On Wednesday the Tour de l’Eurométropole stage race, formerly known as Circuit Franco Belge, gets underway with a 7.7km prologue, followed by four road stages. The race finishes in Tournai on Sunday.

Team Giant-Alpecin coach Addy Engels said: “We are heading to the Tour de l’Eurométropole with a team of adventurers with whom we are going to explore our opportunities. Our strategy will be to race freely and attack. Roy has shown good form in recent races, getting strong results both in sprints and from breakaways.”

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Roy Curvers (NED)
Bert De Backer (BEL)
Caleb Fairly (USA)
Thierry Hupond (FRA)
Fredrik Ludvigsson (SWE)
Tom Stamsnijder (NED)
Zico Waeytens (BEL)