Quaregnon > Dour 204km

In previous years, the riders have done a loop before hitting the lap circuit, but not this year. The race now immediately heads for Dour, with the riders doing two laps of a big loop and four laps of a smaller circuit. That means more kilometres of cobbles (16.6km in total), which can only be a good thing for watching fans. The big news is that Van Aert is racing, he’s recovered from the illness which ruled him out of Omloop, Visma will hope he’s competitive.