Tokyo Olympics: Belgium for cycling events

Greg Van Avermaet flew the flag with gold in Rio
Greg Van Avermaet flew the flag with gold in Rio (Image credit: Getty Images)

Belgium are one of the pre-eminent cycling nations and will automatically head to Tokyo with a certain sense of status and expectation.

They have the defending champion in the men's road race in Greg Van Avermaet but he'll only have a minor role as Wout van Aert and Remco Evenepoel send those expectations to the skies. 

Patrick Fletcher

Patrick is a freelance sports writer and editor. He’s an NCTJ-accredited journalist with a bachelor’s degree in modern languages (French and Spanish). Patrick worked full-time at Cyclingnews for eight years between 2015 and 2023, latterly as Deputy Editor.