With Edvald Boasson Hagen and Mark Cavendish getting off to strong starts to their season, Dimension Data’s road captain Tyler Farrar says the team’s big goal is to win a Classic and with those guys, it seems achievable.

“The Spring Classics are a giant goal for our team and that was the one goal we didn’t really realise last season, a podium or a win in a big classic,” Farrar told Cyclingnews at the Tour of Qatar this week.

“That’s been in the forefront of my thinking since I started training for the season, to be ready for March and early April in Belgium, and just do everything I can to be there to support Edvald. Classics are crazy races and you never know how they’re going to unfold so you just need to have numbers as best you can in the finales and see how it plays out.”

He hopes to make the finals of the biggest races in the spring, so that he can provide a suitable plan B to Boasson Hagen, or support him deep into the races.

“One of the biggest things in the Classics is to have multiple cards to play, because of that element of chaos in those races. Without a question, Edvald will be our number one leader in the Classics but if you can get three or four guys in that final selection, that’s how you win.”