The sprint duo of Dylan Groenewegen and Michael Matthews will share team leadership at BikeExchange-Jayco to beat their sprint rivals and win as many stages as possible in the 2022 Tour de France.

The Australian team will consist of eight riders, led by Groenewegen and Matthews, and has opted to build a full lead-out train for sprint opportunities and aggressive stages such as stage 2 Nyborg and stage 5 Paris-Roubaix cobbles.

Matthews will target mountain stages, breakaways, and the early yellow jersey, but not the green points jersey. Groenewegen will return to the Tour de France for the first time since 2019 and for the first time since his ban for causing Fabio Jacobsen's crash at the 2020 Tour de Pologne.

The Dutchman is eager to start a new chapter in his career with BikeExchange-Jayco and re-establish himself as one of the best sprinters in the world.

He leads Caleb Yuan (Lotto Soudal), Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin Phoenix), Wout Van Aert (Jumbo Visma), Peter Sagan (Total Energies), and Quick-Step Alphavinir sprint hope He will take on Jacobsen.

"You're a sprint man," Matthews joked to Groenewegen while discussing his chances and ambitions in Copenhagen.

"In pure sprinting, when Dylan is there, he is the fastest man in the world. In an undulating stage where Dylan is not there, it will be a stage for me."

Groenewegen knows he will have to suffer through the mountain stages if he wants to win on the Champs-Élysées in Paris, but he has set the early sprint stages and the final stage as the ones to aim for; in 2019 he won a stage and finished in the top three three times. Since joining BikeExchange-Jayco, he has five wins, but the Tour de France is a step up for his ambitions.

Stage wins and placings by both Groenewegen and Matthews will help the team gain important UCI ranking points in its fight to avoid relegation from the World Tour.

"The Tour de France is always interesting and hectic, but I believe in our sprint team. The Tour de France is always interesting and hectic, but I believe in our sprint team.

"We had a tough time after the crash in Poland and came back last year at the Giro. This team needed me for the sprint and the Tour de France. This team needed me for the sprints and the Tour de France.

Matthews acknowledged his love-hate relationship with the Tour de France, but seemed confident in his form this year.

"The Tour is a real roller coaster ride for me. There are highs and lows," he said somberly, referring to his success in the green points jersey in 2017 and many other disappointments.

"I'm really excited to be back. The team is super motivated and supportive. I feel good, really good."

While the green jersey is not a goal for Matthews this year, an early return in the yellow jersey is. Matthews is hoping to give his all in Friday's opening time trial and lead the race in the first week.

"I think a course like this makes for some interesting racing in the first week," he said.

"It will be very hectic with the cobblestones and crosswinds, the TT start suits a lot of riders and a lot of riders are going for the yellow, we will do our best in the TT and see how close we can get.

"Green is not my goal this year. When I won, I did everything I could to achieve that, and I controlled all the intermediate sprints. But it takes a lot of energy and stops you from trying to get into the breakaway to win other stages.

"Dylan is the fastest in the world in the flat sprints and I am in the other stages. I'm going to use my energy to try to win as many as I can."