Luke Rowe will spearhead Team Sky as they go gunning for a Belgian double this weekend.

The Cardiff-born racer will hope to be in the mix at the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad race with team-mate Ian Stannard not selected to defend his title.

And on Sunday he will line-up for the Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne as his European race season starts in earnest.

Rowe, who helped Chris Froome win the Tour de France last summer, has spent the early part of the year racing in Australia.

The 26-year-old was 92nd in the Tour Down Under, 13th in the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road race before finishing 67th in the Herald Sun Tour again helping Froome to victory.