the likes of defending champion Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime), last year’s Paris-Roubaix Femmes victor Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (Visma-Lease a Bike), and Omloop Het Nieuwsblad winner Demi Vollering (FDJ United-SUEZ), there has been relatively little focus on Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto – a team who would ordinarily feature on such lists.
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Instead, the squad will see both Chloé Dygert and Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig make their cobbled Classics debuts for this year, along with Zoe Bäckstedt who has already impressed recently, finishing fourth in Wednesday’s Dwars door Vlaanderen.
““My recovery has been very hard, but I wouldn’t have it any other way. I feel like I train better under pressure, and I’m as fit as I can be with the few weeks of preparation that I’ve had,” she said.
“It’s hard to say without having raced, but I hope I’m healthy and fit enough to be competitive. Having done the race before, I have the knowledge of how it unfolds, so now it’s just a matter of being able to race along with it. I wouldn’t say this break is an advantage for Flanders, but for the rest of the season, with Worlds as the main goal, it may have been the best possible thing to happen to me.”
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