direct Benoot will not be at the start of Paris-Roubaix on Sunday. The Dutch team Jumbo-Visma relies on Wout van AertFrench Christophe Laporte and the Dutch Dylan van Barlewinner last year.
Van Baarle, who withdrew from the Tour of Flanders following a fall at the E3 GP, was back in shape on Thursday with his teammates for a 110 kilometer reconnaissance on the Hell of the North course.
Van Baarle, van Aert and Laporte will have the Dutch as teammates Timo Roosen et Tim van Dyke and the Italian Edward Relatedall on reconnaissance on Thursday too and supervised by their sports director Maarten Wynants. A 7th runner, Nathan Van Hooydonckwas missing, victim of a cold.
The Belgian trained more lightly. Tiesj Benoot will not participate in Paris-Roubaix this year. The Ghent is currently training in Provence in order to prepare for the Ardennes classics, where he should be a centerpiece of Jumbo-Visma in the absence of Wout van Aert, from the Slovenian Primoz Roglic and Danish Jonas Vingegaard.