10 riders to watch at the men's Tour of Flanders

Belgian Wout Van Aert of Team JumboVisma and Dutch Mathieu van der Poel of AlpecinFenix pictured in action during the Ronde van Vlaanderen Tour des Flandres Tour of Flanders one day cycling race 241 km from Antwerp to Oudenaarde Sunday 18 October 2020 BELGA PHOTO POOL NICO VEREECKEN Photo by POOL NICO VEREECKENBELGA MAGAFP via Getty Images
Wout van Aert and Mathieu van der Poel at the 2020 Tour of Flanders (Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

With the recent news that Paris-Roubaix has been postponed until October, increased attention and excitement has been placed on this weekend’s edition of the Tour of Flanders.

Riders need no extra incentive when it comes to a race as prestigious as Flanders, but the fact that it’s now the final cobbled Classic of the 2021 spring campaign certainly provides a new dimension to a race that needs potential winners to display both brains and brawn if they are to land on the top step of the podium.

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Daniel Benson

Daniel Benson was the Editor in Chief at Cyclingnews.com between 2008 and 2022. Based in the UK, he joined the Cyclingnews team in 2008 as the site's first UK-based Managing Editor. In that time, he reported on over a dozen editions of the Tour de France, several World Championships, the Tour Down Under, Spring Classics, and the London 2012 Olympic Games. With the help of the excellent editorial team, he ran the coverage on Cyclingnews and has interviewed leading figures in the sport including UCI Presidents and Tour de France winners.