Aerts and Leukemans looking to fly the flag

Mario Aerts was the last Belgian winner of the Fleche Wallonne in 2002. Last Sunday the Davitamon-Lotto rider was the best Belgian in the Amstel Gold Race, finishing 26th. He is convinced that the Ardennes classics are more his type of races.

"In the Gold Race all those climbs are hardly longer than a few hundred meters," Aerts is quoted saying in the Belgian press. "A hectic, especially explosive situation. That's why the Ardennes classics are different; it causes a different type of racing.

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