13:49:33 CEST “I think it’s definitely a lot harder, and it will be more spectacular too. When you think of all the people who will be there on the Kwaremont and Paterberg, it’s going to be like being in a stadium. It’s going to be harder than other years, because here if you make a mistake you’ll pay for it dearly later on. All those climbs in the finale will become every tougher, so you just have to try to make zero mistakes and have super legs.” 13:49:14 CEST Always a shrewd analyst, Pozzato expects that Cancellara and Omega Pharma-QuickStep would share the burden of controlling the race according to the circumstances. He hinted that Farnese Vini-Selle Italia will have more of a watching brief until the finale. “I think that QuickStep is the strongest team of all so they’ll have the biggest responsibility as a team. Cancellara is the strongest rider of all, so he’ll have the biggest individual responsibility. We have to be see how they play the cards and try and make as few mistakes as possible to try and beat them.” Like many, Pozzato feels the new finale will be significant harder than the previous finish in Meerbeke, and he also noted that the atmosphere would be even more intense on the race’s two principal climbs.
