Wout van Aert brushes aside tyre tech ban ahead of Paris-Roubaix as Matthew Brennan downplays chances due to lingering illness

Team Visma - Lease a Bike's Belgian rider Wout van Aert (L) and British rider Matthew Brennan stand with teammates during the teams' presentations event on the eve of Paris-Roubaix .

Wout van Aert heads into Paris-Roubaix buoyed by a strong Classics campaign, even if a ban on the self-inflating tyre tech that Visma-Lease a Bike have previously used in the race was an unnecessary and frustrating distraction.

Speaking at the team presentation in a drizzly Compiègne, Van Aert acknowledged that the race scenario could well follow that of last weekend's Tour of Flanders.