Matej Mohorič is looking to improve his fortunes after a crash in the final of Gent-Wevelgem, as he leads the lineup for Bahrain Victorious at the Tour of Flanders, while Fred Wright will also be looking to take his chances after an impressive top-ten finish last year. They will have the support of Kamil Gradek, Andrea Pasqualon, Filip Maciejuk, Nikias Arndt and Dušan Rajović.

Starting in Brugge, the 107th edition of the Tour of Flanders features 19 climbs and six cobbled sectors across the 273.4km route, with the first of these climbs only featuring at kilometre 114, meaning a gruelling final 160km before the finish in Oudenaarde.

The main climbs across the route are the Oude Kwaremont, featured three times, and the Paterberg twice, which is also the last climb before a 13km run to the finish in Oudenaarde.

Matej Mohoric is confident ahead of the race:” We came to Belgium with an ambition to win a classic and score at least a podium place in the two big races, which are Flanders and Roubaix.

I was happy with the result in E3, and I just didn’t have quite enough to go with the ‘Big 3’ when they attacked. In Gent, I felt better than I did in E3, and I was misfortunate not to follow the move of Van Aert and Laporte due to a mechanical for a rider in front of me. Then I risked too much to clinch that podium spot and crashed. Luckily I don’t think the crash will impact me on Sunday.

We have a plan with the team, and we will commit fully to try and clinch a podium. We will need to anticipate our position for when the ‘Big 3’ attack and build from there.”