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Daniel Ostanek

'I could be better' – Wout van Aert rues Flanders crash ahead of Paris-Roubaix

Wout van Aert leads Jumbo-Visma over the Arenberg cobbles during Jumbo-Visma's Paris-Roubaix recon ride on Thursday

Wout van Aert heads into Sunday's cobbled Classics finale at Paris-Roubaix as one of the favourites for victory in the Roubaix velodrome but he struck a downcast note at the end of his Jumbo-Visma team recon ride on Thursday afternoon.

Having spent the day riding a chunk of the route and the key cobbled sectors with Christophe Laporte, Eduardo Affini reigning champion Dylan van Baarle, Van Aert said that he "could be better" ahead of the Hell of the North.

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