Vanmarcke confident ahead of Paris-Roubaix

Sep Vanmarcke (Belkin) has finished second and a third in the last two monuments he’s started. The Belgian rider is now looking to take the only spot on the podium that has eluded him thus far and win Paris-Roubaix this weekend. Vanmarcke says that he is no longer suffering any ill effects from the crash he suffered at the Tour of Flanders and believes that he can take the fight to the rest of the peloton.

Born in Ireland to a cycling family and later moved to the Isle of Man, so there was no surprise when I got into the sport. Studied sports journalism at university before going on to do a Masters in sports broadcast. After university I spent three months interning at Eurosport, where I covered the Tour de France. In 2012 I started at Procycling Magazine, before becoming the deputy editor of Procycling Week. I then joined Cyclingnews, in December 2013.