"This one is for my Grandma who passed away last Wednesday. I watched her funeral online here in Quebec two days ago so to turn that around to victory today, it's quite emotional honestly," said Matthews during his winner's press conference.
"If I couldn't win today, then what was the point in being so far away from my family during this difficult time, why am I doing this? So this was extra motivation for today and I just can't believe I could actually pull this off after such a hard moment in my family's life."
"I think first of all, winning here today was ultra special basically since Flanders till now, nothing's really gone according to plan. I had a really good Classics with second by a tyre in San Remo, a podium in Flanders before my relegation and since then, through Swiss ad TDF and Olympics, nothing went to plan unfortunately," said Matthews of his struggles in 2024.
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