Belgian Worlds squad revealed

The Belgian cycling federation has announced the riders to compete in the road race in the World Championships in Varese later this month. The nine riders representing Belgium on the difficult Italian parcours will be: Mario Aerts, Tom Boonen, Stijn Devolder, Kevin De Weert, Philippe Gilbert, Maxime Monfort, Nick Nuyens, Greg Van Avermaet and Jurgen Van Goolen.

As reserves, Dominique Cornu, Bert Dewaele, Jurgen Van den Broeck, Johan Vansummeren and Maarten Wijnants have been named.