With the inclusion of a cobbled climb at the 2015 Richmond World Championships, BMC rider Daniel Oss is hoping to make his return to the Italian national team for the first time since 2011.

“Maybe the pavé is not exactly the same as Flanders but the parcours is pretty hard but not really long climbs. It’s like a classic so I think it would be good for me and the national team,” Oss told Cyclingnews at BMC’s training camp in Calpe. “For sure we will arrive in good shape for the team time trial so, in this period, I’ll also be in shape to do the road race.”

Oss will be at the event even if he isn’t picked for the race as he looks to defend his BMC team’s world title in the team time trial, which he says was maybe the best moment of his career when his team won it in 2014.

“It was an amazing moment, perhaps the best. It was thanks to the team, something that we did all together,” he said. “We wanted to win but it isn’t so easy. We constructed each day from a month before, we built this victory. We didn’t have one big man like Cancellara or Tony Martin. Everyone did more than their best for this goal. We are good guys but not really TT champions and our victory is construction around the desire to do it.”

This will be his third season at BMC, and he says he has grown up while riding for the American-registered squad.

“I’ve grown up as a rider, I’ve improved myself and I have more force and more experience. I rode two big tours last year, the Giro and the Tour, that was unbelievable a few years ago but now it is possible. If you ride with champions like Thor Hushovd and Philippe Gilbert, it is impossible not to improve.”

He has a schedule designed for him to ensure he is at his best for the 2015 Classics, where he will work for Greg van Avermaet and Philippe Gilbert. However, he has some personal ambitions too.

“For the new season the classics will be important again. I will start in Dubai and I want to arrive at the classics in good shape. For sure, this period up to Paris-Roubaix is a good opportunity and the whole team has a big motivation for that,” Oss told Cyclingnews. “It’s my dream to win a classic.”