Matteo Jorgenson believes that last year’s points battle has been a good thing for the Movistar team going into 2023.
The Spanish squad was one of several fighting for their survival in the WorldTour at the end of last season. Jorgenson was even forced to skip the world championships in Australia in September as the team tried to keep as many warm bodies in the game of mopping up points.
It worked out and Movistar stayed inside the top 18, ensuring its place in the WorldTour for the next three seasons. The immediate pressure may be off, for now, but Jorgenson thinks that the kick in the behind that the threat of relegation gave the squad was needed.
“In the end, we had to do our job and try to score as many points as we could and it did create some stress within the team, but I think it was a positive,” Jorgenson told VeloNews at the recent Tour of Oman. “Looking back now, I think it was a positive push. I think we needed a little bit of a push to just look for victories and try to win races. I think that kind of stress forces everyone to improve themselves.”
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