After Friday there is only one absolute top favorite: Wout van Aert is his name. A champion who says of himself that he “doesn’t have to do anything”, but who deep down wants to win every race he starts. Between Ypres and Wevelgem, the two-time winner of the E3 Saxo Classic will not only have to deal with a fierce wind and buckets of rain, but also a look of new competitors who hope to sprint against the phenomenon from Herentals on the Vanackerestraat in Wevelgem.