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Etixx-Quickstep pre-ride the Tour of Flanders route (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Etixx-Quickstep pre-ride the Tour of Flanders route (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Tom Steels supervises (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Tony Martin (Etixx-Quickstep) heads off (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Zdenek Stybar (Etixx-Quickstep) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Stijn Vandenbergh and Zdenek Stybar have a laugh while reconning the Tour of Flanders route (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Etixx-Quickstep pre-ride the Tour of Flanders route (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Tom Boonen (Etixx-Quickstep) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Etixx-Quickstep pre-ride the Tour of Flanders route (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Nikolas Maes and Tom Boonen pre-ride the Tour of Flanders route (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Nikolas Maes and Tom Boonen (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Zdenek Stybar (Etixx-Quickstep) on the cobbles (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Zdenek Stybar and Niki Terpstra on the cobbles (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Etixx-Quickstep pre-ride the Tour of Flanders route (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Etixx-Quickstep pre-ride the Tour of Flanders route (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Tom Boonen (Etixx-Quickstep) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Etixx-Quickstep pre-ride the Tour of Flanders route (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Etixx-Quickstep pre-ride the Tour of Flanders route (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Nikolas Maes on the Oude Kwaremont (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Niki Terpstra and Tom Boonen on the Oude Kwaremont (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Tom Boonen leads on the smoothest line (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Tom Boonen (Etixx-Quickstep) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Zdenek Stybar and Niki Terpstra on the cobbles (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Tom Boonen (Etixx-Quickstep) on the pavé (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Tom Boonen will lead the Etixx-Quickstep team in the Tour of Flanders this weekend, seeking to claim the outright record for most wins in Belgium's biggest one-day race. Boonen is one of six riders to share the current record of three wins, having been victorious in 2005, 2006, and 2012. The other active rider in the list is Boonen's rival Fabian Cancellara.
Boonen was joined in the reconnaissance of the route by Zdenek Stybar, Niki Terpstra, Stijn Vandenbergh, and Nikolas Maes.
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