The T-Mobile Team are counting on a youthful mix of sprinters and classics specialists for Wednesday's Le Samyn race around the hilly Haut Pays region of Wallonia in Belgium. 33 year-old Briton Roger Hammond is the only exception and directeur sportif Jan Schaffrath will be looking to the classics veteran to lead T-Mobile's charge alongside Eric Baumann and Adam Hansen.
"Le Samyn is a challenging race. If it pans out like it usually does, then we should see a small breakaway group contest the finish," said Schaffrath. "Eric, Roger and Adam's performances in recent races have shown that they have the legs to ride at the front over this kind of terrain."
