{"id":446485,"date":"2026-01-30T03:16:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T03:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/446485\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T03:16:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T03:16:07","slug":"michael-matthews-on-the-ttt-experience-set-to-return-at-the-tour-de-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/446485\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Matthews on the TTT experience set to return at the Tour de France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The specifics of the course were another key factor in the Australian\u2019s analysis. The <a href=\"https:\/\/cyclinguptodate.com\/trofeo-ses-salines\" title=\"Trofeo Ses Salines\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trofeo Ses Salines<\/a> TTT was defined by a very high average speed and the wind conditions, which proved decisive for strategy. \u201cIt was a really fast time trial. There was quite a bit of tailwind on the way out and a strong headwind on the way back,\u201d Matthews explained. Faced with that scenario, the team\u2019s plan was clear from the start. \u201cWe tried to save as much as possible on the way out and then just bring it home in the final part,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The provisional result backed up that strategy, with an average speed close to 59 kilometres per hour, underlining the intensity and level of the effort. However, Matthews was cautious about whether that mark would be enough to win. \u201cI\u2019m not sure,\u201d he admitted candidly.<\/p>\n<p>The Australian again pointed to Tudor as the day\u2019s main benchmark. \u201cLike I said before, Tudor were probably the big favourites for today. They have a very strong team here,\u201d he noted. In that sense, being ahead of the Swiss outfit was already a source of satisfaction for Jayco-AlUla. \u201cIf we\u2019re able to be in front of them, that\u2019s a good start, and then it\u2019s just fingers crossed to see what happens,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, Red Bull BORA and Movistar Team\u2019s times pushed the Australians down to third place, but Jayco-AlUla\u2019s performance left positive signs to open the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The specifics of the course were another key factor in the Australian\u2019s analysis. The Trofeo Ses Salines TTT&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":446486,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,109372,85,51866,230423],"class_list":["post-446485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cycling","tag-michael-matthews","tag-sports","tag-team-jayco-alula","tag-trofeo-ses-salines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=446485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/446486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}