Team dsm-firmenich PostNL coach Bennie Lambregts: “Brussel Opwijk will be the first race of the year in cooperation with the Dutch Food Valley Cycling Team, which already culminated in Johan Dorussen making the step to our Development program for this season. We will use this race to work on the basics and good teamwork. If this all goes to plan, we will have Johan and Vlad as our finishers. After some good Team Camps together in Spain I believe we have a well-gelled group and am confident that this can be a really positive start to the season for us.”