Tom Boonen is currently in United States of America. The Etixx-Quick Step rider will ride the elite men's road race at the World Championships in Richmond, Virginia. The Belgian, who won Paris-Roubaix four times and Tour of Flanders three times, is ready for the Worlds and he will try to win a second world title on Sunday after winning the rainbow jersey in Madrid in 2005.

"I think we find a parcour here that suits us very well, suits the style we ride as well", Boonen explained according to Cyclingnews. "So we don’t want to sit in and control the race until the last lap and wait for a sprint. That’s also an option if other teams want to do it. I will try to wait as long as possible and see what they are up to, but I think with the team we have here we have to race."

He added that he doesn’t believe the race will come down to a sprint : "I think it’s hard enough to really split things up,” he said. “It’s going to be very hard to control behind. You don’t have any easy climbs going up where you can take a lot of time back on a breakaway. It’s always nervous, fast, short, explosive work. So guys who will try to control, you lose two guys a lap on these steep climbs, so it’s going to be a very interesting race. A lot of things are possible on this circuit."

"I would love to win another Roubaix. That’s the big ambition. That’s the one race that really gets me excited. I still love all the other races, but that has been my dream race ever since I was a kid. I’ve been very successful four times, and winning it a fifth would mean I would be the absolute record holder, so of course that’s my big objective", he added.

He told also about his future with the Belgian team. He extended his contract with Ettix-Quick Step for one year. "At first I was thinking about signing a two-year agreement, but I think I’ve reached the point that we want to look at it year by year. It’s also better for me I think not to sign already for two years. It’s better now to look step by step."

"The last three years I have been very unlucky always in the preparation or in the Classics itself. I’ve ended up in the hospital the last three years. I haven’t had that much luck, so I would really love to try it myself one more time."