Kwiatkowski aiming for another Monument in 2019
Team Sky's Michal Kwiatkowski has opted to take a slower start to the 2019 season with an aim at being at his best for the Ardennes Classics. The 2017 Milan-San Remo winner would like to add another Monument to his palmarès at Liège-Bastogne-Liège.
Kwiatkowski came into the 2018 season a bit too hot, winning the Volta ao Algarve in February and following that with the overall victory in Tirreno-Adriatico. When the Ardennes Classics rolled around, the former world champion said he was not "dancing on the pedals as I'd like to".
This year, Kwiatkowski will skip the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, where he started the past two seasons, and take on his first race of the season at the UAE Tour at the end of February.
"My main goal for the first part of the season is to be in the best shape possible for the Ardennes," Kwiatkowski said in an interview on TeamSky.com.
"Let's hope I can be up there amongst the best riders to win Liège-Bastogne-Liège. I've slightly changed my approach to the season and I will start later, at the UAE Tour, then probably Paris-Nice and Pais Vasco so not as much racing."
Kwiatkowski has no regrets about his 2018 season, saying it was amazing. After winning Tirreno-Adriatico, he was a hot favourite for Milan-San Remo, but found himself heavily marked when Vincenzo Nibali launched his winning attack and came home disappointed.
You can read more at Cyclingnews.com