After 75 hours and 50,000m of climbing at altitude, Wout van Aert 'confident' about cobbled Classics return

Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease A Bike) was last in action winning Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne at the end of February.

After almost a month away from racing, Wout van Aert is set to make his return on Friday at the E3 Saxo Classic as the Belgian Classics star prepares for another tilt at the two cobbled Monuments, the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix.

Van Aert, who was last in action winning Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne on February 25, has spent much of his time in the interim away on Mount Teide at a Visma-Lease A Bike altitude training camp.