Team BikeExchange head into the Ronde van Vlaanderen on Sunday with Michael Matthews leading the hunt for the team’s only missing Monument.
Tour of Flanders: BikeExchange lead with Matthews
Team BikeExchange head into the Ronde van Vlaanderen on Sunday with Michael Matthews leading the hunt for the team’s only missing Monument. The squad is armed with options with Luke Durbridge showing his form at Dwars door Vlaanderen on Wednesday and Slovenian Luka Mezgec a threat in reduced bunch sprint scenarios. A powerful support group will be key, as the experienced Jack Bauer lines-up for his ninth ‘Ronde’ alongside Amund Grøndahl Jansen, Rob Stannard and former U23 Flanders winner Alex Edmondson.
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The second Monument of the season will see the peloton tackle a 254km route from Antwerpen to Oudenaarde, taking in 19 bergs and 17 cobbled sectors along the way. The first climb comes at around 100km into the race, but there is barely time rest in the following 150km, as the obstacles come thick and fast before the flatter run to the finish line.
Team BikeExchange at the Ronde van Vlaanderen:
Jack Bauer (NZL)
Luke Durbridge (AUS)
Alex Edmondson (AUS)
Amund Grøndahl Jansen (NOR)
Michael Matthews (AUS)
Luka Mezgec (SLO)
Rob Stannard (AUS)
Michael Matthews: “I am feeling better and better after every race, I have had a couple of easy days now after Ghent-Wevelgem, so hopefully I can build back up again now towards Flanders. I did a nice recon on Thursday with the guys, so I am really looking forward to Sunday. I think every race that we do together we are going to get better and better. We started on Friday in E3 where we all showed we are in good shape, then Sunday we came out and I think we impressed a lot of people with what we did at Ghent-Wevelgem.”
“Then on Wednesday at Dwars door Vlaanderen, the guys did an awesome job for Durbo to put him up there in the final and have a good crack. I think Durbo is also in good shape to hopefully be with us there in the final at Flanders. It all comes back to getting through phase one, then phase two and three. So you need a good team around you to get through all those phases and hopefully we can have some good luck go our way on Sunday and everything can come together.”
2021 Ronde van Vlaanderen – Sunday, 4th April: Antwerepen – Oudenaarde, 245km
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