‘They were almost willing to kill each other for me’ – Perfect start for Tobias Lund Andresen as new team goes all-out to position him for Tour Down Under sprint win

“He has the legs to be on the podium, be fighting for victory, but it’s [about] positioning,” new Decathlon CMA CGM sports director Mark Renshaw told Cyclingnews when asked before stage 1 of the men’s Santos Tour Down Under if he was optimistic about Tobias Lund Andresen‘s chances in a possible sprint.

After all, Andresen is – like the Australian sports director himself – new to the French squad, so “it’s a steep learning curve this week,” pointed out Renshaw, who raced 16 editions of the Australian event before retiring at the end of 2019. However, it turns out that Andresen and the rest of his sprint lead-out learn fast. As they headed to the line in Tanunda, their positioning was perfect.