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RSS FeedsVanmarcke feeling `no pressure` ahead of Paris-Roubaix
(Cyclingnews.com)

 
 

11 april 2019 23:00:49

 
Vanmarcke feeling `no pressure` ahead of Paris-Roubaix
(Cyclingnews.com)
 


Sep Vanmarcke`s race against the clock to be ready for the Monuments that matter most to him has been won. A crash at the E3 BinckBank Classic appeared to have ruined the EF Education First rider`s spring Classics campaign, but the events of the last few days have turned the tide. Teammate Alberto Bettiol won the Tour of Flanders last weekend, and Vanmarcke was a major factor in the team`s dominance. On Wednesday, Vanmarcke enjoyed a good ride at Scheldeprijs, and he seems ready to have a decent go at Paris-Roubaix on Sunday. Vanmarcke added Scheldeprijs to his schedule as he felt that more racing kilometres would help him to be better at Roubaix this weekend. After the race, he seemed content, but said that it had been a hard race. `There were echelons all the time, but I was always up there,` he told Cyclingnews at the finish line in Schoten, adding that he had hoped that the one race that always ends in a bunch sprint would conclude differently.ADVERTISEMENT `The guys from Bora-Hansgrohe always blocked things out. They had a lot of riders in there, but they didn`t race. I don`t get it. They were always in the move, yet still they didn`t co-operate. Now look: they got beaten. Congratulations. QuickStep missed every move, but in the end they won the race,` Vanmarcke said of Deceuninck-QuickStep rider Fabio Jakobsen`s win. Two months ago, Vanmarcke managed to get a win in a group sprint at the Tour du Haut Var - a rarity for a rider who doesn`t win a lot. An off-day at the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad ruined the Belgian `Opening Weekend`, although he completed Tirreno-Adriatico without major issues and seemed ready for a good run at the Classics. But before the finale of the E3 race had even kicked off, he was spotted in a ditch, and severely hurt his knee, forcing him to abandon the race. The 30-year-old Belgian rider feared that months of training would`ve been for nothing. However, he tested his knee during a ride on the Friday before the Tour of Flanders, disc ...


 
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