Last year Merlier was the first Quickstepper in the results in Roubaix, 23rd. Yves Lampaert finished just behind. Last Sunday he was good in De Ronde with a top twenty.
Lampaert also defends the controversial chicane that the Paris Roubaix organization places on the course, just before they set the Forest of Wallers on fire. Safety in the race is even more on the agenda.
“It was certainly necessary to change the run-up. There were heavy falls every year and that would not improve. I hope that the speed will be a little lower to start in the forest and hopefully we can get through without any problems,” he said. the former Belgian champion convincingly.
