April Fool's Day may still be a bit away, but with the coronavirus now a concern, four-time Paris-Roubaix winner and three-time Tour of Flanders winner Tom Boonen may be considering a comeback from retirement, or at least not flatly denying it. It would be easy to miss the news from Belgium -- apparently inspired by the comeback of tennis star and Belgian compatriot Kim Kreister.

Boonen retired from professional cycling in April 2017, a day after finishing 13th in Paris-Roubaix, and began her motor racing career in July of that year.

Speaking to Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad's supplement NU over the weekend, Boonen credited Kreister's comeback to at least six stage wins in the Tour de France in addition to victories in Roubaix and Flanders and a 2005 road racing world He said she used it as inspiration to think about his former career as a road race champion in 2005, winning at least six stages of the Tour de France in addition to wins in Roubaix and Flanders.

"I can very well understand why she decided to play tennis again. It honestly made me think, if she can make a comeback, why can't I?"

However, on Wednesday morning, while visiting the Belgian capital to film his new show, Tom Fietst (Tom Cycling), Boonen was happy to talk about a possible comeback after retirement on the radio show Studio Brussel.

"If I were to retire, it would be now," he said. 'That doesn't mean I'm going to do it. I'm turning 40 at the end of the year, so I've been thinking a lot about it."

"I've been thinking a lot about it.

As Het Nieuwsblad also points out, Les Amis de Roubaix (a group of volunteers who help keep the cobblestone roads used in Paris-Roubaix in runnable condition) commemorate Boonen's victories in 2005, 2008, 2009, and 2012 with four posted a photo on social media of a trophy, possibly an imitation or real, with a fifth cobblestone added to the stone pedestal, with the words "We are ready."

No rider has won the Paris-Roubaix title five times, and Boonen holds the record for four wins, along with fellow Belgian Roger de Vleminck, who last won the title in 1977.