Sprinter Brenton Jones believes he could play a key lead-out role for fellow Australian Caleb Ewan in the world road championships in Qatar later this year if he is selected.
But his eagerness to figure in Ewan’s success is purely for then – and not before, as he focuses first on a breakthrough first win of the year and then adding to it in races to come.
Jones (Drapac), 24, has raced against Ewan (Orica-GreenEDGE), 21, numerous times, and this season has finished second to him on five occasions – on three stages and overall at the Mitchelton Cycling Classic in Geelong, Australia, in January, and again in the Australian elite criterium championship at Ballarat, Victoria one week later.
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“If I was selected for the worlds that would be an amazing opportunity,” Jones told Cyclingnews on Saturday while preparing for the the 129.4km fourth stage of the Tour de Langkawi from Ipoh to Tana Rata in the Cameron Highlands.
“I’m sure I would be able to be a massive part in Australia’s lead out for Caleb.
“It’s a course that I raced on at Tour of Qatar [February 8-12], so I know the course. It’s a kermesse-criterium type circuit that both Caleb and I are very familiar with.
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