Visma-Lease a Bike's Wout van Aert says he won't be considering himself as one of the so-called 'big four' when he starts the Tour of Flanders this weekend, and knows that his main rivals are still a level above him as he chases victory in his home Monument.
The Belgian was practically pre-destined to be a Classics rider, but in recent years he's been usurped on home turf by the likes of Tadej Pogačar and Mathieu van der Poel, and for all that he's confident about himself, he was also realistic about his rivals going into Sunday's race.
