Arnaud Démare will race this weekend only the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Elite race. The FDJ sprinter won’t contest Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne this Sunday. He wants to focus only his attention on Saturday. He will be also selected to dispute Paris-Nice the next week to approve his physical condition for Milan-San Remo and Gent-Wevelgem where he finished second last year, behind the German John Degenkolb.

At the start of Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Démare will be supporting by the French William Bonnet, Mickaël Delage, Anthony Geslin, Mathieu Ladagnous, Johan Le Bon and Yoann Offredo and the Belgian David Boucher. At the Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne, Sébastien Chavanel and Olivier Le Gac will replace Démare and Delage.