Team MTN-Qhubeka continues its European campaign in Belgium’s Le Samyn race on Wednesday.
The team will comprise the main classics group again, led by Gerald Ciolek. Stiff competition is expected as several WorldTour teams, like Team Sky, Lotto-Belisol and Katusha have been confirmed for the event.
“Last Saturday before Omloop Het Nieuwsblad I was a little concerned because I got a cold in the morning so I wasn’t feeling 100% but during the race was going quite well,” said Ciolek.
“Now the cold isn’t getting better but it’s not getting worse so I can take encouragement from this. At the moment I am feeling good on the bike still. I had a really good winter and I can see the result of that now.
“I don’t know Le Samyn as I have not done it before so I can’t say what kind of race it is but as usual it depends on weather conditions because that can make the race much harder.
“What I’ve seen from the team so far is really good. The level of this race is maybe not as high as in Omloop so we have another chance of getting a good result.”
Line-up: Gerald Ciolek, Ferekalsi Debesay, Ignatas Konovalovas, Andreas Stauff, Martin Reimer, Youcef Reguigui, Kristian Sbaragli, Johann Van Zyl
