"They all require a lot of concentration and preparation" - Matteo Jorgenson ready to attack spring classics in 2025
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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.
Fin MajorCycling Journalist
Fin Major is a UK-based writer at CyclingUpToDate and has been part of the team since 2024. He is the site’s main writer for FAQs and evergreen explainers and has written around 2,000 pieces for the platform. Alongside this work, he focuses on in-depth analysis and covers the biggest races on the calendar, including the Tour de France, the Giro d’Italia, and La Vuelta a España, providing clear context around performance trends, tactics, and key storylines.
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