
Wout van Aert goes into Friday's E3 Saxo Classic as one of the favourites for victory, having demolished the field along with Jumbo-Visma teammate Christophe Laporte last year and built his 2023 to near perfection in recent weeks.
Van Aert leads Jumbo-Visma and knows they may be obliged to control the race. In an act of bravado, van Aert suggested the team had five options for victory from their line-up.