Jelle Wallays (Topsport Vlaanderen) proved that he is fully ready to defend his Paris-Tours title when he rode aggressively and won the supercombativity award at the Tour de l'Eurometropole.

"I'm on the podium for the third time in four days. I think my reward is deserved. I tried again today, but in the last part of the circuit, it was a headwind. It was not an achievement today," he told Directvelo.

"The condition may be even better now at this time than last year, but that does not mean that I can repeat the win at Paris-Tours. I now closely watched. I can possibly consider going on the attack in the final. First, I will first focus on Binche-Chimay-Binche. "