Alexander Kristoff has told Cyclingnews that he thinks the Worlds Road Race course suits him, but he wont be able to win unless there are enough teams willing to ride for a group sprint.

“I think it suits quite well, but of course it’s a hard final,” he said after riding the course with his team. “The course itself is not too hard, but the final is a bit heavy. I hope I will have the legs to sprint for the victory, but we must make sure it stays together and nobody gets away up the finishing straight.”

He says that as his Norwegian team has just six riders, the man with 20 wins in 2015 needs to bigger nations with fast men like Australia, France and Germany to lend a hand with chasing down attacks.

“I think there are many teams with the same interest as us,” he said. “We are not the biggest team here. We are six guys. I think for instance like Germany, Australia, France, there are many big teams with the same interest for getting it together for a sprint, so I hope we can do it all together.”

While he goes really well in wet conditions, which are forecast for tomorrow, he says he hopes the race is dry as that makes it more suited to the peloton, whereas escapees relish the rain.

“If it’s raining it favours going away I think because it will be easier to split,” he said. “So I hope it will be dry.”