The 28th edition of Binche-Chimay-Binche takes place next Tuesday in Binche, Belgium. The one-day race consists of one large loop of 129.7km and four laps on a relatively flat circuit of 16.2km, for a race total of 194.5km.

Team Giant-Alpecin coach Addy Engels said: “Binche is a race that requires an open approach. A bunch sprint is not a given, so we will have to engage in the battle, and we have the team to do that. With Ramon and Max we have fast guys too, but we will have to race aggressively for them as well.”

Giant-Alpecin line-up:

Bert De Backer (BEL)
Caleb Fairly (USA)
Thierry Hupond (FRA)
Koen de Kort (NED)
Fredrik Ludvigsson (SWE)
Ramon Sinkeldam (NED)
Zico Waeytens (BEL)
Max Walscheid (GER)