'We win because we are a team' - How California bikepacking fueled SD Worx

WAREGSD Worx teammates Demi Vollering, Marlen Reusser and Mischa Bredewold at Dwars door VlaanderenEM BELGIUM MARCH 29 Race winner Demi Vollering of The Netherlands and Team SD Worx celebrates with her teammates Mischa Bredewold of The Netherlands and Marlen Reusser of Switzerland and Team SD Worx after the 11th Dwars door Vlaanderen 2023 Womens Elite a 1149km ine day race from Waregem to Waregem DDV23 on March 29 2023 in Waregem Belgium Photo by Luc ClaessenGetty Images

There has been lots of talk this Spring about 'Samen Winnen' - the 'Winning Together' slogan of Jumbo-Visma - and how it compares to the 'Vincere Insieme' of the old Mapei team and the current 'Wolfpack' branding at QuickStep. However, the flag flying highest in professional cycling right now is surely the 'Flow with the Go' of SD Worx. 

That motto might seem essentially meaningless in and of itself, but it stands for a wider philosophy, honed in part by a bikepacking trip in California, that has seen the Dutch team dominate the Classics so far this Spring.