
Soudal-QuickStep carefully avoided naming Paul Magnier as a team leader for Omloop Het Nieuwsblad but inside the team and inside the peloton, the 20-year-old French rider is considered a possible winner and future Classics champion.
“Can I win the Omloop this weekend? Why not?” Magnier told Het Nieuwsblad on Wednesday, after doing a first recon ride of the Omloop course with his teammates.