Vincent Lavenu: "Make a mark
"Paris-Roubaix is the last of the Flandriennes. We hope it will be favorable to us because so far we have not lived up to our expectations despite Greg van Avermaet's third place and Oliver Naesen's fourth place in the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad.
We have desire, talented riders . We intend to make our mark because our classic group has great potential. Like many teams, a number of our riders players have fallen ill in recent weeks and have struggled to recover, such as Oliver Naesen.
Paris-Roubaix remains a race like no other where success is required.
Benoît Cosnefroy's great second place in the Amstel Gold Race showed us the way."[/su_quote]
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Antoine Raugel participates for the first time in Paris-Roubaix.
Greg Van Avermaet and Michaël Schär are racing Paris-Roubaix for the twelfth time. The Belgian rider has always joined the velodrome of Roubaix.