Team Picnic PostNL coach Matt Winston: “We are excited to get our Men’s program underway at Tour Down Under. For the sprint stages, we will support Tobias as our finisher, while Oscar will be our key contender for the GC, where we hope he can build on his success from last year. We have a strong team around them who can cover all bases effectively in supporting in both the sprints and on the more difficult stages. After his crash at team camp in December where he suffered a collarbone fracture, we had hoped Chris [Hamilton] would be on the start line, but unfortunately he has had a setback in recent days and is unable to start. He will be replaced by Gijs, who, despite not having the most ideal preparation in terms of heat acclimatisation and jet lag, comes out of a strong training block in Calpe. We believe he can support us well in achieving our goals.”