LIVE: In sunny Tournai, the riders start the Franco-Belge circuit | Franco Belge 2022

The 139 participants will start in less than half an hour. With two climbs in the preliminary stage, it comes down to the intermediate race at Licensing to La Louviere. About 100 km from the finish, they begin the 20-kilometer local laps, which they repeat 4 more times. The last mile has a 3.2 percent gradient. It is expected to arrive around 5 pm.

Last year, Fabio Jacobsen won the semi-classic Hino. At the time, the race was still finished in Tournai, with this version replacing the start and finish places with La Louvière. Which leads to the final where the local laps are severely chopped up by the slopes. It remains to be seen if another runner will raise his arms around 5 p.m.

In this scenario, in addition to Jacobsen, Arnaud de Ley, Caleb Ewan, Alexander Kristof, Benyam Jermay, Brian Cocard, Edward Theon, Giacomo Nizzolo, Dries de Bondt and Timothy Dupont will compete.