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Matteo Jorgenson wasn’t even supposed to race the Tour de France, but he didn’t hesitate when fate opened the door for him to make his Tour debut in 2022.
The ever-improving 23-year-old barged right onto center stage, riding into three winning breakaways with Team Movistar to confirm his place among the elite of the WorldTour.
“I was supposed to do the Giro. They weren’t considering me for the Tour, but I got a nasty injury in Paris-Nice,” Jorgenson told VeloNews . “It turned out to be a blessing, and took some time off , which I needed anyway.”
A muscle tear in his hamstring forced him to take three weeks off the bike, an eternity for a WorldTour pro in the middle of the season.
He spent weeks at altitude high in Andorra at a hotel at just under 2,400 meters (about 8,000 feet). Coaches saw his training numbers, and he punched his ticket to the Tour.
“I could have a clear and perfect lead-up to the Tour,” Jorgenson said. “I could just train for two months before the Dauphiné, at altitude, it was a super-focused training block all the way to the Tour, which was pretty crucial.“For the years to come, if I am going to do the Tour I would like to mimic that, do Paris-Nice and the classics, and just stop and focus and […]
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