Tom Boonen (34) will not be present on the recon of Paris-Roubaix with his Etixx-QuickStep team this Friday. "We will explore with the guys who will be selected for the classic," explains sports director Wilfried Peeters.

Tom Boonen said last Friday that he will not stand at the start of Paris-Roubaix. "That is too much demand for my shoulder," said the four-time winner of the Hell of the North Classic in an interview with Sporza.

"The first part we do with the car, from the cobbles of Arenberg we ride the last 90 to 95 kilometers by bike," Peeters said of the upcoming reconaissance.