Evergreen Canberra ace Michael Matthews has helped bring a smile back to his Australian team Jayco AlUla thousands of miles away from their struggles at the Tour Down Under.
After the country's only WorldTour team had suffered a barren Tour back home with no rider in either the top five of the men's or women's race, they could at least count on Matthews, known throughout the sport as "Bling", to provide more than a shiny consolation.
In the first running of a new one-day Spanish race, the Gran Premio Castellon, the 33-year-old serial winner struck again on Sunday (Monday AEDT), winning an uphill sprint to launch his campaign in style.
