He feels very much at home in the formation of leader
Mathieu van der Poel, whom he also assisted at the World Championships in Glasgow. "I have extended my contract with the team for two years. That actually went quite smoothly, so I'm very happy with that. My role basically remains the same, but I think that is the case with most WorldTour teams. If you are not a frequent winner, you end up in that role. That suits me too and I enjoy doing it. I would like to be more present in the Flemish classics next year, which have fallen a bit short this year."
"Riding for someone else is no problem for me," Riesebeek says. "The majority of my work is of course assisting the leaders, but when I get or can create an opportunity myself, I take it," said the winner of Dwars door het Hageland in 2022. "This year that was actually only in the Giro. Ultimately you have to enforce that yourself, and I haven't often had the opportunity to do that. But I am certainly satisfied with how things are going now."