Video: Demol says Boonen, not Cancellara, the favourite for Flanders

The Tour of Flanders may take place on Sunday but the mind games ahead of Belgium's biggest cobbled race have already begun with RadioShack's Dirk Demol claiming that Tom Boonen (Omega-Pharma QuickStep) is the favourite to win.

Daniel Benson

Daniel Benson was the Editor in Chief at Cyclingnews.com between 2008 and 2022. Based in the UK, he joined the Cyclingnews team in 2008 as the site's first UK-based Managing Editor. In that time, he reported on over a dozen editions of the Tour de France, several World Championships, the Tour Down Under, Spring Classics, and the London 2012 Olympic Games. With the help of the excellent editorial team, he ran the coverage on Cyclingnews and has interviewed leading figures in the sport including UCI Presidents and Tour de France winners.