4.2.07

New Kid on Campus

Greg Van Avermaet

You want my pick for potentially the next big name in professional cycling? Look up and you will find him. Van Avermaet is a perfect example of the success of the Belgian cycling system. Last year he rode for the BodySol-Win For Life-Jong Vlaanderen team with which we competed virtually every race. As a feeder to the then Davitamon Pro Tour squad it has served is purpose well with Van Avermaet now riding full time for Predictor-Lotto and in one of his first racing outings of 2007 taking stage 5 at the Tour of Qatar out sprinting a strong select breakaway group.
Only weeks until the tiny fish goes to play in the huge pond again. I recently found out that no other Canadians will be based in Benelux this season with Pozniak returning to the small pond again and the one person I thought I could get over to race with me taking an offer on the east coast of our neighbor to the south. Its going to be a good year.

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