The Tour Down Under marks the official start point of WorldTour season five for young American Quinn Simmons, but with that also five years since he became the junior Road World Champion in Yorkshire.
As the seasons have ticked by but the wins haven’t since that crowning day in 2019, even Simmons himself has come to question whether this year will be ‘the’ year for his rise to the top. That's a question which only further highlights the pressure placed on a 22-year-old to perform in the current peloton with Monuments and Grand Tours now being ticked off the palmarès of his fellow under-25s.
