Démare believes in his chances at Paris-Roubaix

Arnaud Démare could only smile when the statistic was put to him at the start of stage 2 of the Three Days of De Panne in Zottegem on Wednesday. As March turns to April, his FDJ squad is one of the just two WorldTour teams – LottoNL-Jumbo is the other – without a win to its name thus far in 2015

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Barry Ryan
Head of Features

Barry Ryan is Head of Features at Cyclingnews. He has covered professional cycling since 2010, reporting from the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and events from Argentina to Japan. His writing has appeared in The Independent, Procycling and Cycling Plus. He is the author of The Ascent: Sean Kelly, Stephen Roche and the Rise of Irish Cycling’s Golden Generation, published by Gill Books.