Matteo Jorgenson finds positives in winless Opening Weekend: "we can build into the Classics a little bit instead of starting hot and kind of petering out"

The cycling season is now well and truly underway, with Opening Weekend kicking off the spring classics with Soren Waerenskjold winning Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Jasper Philipsen winning Kuurne – Bruxelles – Kuurne.

Matteo Jorgenson shared his thoughts with Cycling Pro Net after completing Opening Weekend, expressing satisfaction with his personal performance and optimism for the upcoming races.

"I'm glad, like every year, to make it through Opening Weekend with all my skin on my body and also a good feeling. I was really strong both days, so I think as a team we have some things to improve on for the coming Classics.

"But I think from a personal standpoint, looking forward to Paris-Nice, I feel very confident."

When asked about areas for team improvement, Jorgenson acknowledged that there were discussions already underway. It's still very early days in the season, but Jorgenson and Team Visma | Lease a Bike already are looking for ways to fine tune their performances going forward.

"I don't think I need to say it publicly, but we have some clear things that we've already discussed yesterday in the debrief and today I'm sure we'll discuss again that just haven't clicked yet."

Jorgenson also highlighted the challenges faced by his team due to absences and late adjustments.

"It's also difficult. We have a lot of new riders in the Classics team because of more bad luck, with losing Kristoff to really big sickness, and then Dylan still hasn't entered after his collarbone fracture at Down Under. So we're still missing our core team."

Despite the setbacks, Jorgenson remains optimistic about the season ahead.

"Actually, this year it's going to be good. We didn’t win both Opening Weekend races, and we can build into the Classics a little bit instead of starting hot and kind of petering out."