American Matteo Jorgenson finally secures maiden win: 'I didn’t even believe I deserved to be professional'

The American comes good on his potential with an emotional victory in the Middle East

Matteo Jorgenson
(Image credit: Getty)

There have been times in the past four seasons that American Matteo Jorgenson doubted if he was even good enough to be a WorldTour rider.

He had been afforded leadership opportunities by Movistar and had backed himself to win, but across 180 race days since joining the Spanish outfit aged 19 in 2020, the affable Californian was still without a professional victory to his name.

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