Vermark, the clothing manufacturer for Deutsche Link-Quickstep, will design and produce Julian Alaphilippe's new rainbow jersey (and possibly matching shorts).

World Champions include Detunink-Quickstep teammates Andrea Bajori, Dries Devenance, Ian Garrison, Bob Jungels, and Mauri Vansevenin, and seventh place for France in the World Championship time trial last week With Remi Cavagna, who placed 7th for France in last week's World Championships Time Trial, the team will be in their new kits and looking for their third consecutive win in the one-day race in Belgium this week.

The 202-km Ardennes Classic, which is 1.3 km long and climaxes with three climbs on the famous Mûr de Huy, a section that averages 9.6% with a maximum of 26%, has been moved from its usual April start date to September 30 this year due to the coronavirus outbreak. It will be followed by Liège-Bastogne-Liège on October 4, Amstel Gold on October 10, and then Ghent-Wevelgem on October 11, Tour de Flanders on October 18, and Paris-Roubaix on October 25, moving from the Ardennes races to the cobbled "spring" classics.

"After the Tour de France and the World Championships, Fresh comes after a really busy month, with the hardest finish of the season awaiting the riders. On the other hand, we have a strong team and we want to finish the race with a good result."

Five-time winner in Fleche, Alejandro Valverde (Movistar), the man responsible for ousting Alaphilippe from his fourth straight title in 2018, appears to be taking a bit of a break from racing and skipping this year's race before resuming competition in Liege on October 4, however, Deceuninck-QuickStep will face stiff competition on Wednesday from Tim Wellens of Lotto Soudal, Dan Martin (Israel Start-Up Nation), and Michal Kwiatkowski of Ineos Grenadiers expected to face stiff competition from Ineos Grenadiers' Michal Kwiatkowski and others.

Detuning Quickstep for Flèche Wallonne 2020: Julien Alaphilippe, Andrea Bajori, Remi Cavagna, Dries Devenance, Ian Garrison, Bob Jungels, Mauri Vansevenin