For Gino. What a way for Fred Wright to take his first victory as a professional. Wright is the 2023 national road race champion 👏
Fred Wright tells 2024 goals: "Flanders is what I’m looking at really going for, then trying to get into doing the Olympic road race after the Tour"
CyclingSaturday, 04 November 2023 at 16:00
Fred Wright has not had the best of years, but overall an average season. He's missed out on a couple of goals, but has taken a victory in the national championships which heavily influenced 2023 and will also the next season. Bahrain - Victorious had a difficult year and Wright hopes to be part of a comeback in 2024.
“Winning the Nationals was obviously the big highlight for the year and the Tour was amazing for the team. But I’m kind of left a bit disappointed because I broke my collarbone and basically didn’t have the end of the season I was hoping for… but that’s a good thing because I’m really motivated for next year," Wright said in an interview to Cyclingnews during Roleur Live. His season ended at the Renewi Tour, with a few weeks of racing left to prove his worth which he could not use.
The Briton had came off a brilliant 2022 where he was a big figure at the cobbled classics, Tour de France and Vuelta a Espana. He transformed that into his first pro win in June at the nationals, but didn't carry his form into the Tour de France. He seemed to be coming along after it, but a collarbone fracture in Belgium spelled the end of his year.
Now looking towards 2024, he presents similar goals, but with one special race added to the mix: “Flanders is what I’m looking at really going for, then trying to get into doing the Olympic road race after the Tour. Whether doing the Tour before is really best for that, I don’t know, but I’m keen.”
Having a teammate such as Matej Mohoric, with whom he races with throughout much of the year, Wright has an interesting onlook into racing, and he very much finds pleasure in racing aggressively and the fan love that comes from it. “I think you’ve got to look at pressure in a positive way, as it’s pressure for good reason."
"People sort of like the way I race and appreciate me being up there and showing my face in bike races, so the best way to spin it is just to use that pressure in a positive way. Win or lose, I’m still entertaining so it doesn’t really matter for the fans… I’d obviously want to win as many races as possible, that’s my goal.”
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