RIDERS TO WATCH

Lizzie Deignan

The Briton’s win at Liège was a big indicator of how much she’s thriving at Trek. Deignan has now won almost every major one-day race there is, except the Olympics, and gold in Tokyo will be her aim.

Elynor Bäckstedt

The 19-year-old classics prodigy has cycling in her genes: father Magnus won Roubaix while mother Megan was a British champion. Won Gent-Wevelgem as a junior and lives in Oudenaarde.