"I would be a bit too confident if I said that I could beat Wout and Mathieu in Roubaix" but Laurence Pithie is targeting cobbled success in 2025

After a breakthrough season in 2024, Laurence Pithie will ride the 2025 season in the colours of Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe. In his aim to bring success in first season at his new team, Pithie is focusing all efforts on the Classics.

"Paris-Roubaix and Milan-Sanremo are, I won't say easier, but more realistic to win than the Tour of Flanders," Pithie previews of his 2025 aims to Sporza. "If Tadej Pogacar and Mathieu van der Poel make their break in the Tour, it will be very difficult to follow. In those 2 other monuments there are possibilities."

Already in 2024 though, whilst riding for Groupama - FDJ, Pithie showed some big potential in the Spring. "Last season, I just missed out on the group of favourites over the top of the Poggio in Milan-Sanremo. This time, I want to follow the best. If it comes to a sprint, you never know," Pithie assesses. "Paris-Roubaix is ​​a classic in which anything can happen, just think of Wout van Aert's flat tire in 2023. My goal is to follow the favourites in Hell for as long as possible. I would be a bit too confident if I said that I could beat Wout and Mathieu in Roubaix. But I will go to those top races with an open mindset and give it my all."

With a new team and a new coach, Pithie has also been working hard to get even better. "I am working on my weak points so that I can finish it in the big races in 2025," the Kiwi explains. "I recently re-watched the classics and then I noticed that I often wasted energy unnecessarily. I was a bit too eager and enthusiastic because I didn't want to miss a single important move. With my new coach I am working on my weak points so that I can finish it off in the classics next year."