Yves Lampaert: I know my chances will come

Yves Lampaert takes the mic at Deceuninck-QuickStep's 2020 media day
Yves Lampaert takes the mic at Deceuninck-QuickStep's 2020 media day (Image credit: Getty Images)

Former Belgian road race champion Yves Lampaert says that he hopes to be able to help his Deceuninck-QuickStep teammates to more victories this season, but that he's ready to take any opportunities that come his own way.

Speaking to the Belgian press at the team's training camp in Calpe, Spain, on Friday, Lampaert said that he didn't think that the departure of Philippe Gilbert to Lotto Soudal for 2020 would change things too much, and that he believes the team's now-brightest star, Julian Alaphilippe, will be in the mix when he races his first Tour of Flanders this season.

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