The Belgian team goes to the world championship with 1 leader : Remco. It's the first time in history that Belgium (by far the most succesful country at the worlds) goes to the worlds with such a young leader. Other Belgian riders that also have a (outside) opportunity of winning are Tiesj Benoot, Dylan Teuns, Tim Wellens en Laurens De Plus. For Gilbert and Van Avermaet it's probably going to be difficult to win. I noticed that only Carapaz (2) and Nibali (3) are ahead of Remco (3,5) in the betting odds for the Giro. I think Remco will be the outright favorite at the beginning of the Giro. Pogacar was a surprise last year. Remco won't be a surprise if he gets on to the podium. I notice that in the Netherlands there a lot of supporters that think Remco has way too big a mouth. Some of them claim that Remco is not even top 10 with regards to time trialing. Well, I doubt Dennis thinks that. He is convinced that Remco is his main opponent (not Roglic, Dumoulin, ....).