{"id":45245,"date":"2024-03-28T15:43:07","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T15:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greenedgecycling.com\/2024\/?p=45245"},"modified":"2024-04-02T10:26:03","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T10:26:03","slug":"matthews-looking-for-another-monument-podium-as-he-leads-team-jayco-alula-at-the-tour-of-flanders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greenedgecycling.com\/2026\/matthews-looking-for-another-monument-podium-as-he-leads-team-jayco-alula-at-the-tour-of-flanders\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthews looking for another Monument podium as he leads Team Jayco AlUla into the Tour of Flanders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After a spectacular performance in the first cycling monument of the season, Milano Sanremo, where he picked up second place, Australian all-rounder\u00a0Michael Matthews<\/strong>\u00a0will lead\u00a0Team Jayco AlUla<\/strong>\u00a0into the second monument of the season, the Tour of Flanders<\/strong>\u00a0on Sunday, 31st<\/sup>\u00a0March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a stacked start list, the squad knows it isn\u2019t going to be an easy task but head in to the one-day iconic classic with confidence, with Matthews bringing good legs to go all-in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a squad that has enjoyed the past few weeks working together throughout the various cobbled classics races, it\u2019s a well gelled formation consisting of Australian duo\u00a0Kelland O\u2019Brien<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Luke Durbridge,\u00a0<\/strong>tactful lead-out men\u00a0Luka Mezgec\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Elmar Reinders<\/strong>, plus two powerhouses in the shape of\u00a0Amund Gr\u00f8ndahl Jansen\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Max Walscheid.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year\u2019s edition will begin in Antwerp and cover a staggering 270.8km, taking in the Oude-Kwaremont and Paterberg once again, often serving as the final decisive section of the gruelling spectacular race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Michael Matthews<\/strong>
\u201cIt\u2019s been fun here in Belgium these past weeks during the classics. The racing is so tough, but the team is feeling good and ready for Sunday.\u00a0<\/em> My shape is good, we just need some luck at the weekend and hopefully everything will fall into place to challenge for a result. After MSR I have been feeling good, and it would be incredible and special if I could back that up with another Monument podium placing at the Tour of Flanders. We know it won\u2019t be easy but we\u2019re ready to fight for it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mathew Hayman \u2013 Sport Director<\/strong>
\u201cWe\u2019re coming towards the end of the cobble classics with the big one, Flanders on Sunday. The guys have been riding well together, we\u2019ve had some top-10s here and we know that Flanders will be really tough, but we\u2019re going into the race with a health team and with Matthews motivated and in good condition.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019ve learnt a lot throughout the past weeks racing here, everyone is fit and it\u2019s all about putting it together and executing the plan well on Sunday. We will need a bit of luck. Then in the end, in the final, the legs will do the talking.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

After a spectacular performance in the first cycling monument of the season, Milano Sanremo, where he picked up second place, Australian all-rounder\u00a0Michael Matthews\u00a0will lead\u00a0Team Jayco AlUla\u00a0into the second monument…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45246,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[296,386],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenedgecycling.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45245"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenedgecycling.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenedgecycling.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greenedgecycling.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greenedgecycling.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45245"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/greenedgecycling.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45251,"href":"https:\/\/greenedgecycling.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45245\/revisions\/45251"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greenedgecycling.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenedgecycling.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greenedgecycling.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greenedgecycling.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}