Team Jayco AlUla and Liv AlUla Jayco head into this weekend’s Tour of Flanders with confidence after some strong results at the cobbled Classics this spring.
Letizia Paternoster will be lining up at her fourth “De Ronde” this weekend for Liv AlUla Jayco having finished in the top 10 on her second attempt and coming close again last season. The Italian has had a solid 2026 spring campaign, notching up top-10 results a the recent In Flanders Fields – In Wevelgem and at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad.
Australian national champion, and Vuelta Extremadura winner, Mackenzie Coupland will make her Tour of Flanders debut, while Swedish rider Caroline Andersson is set to ride her second. Quinty Ton, Ruby Roseman-Gannon, and road captain Jeanne Korevaar will complete the strong line-up.
Liv AlUla Jayco for Tour of Flanders
Caroline Andersson (SWE)
Mackenzie Coupland (AUS)
Jeanne Korevaar (NED)
Letizia Paternoster (ITA)
Ruby Roseman-Gannon (AUS)
Quinty Ton (NED)
Letizia Paternoster
“Flanders is one of my favourite races, 100 percent. I really love this race, since the first time I did it. I have done three editions of the Tour of Flanders, and I have had some really good results there. In my second one, I was in the top 10 and then in my last one I was also really close. I know this course well and I think that it really suits me and it is my big dream to be on the podium of Flanders.”
For Team Jayco AlUla, Bob Donaldson arrives at the second Monument of the season off the back of a breakthrough top-five finish at In Flanders Fields. He and the rest of the team will be hoping to build on that performance this weekend.
There is plenty of experience in the line-up with 41 appearances across the whole squad. Luke Durbridge is set to make his 11th Tour of Flanders start while Jasha Sütterlin will ride his 10th. Adding to the vast wealth of knowledge are Dries De Bondt, Luka Mezgec, Kell O’Brien, and Dries De Pooter.
Team Jayco AlUla for Tour of Flanders
Dries De Bondt (BEL)
Dries De Pooter (BEL)
Bob Donaldson (GBR)
Luka Mezgec (SLO)
Kell O’Brien (AUS)
Luke Durbridge (AUS)
Jasha Sütterlin (GER)
Bob Donaldson
“The result in In Flanders Field gave me a massive boost in confidence. These races are so hard and the level is so high, so many riders are at such a similarly high level that to do a good result is extremely difficult. To get a result like that gives you confidence that you belong in the bunch and the team as a whole can get a result. You don’t have to be the strongest in the bunch to get a good result. If you can ride smart then you can do really well. I’m really looking forward to Flanders, I love racing in Belgium. Doing a result here, gives me confidence in the future that it can pay off being invested in Belgium.”
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