Impey leads Mitchelton-Scott hopes for Amstel Gold
19 April 2019 01:36
South African road race and time trial champion Daryl Impey will lead the Australian Mitchelton-Scott WorldTour team at the Amstel Gold Race in the Netherlands on Sunday, hoping that he can add to the team's already impressive haul of 17 victories so far this season. In 2019, only Deceuninck-QuickStep – with 24 wins – and Astana (22) have won in 2019 more often than Mitchelton, who currently share a win-tally with Bora-Hansgrohe. Impey – who successfully defended his national titles in February on the back of retaining his Tour Down Under crown in Australia in January – enjoyed a break from racing between finishing the Volta a Catalunya in late March and Wednesday's Brabantse Pijl, and is now raring to go for the hilly Dutch one-day race.ADVERTISEMENT "I've changed things around a bit this year, and I am trying a different approach by going to altitude before the Ardennes," he revealed on his team's website. "The hard work is done and now it's time to see how it all works out. "I have confidence in myself and the team that we can do well here. No doubt, Amstel is the more realistic of the three Ardennes races for me to win, and it's a race that I enjoy, and one that suits my characteristics quite well," Impey said of a race where his best finish is his 11th plave pf last year, when it was won by Michael Valgren. "We have a very solid team, mixed with experience and youth. Everyone seems to be going very well and that gives everyone a lift. It's great to see that everyone's motivated," he said.
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