Because of a crash at Paris-Nice in March, Tom Boonen missed Classic races, suffered from his shoulder. But the Belgian rider made his return to racing at the Tour of Turkey. According to Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad, the Etixx-Quick Step rider will be present at Eneco Tour in order to improve his physical condition to be at the top for the World Championships.

"The Eneco Tour is the first race where I really want to be top. The aim is to race there and build the form, and that intention remains for all further events, up to the World Championship in Richmond. Week by week I hope to be better than its peak at the World Championships on September 27th."

It will be a very full team again, a dream team,” said Boonen. “It has always been the case in recent years. First let’s see how everyone is performing in the coming weeks. If we are all really in top form then the control of the race will automatically come to us. But it cannot hurt to have multiple leaders.”

Since his crash, he won two times: a stage win at the Belgium Tour and another and the Rund um Köln. So, the Patrick Lefevere’s favorite is in confident before the second part of the season.