Classics and time trial specialist Stefan Küng heads into the Opening Weekend this Saturday for his ninth participation in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad - meaning the 31-year-old has had more than enough visits to the race startline in Gent to know that it's never too wise to make too many predictions about what can happen.
It's not just that Omloop Het Nieuwsblad will likely be the Groupama-FDJ racer's only Classic before Paris-Nice. More to the point, every year when Omloop comes around, experienced racers like Küng are all too aware of how dramatically Omloop raises the bar in terms of condition and form demands compared to what's come before in the season.
