Orica-Greenedge's Michael Matthews will turn his attention from last week's Paris-Nice, where he won a stage and the green points jersey, to the season's first Monument at Milan-San Remo on Sunday.
The 24-year-old winner of multiple Grand Tour stages will lead an Orica-GreenEdge team that also includes Simon Clarke, Luke Durbridge, Mathew Hayman, Michael Hepburn, Daryl Impey, Jens Mouris and Simon Yates.
“We are definitely aiming for the podium here with Michael Matthews,” said Orica-GreenEdge sport director Matt White. “He has had very good preparation over the last couple of months and he has shown the fruits of his preparation at Paris-Nice, his first race of the year.
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“He has also done the race a couple of times before now, once a few years ago and once last year, where the weather conditions didn’t suit him much, but it’s definitely a race that suits Michael’s characteristics.”
Matthews' best result in his previous two attempts at the race came last year when he finished 78th, but his form so far this year puts him in with a good chance in the Monument that often favours the sprinters.
White said that despite the race's distance, he expects a sprint finish on Sunday. But the size of the group that contests the win depends on what the weather dishes out. Current forecasts call for rain.
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