{"id":45157,"date":"2024-03-26T10:53:09","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T10:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greenedgecycling.com\/2024\/?p=45157"},"modified":"2024-03-26T10:53:10","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T10:53:10","slug":"matthews-to-race-dwars-door-vlaanderen-ahead-of-tour-of-flanders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greenedgecycling.com\/2026\/matthews-to-race-dwars-door-vlaanderen-ahead-of-tour-of-flanders\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthews to race Dwars door Vlaanderen ahead of Tour of Flanders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Michael Matthews<\/strong> will continue his preparation for the Tour of Flanders this weekend at Wednesday\u2019s Dwars door Vlaanderen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After kickstarting his Belgian campaign last week with the E3 Saxo Classic and Gent-Wevelgem, Matthews decided to have another hit out in the Belgian countryside before the season\u2019s second monument.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joining Matthews on the roster will be Max Walscheid<\/strong>, who has ridden an impressive classics campaign so far and was on the attack at the weekend in Gent-Wevelgem. Meanwhile, Amund Gr\u00f8ndahl Jansen<\/strong> returns to the line-up in Belgium after sitting out Sunday\u2019s race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rest of the Team Jayco AlUla<\/strong> roster for Dwars door Vlaanderen will be made up of some strong and experienced classics men in Luke Durbridge<\/strong>, Luka Mezgec<\/strong>, Elmar Reinders<\/strong>, and Kell O\u2019Brien<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Departing from Roeselare and finishing in Waregem, the riders will pass over eight cobbled sectors in addition to the 12 climbs \u2013 the last of which comes less than 10km from the finish line. The race is often won in a late break, particularly since more ascents were added in recent seasons, but it can also come down to a small group sprint to the line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Team Jayco AlUla line-up:<\/span>
Luke Durbridge
Amund Gr\u00f8ndahl Jansen
Michael Matthews
Luka Mezgec
Kell O\u2019Brien
Elmar Reinders
Max Walscheid<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Max Walscheid<\/strong><\/span>
\u201cDwars door Vlaanderen has become harder in recent years since they changed the course so it will definitely be an intense race. It\u2019s not as long as the Tour of Flanders or Gent-Wevelgem, for example, but that doesn\u2019t necessarily make it easier. With the course, it is now more complex and more intense.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have some good guys in the line-up, and we need to nail the run into the key section of the race. After that, we will see who is in the front and who has survived. Hopefully, we\u2019ll have several riders able to go deep into the final and able to go for a result. Personally, I have felt good in these last races, and I hope to be able to go as deep as possible into the race.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mathew Hayman (Sport Director)<\/strong><\/span>
\u201cDwars door Vlaanderen is a bit shorter than most of the classics. It\u2019s always hotly contested and it\u2019s quite an open race. We\u2019re really fortunate to have Michael Matthews staying on in preparation for Flanders and he\u2019ll be joining us on Wednesday to race. We have a strong team with a lot of experience here so we\u2019re looking forward to getting stuck in at the last preparation before the Tour of Flanders.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photo: KRAMON<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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