Think of the 2017 season thus far and three names probably spring to mind: Greg Van Avermaet  who won four cobbled classics  including Paris-Roubaix  Philippe Gilbert  winner of the Ronde Van Vlaanderen and Amstel Gold Race  and Alejandro Valverde  who already has 11 wins  including La Flèche Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège