Rio 2016 Olympic gold medallist Greg van Avermaet will aim to increase his lead at the top of the UCI WorldTour standings when the one-day Clásica de San Sebastián takes place tomorrow ©Getty Images

Rio 2016 Olympic gold medallist Greg van Avermaet of Belgium will aim to increase his lead at the top of the International Cycling Union (UCI) WorldTour standings when the one-day Clásica de San Sebastián takes place tomorrow.

The 32-year-old BMC Racing rider currently sits on 5,057.25 points in the individual rankings, giving him an advantage of 1,161.25 over nearest challenger Peter Sagan of Slovakia.

Despite falling ill in the latter part of the recently-concluded Tour de France, Van Avermaet has high expectations of himself in Spain’s mountainous Basque Country.

"I was a little sick in the last few days of the Tour de France so I'm hoping I'll be feeling good at the Clásica de San Sebastián," he was reported as saying by Cycling News.

"I'm motivated to do a good race and a top-10 finish would be great, especially considering there are UCI WorldTour points on offer.

"I like the course and it's challenging which suits me."

Van Avermaet was on course for victory at the Clásica de San Sebastián in 2015, but his bid for the title came to a disappointing end when a television motorcycle collided into him from behind.

He finished fifth in 2016 and will be supported by team-mates Francisco Ventoso of Spain, Manuel Quinziato and Alessandro De Marchi of Italy, Amaël Moinard of France, Nicolas Roche of Ireland and Michael Schär and Danilo Wyss of Switzerland as he strives to better his result. 

The Netherlands' Kirsten Wild is considered the one to beat in the women's race at RideLondon ©Getty Images
The Netherlands' Kirsten Wild is considered the one to beat in the women's race at RideLondon ©Getty Images

Tomorrow will also see the start of the Tour de Pologne, which is scheduled to run until August 4.

On Sunday (July 30), BMC Racing rider Jempy Drucker of Luxembourg will look to re-claim the RideLondon title he won in 2015.

Following the Clásica de San Sebastián, Ventoso and Quinziato are due to travel to London to join Switzerland's Stefan Küng, Australia's Miles Scotson, and Belgium's Nathan Van Hooydonck and Loïc Vliegen in the squad.

The women’s WorldTour race in London is due to be held tomorrow as The Netherlands’ Kirsten Wild of Cylance Pro Cycling looks to repeat her victory from last year.

Home favourite Dani King will line-up alongside her, while her main rival is expected to be the Team Sunweb’s Coryn Rivera of the United States.

Rivera triumphed at the Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio in Italy in March and the Tour of Flanders in Belgium in April. 

Her Canadian team-mate Leah Kirchmann, last year’s third-place finisher, is also set to compete.