Three Belgian riders possibly excluded from national championships

Belgian champion Stijn Devolder shows off his new duds

Belgian champion Stijn Devolder shows off his new duds (Image credit: Bert Geerts/dcp-bertgeerts@xs4all.nl)

Three Belgian cyclists employed by American teams RadioShack and HTC-Highroad might not be allowed to take the start of their national championships this Sunday because of unpaid social security contributions. The Belgian cycling federation RVLB has told the Gazet van Antwerpen that Ben Hermans and Sébastien Rosseler of team RadioShack and Jan Ghyselinck of HTC-Highroad will be excluded of the event taking place in Hooglede-Gits if they or their teams do not proceed to payment before this weekend.