Guided by team boss Marc Coucke and the promising results, Silence-Lotto, formerly known as Predictor, gains confidence. Both in the spring classics as in the Tour de France they starting to realise that they have a chance of winning. Until recently the red-jerseys mostly were trying to stand up against the success of their rival country-men from Quickstep. This season should bring a change. Not that it’s likely for manager Hendrik Redant to count on many victories in the top races, but by winning the Tour de France, the Tour of Flanders or Paris-Roubaix the season would already be a success. ...