Roger Hammond Het Volk 2008
(Image credit: LUC CLAESSEN)

Britain's Classics specialist Roger Hammond has been checking out the Het Volk course today ahead of the Belgian race on Saturday.

Hammond and his High Road team-mates joined a host of other well-known names and squads who were taking the opportunity to ride parts of the Het Volk race route - among them Belgium-dwelling Aussie sprint star Robbie McEwen.

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