After having another great season where he has been competitive right throughout the year, Greg Van Avermaet is looking to finally take a huge one-day win with the World title.

"It's been a good year for me so far so I want to finish it off with a big one and hopefully I can get the world title but it will not be easy because we have a lot rivals around us. It's a nice parcours but I think it could be harder, for me, like in Quebec, which is maybe a little bit harder than hear but we have to get the best out of it," he told Cyclingnews.

The 30 year old has arguably had his best year: third in Flanders and Roubaix, wins at the Tour and Tirreno and the Tour of Belgium, second in the Eneco Tour, fifth in Hamburg and tenth in Quebec have helped prove the Belgian is one of the best one-day riders in the world, but the fact still remains that in terms of one-day races, Paris-Tours is still his biggest win.

“I deserve my spot because I've had the best results so far and I've been having a good year. The parcours suits me and I'm feeling good and I think that I have a chance with the support from the team around me. I'll try to go for it because it's not every year that you have a big chance to win. This is my chance and I'll take it with both hands," he says of co-leading the Belgian team with Philippe Gilbert and Tom Boonen.

He says the course is almost perfect for him, but he would have liked the cobbled climbs to be a bit longer than they are. Nonetheless, he says the race really suits him.

"You have the short climbs and cobbles and they're perfect for me but maybe they could be a little bit longer but it suits a Classics rider and I'm glad that they've put the finish at the hardest part of the race. I'm confident that the finish suits a rider like me."