AG2R La Mondiale`s Silvan Dillier - who finished second to Bora-Hansgrohe`s Peter Sagan at last year`s Paris-Roubaix - says that he`s coming into form for the next few weeks of racing in Belgium and northern France, and will head to Friday`s E3 BinckBank Classic as joint leader with Oliver Naesen, who finished second at Milan-San Remo on Saturday. `All winter, I`ve prepared for this period of racing. The preparation is finished, and now I`m ready; the whole team is super motivated. Now it`s off to Belgium,` Dillier said on his team`s website. Thanks to Naesen`s second place in San Remo at the weekend, AG2R is looking in ebullient shape for the next three weeks of racing in northern Europe, which includes the E3 BinckBank Classic, Gent-Wevelgem, Dwars door Vlaanderen, the Tour of Flanders, and Paris-Roubaix on April 14.ADVERTISEMENT `When I saw Oliver taking second place at Milan San-Remo, it just made me want to relive those moments again in Belgium,` continued Dillier. `And, most importantly, it could trigger some positive momentum for the entire team.` Dillier was somewhat of a surprise runner-up behind Sagan at last year`s Paris-Roubaix, with the Swiss rider having survived from an earlier breakaway, but then managing to stay with Sagan when the three-time world champion caught up with him having attacked from a chasing group. The then-Swiss road race champion had only returned to racing the week before Roubaix, having broken his thumb at the previous month`s Strade Bianche.
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