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Michael van Gerwen faces a blockbuster of an opening clash against in-form Simon Whitlock as he bids to win a hat-trick of titles at the European Championship in Belgium. NHL Jerseys Outlet . The £400,000 tournament sees the top 32 players following the years ten PDC European Tour events competing across three days, starting on Friday.Van Gerwen produced a memorable comeback to claim last years title against Gary Anderson, taking four successive legs to snatch an 11-10 win in the final. The pair are among a 32-player field at the Ethias Arena in Hasselt this weekend, with the reigning champion coming up against 2012 champion Whitlock. Van Gerwen: World Grand Prix champion (Picture courtesy of Lawrence Lustig) Van Gerwen won six of the years ten European Tour events to secure the top seeding coming into the European Championship, where he is aiming to win a major title for three successive years for the first time.Im doing new things all the time and to win a big title like this three times in a row would be another personal record, said the 27-year-old Dutchman. Euro Darts Championship draw European Darts Championship first-round draw Whitlock has won two Players Championship titles this month and is in confident mood as he prepares for Fridays first round, and admitted: There are no easy draws but getting Michael in the first round has to be the hardest.I think he will be looking at it the same way as me because he knows how well Ive been playing recently too.Im going into it full of confidence with a couple of titles and a win against Michael under my belt this month and there is no reason why I cant win that match. Alan Chuck Norris is seventh place in the seedings Another player in buoyant mood travelling to Hasselt is Alan Norris, whose victory in the years final European Tour event, in Germany a fortnight ago, secured him his second PDC title and seventh place in the seedings.Despite drawing the legendary Phil Taylor - a four-time European Championship winner and second favourite - in the first round, the Boness-based thrower said: Im full of confidence.Ive got myself up the rankings and done enough to get seeded, but obviously Phils as tough a draw as you can get, but Ive got to look at him as just another player. Gary Anderson faces James Wade is a high-profile meeting The first round will also feature the high-profile meeting between world champion Anderson and James Wade, who won a European Tour event in Hamburg in May as he secured the fourth seeding.Austrias Mensur Suljovic, who claimed his first ranking title by winning a European Tour event in Germany last month, is seeded second as he opens against Hollands Jermaine Wattimena. Watch NOW TV Watch Sky Sports for just £6.99. No contract. Peter Wright, the number three seed who reached a trio of European Tour finals this year, plays Justin Pipe, while Belgiums Kim Huybrechts plays James Wilson and Dave Chisnall - a back-to-back European Tour runner-up in May - takes on Australias Kyle Anderson.Hollands Jelle Klaasen, who lost narrowly to Norris in the years final European Tour event, completes the eight seeds and faces in-form Steve West, who is making his European Championship debut. 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But the four other women with a shot to win didnt know that when they passed her crumpled and frighteningly inert form seconds later.The superlative American climber Mara Abbott was closest. She had backed off van Vleutens wheel not long before, trusting the same instincts that have twice delivered her the championship of the Giro Rosa, the most demanding and prestigious womens stage race on the calendar.Abbott saw the wreckage by the side of the road, spared a thought for van Vleuten and refocused ahead. She nearly soloed to the line, but it was a three-on-one drag race in the flats.Her pursuers reeled her in with less than 200 meters to go. Another Dutch rider, Anna van der Breggen, won the sprint in what could hardly have been a more theatrical finish. Abbott came in fourth.The 30-year-old Abbott spoke afterward with the calm of an athlete conscious she was in competitive shock. Rios grueling, decisive climb played to her strength, and there is no guarantee that kind of topography will be a feature on the 2020 course or that she will even be in Tokyo to contest the race.Its going to take a lifetime to process, she said. Youll never have that chance again in your entire life. But you never know what comes out of what.Abbotts three U.S. teammates -- Kristin Armstrong, Evelyn Stevens and Megan Guarnier -- executed near-flawlessly and unselfishly to put her in position to win, which was notable for a couple of reasons.As has been the norm in recent Olympic lead-ups, the U.S. team was only finalized after two other riders challenged the selection in arbitration. That, in turn, has ledd to the back-channel perception of the American women overall as a squabbling pack who would have trouble coalescing on competition day -- a condescending, sexist and unfounded stereotype. Cheap Authentic NHL Jerseys. The choice of two-time defending Olympic time-trial champion Armstrong was particularly controversial in part because of the demanding nature of the road race course. But Sunday, the 41-year-old Armstrong put in a huge effort on the front of the race in the flat and undulating sections before pulling out at the base of the final climb.Kristin did a fantastic job taking us in -- she was just awesome today, said Stevens, who along with Guarnier worked for Abbott until it was time for her to attack.Armstrong came up behind Abbott in mid-interview and embraced her. Both women cried.Im heartbroken for Mara, Armstrong said. I really wanted to come back for a lot of reasons. I have my time trial goals on Wednesday, but I also really wanted to contribute to history in the road race and I really believed in this team.I cant imagine being where she is right now. Shes gonna have a lot of sleepless nights.This is a distinctive group who are a step removed from the pioneers, but still had to scrap for survival in their economically unstable sport. They all came to it relatively late and will exit it with other passions in their hip pockets. Guarnier intends to pursue graduate work in neuroscience. Armstrong is a converted triathlete, the mother of a young son and works as a community liaison for a large hospital. Stevens, who also will race the Olympic time trial, discovered cycling while working on Wall Street.An interesting combination of blunt and ethereal, Abbott teaches yoga, works at a farmers market in her longtime base of Boulder, Colorado, and has long felt a tug toward environmental causes. She has characterized her very public and painful battle with an eating disorder as a climb that never really levels out.Three years ago, Abbott told me her biggest challenge was owning her athletic talent. If you hold back, you dont have to take responsibility for who you are, she said.Its long past time to debate whether she and her contemporaries have done that. If anyone needs convincing, all they need to do is watch. ' ' '