Mareczko searching for first win of the season at Almeria
(Cyclingnews.com)

Italian sprinter Jakub Mareczko (CCC Team) is hoping to be able to convert his good early-season form from the Tour Down Under into a win at the Clásica de Almería this weekend. Mareczko finished third behind Deceuninck-QuickStep`s Elia Viviani and Max Walscheid (Sunweb) on stage 1 of the Australian stage race to Port Adelaide, and went on to compete at the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race before returning to Europe. `I`m feeling in good shape after the Australian season, and was happy to pick up third place at my first UCI WorldTour race of the year,` Mareczko said on his CCC Team`s website.ADVERTISEMENT `The Clásica de Almería is another opportunity for me to go for the sprint. It`s still early in the season, so there`s more work to do in order to be where I want to be, but I think my form is good. `I`m really happy that the team is giving me the opportunity to have a go here, and I`ll definitely give it 100 per cent to try to get a good result,` said Mareczko, who took seven wins in 2018 while riding for Pro Continental team Wilier Triestina before making the step up to the WorldTour with CCC Team for 2019. Mareczko is the only rider on CCC`s two squads that race at the Vuelta Ciclista a la Región de Murcia and the Clásica de Almería this weekend to have already got his season under way. His teammates are starting their year at the two-day Spanish stage race, which starts on Friday - and which Mareczko won`t race - and at the one-day race on Sunday, where the 24-year-old can expect strong support. You can read more at Cyclingnews.com