"They all require a lot of concentration and preparation" - Matteo Jorgenson ready to attack spring classics in 2025

Wielerflits recently spoke with Matteo Jorgenson ahead of his second season with Team Visma | Lease a Bike in 2025. The American rider is looking forward to the spring classics, where he already made an impact last year by winning Dwars Door Vlaanderen. While his team has set its sights on the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix, Jorgenson will not be participating in those races.

“Personally, I approach all races in the spring the same. Although the team would of course much rather win a monument than any other semi-classic. As a team, we are focusing on De Ronde, but you can't focus on that any more than you can on another classic. They all require a lot of concentration and preparation.”

Visma | Lease a Bike saw some departures in the off-season, including Jan Tratnik and brothers Mick and Tim van Dijke. Jorgenson acknowledged the impact of these losses but remains confident in the squad’s strength.

“Those are certainly losses,” says Jorgenson. “Jan and the Van Dijke brothers are very good riders and contributed a lot to the team last year. It is impossible to replace any of the riders one-on-one, because that is not possible. But we still have the strongest team in the peloton for the spring. I am confident that without the bad luck of last year, we can achieve everything we want.”

Jorgenson has clear objectives for the 2025 season, building on his impressive 2024 performances.

“I would like to try to win a classic and a stage race again, like last year. That would already be a dream season for me. Besides those two main goals, I want to improve my result in the Tour, so that I can show myself that I am capable of that. I want to continue to develop in the field of riding classifications in grand tours.”

At just 25 years old, Jorgenson has already established himself as a force to be reckoned with. Born in Walnut Creek, California, he made the move from Movistar Team to Visma | Lease a Bike for the 2024 season. His results last year proved his potential, finishing eighth at the Tour de France and winning Paris-Nice. Only Tadej Pogačar’s dominance denied him a Tour stage victory.

Jorgenson also revealed that he was offered the opportunity to lead Visma at the Giro d’Italia in 2025 but ultimately declined. Instead, new signing Simon Yates will take on the leadership role at the Giro, while Jorgenson shifts his focus to the spring classics before supporting Jonas Vingegaard at the Tour de France in July. Last year, Jorgenson played a crucial role as Vingegaard’s top domestique in the mountains, and he will look to build on that experience as he continues his development in grand tours.