For Michael Matthews, this year's Tour de France has got that 2017 feeling.
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And the Canberra cyclist hopes it starts to get rolling for him from the very start.
Matthews' Team BikeExchange is focusing on stage wins at this year's edition of the world's greatest bike race, with teammates Simon Yates and Esteban Chaves other attacking options at the Australian team's disposal.
It's similar to what Matthews' old team, Team Sunweb, went into the 2017 race focusing on with Warren Barguil emerging as their other weapon.
That year both Matthews and Barguil came away with jerseys - the green sprinter's for the former and the climber's polka dot one for the latter.
Both of them enjoying a stunning three weeks at the Tour, with the dynamic duo winning two stages each along the way.
Matthews said there were similarities between the two campaigns as he looked to make an impact right from the start.
"If I'm honest it's similar to that, where me and Warren were and still are really good friends and once we started getting those stages it just boosted the whole team's atmosphere," he said.
"Me and Warren were rooming together at the time so it was also quite fun in the room too.
"Hopefully we can make some nice memories like we did in 2017 where once you get the ball rolling it really starts rolling."
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But he was holding fire on whether he would look to mount an attack on the green jersey this year.
He famously broke Peter Sagan's stranglehold on the award, ending the Slovakian's five-year reign.
Last year's green jersey winner, Sam Bennett, won't ride this year's Tour.
"It's an interesting Tour de France this year - really a lot of mountain days and a lot of flat sprints, which doesn't make it too ideal for me to go for the green," Matthews said.
"It's not the perfect course for me as my style of rider, but you never know along the way.
"We're going to focus on stages for sure and then see towards the end what is happening with that jersey, but it's definitely not the clear focus."
The 30-year-old felt there were a handful of opportunities for him to win stages at the Tour.
That started with the opening stage, which was held on Saturday night, and the second one on Sunday.
Stage two included the famous Mur-de-Bretagne climb - where Cadel Evans won in 2011 on his way to becoming the only Aussie to win the Tour.
Matthews hoped, if he could hit top form from the start, it could set him up for an exciting race.
"I'll have to have my best legs on on the day to get over [the Mur] with the front group," he said.
"It looks interesting ... the day before on stage one is also quite a nice opportunity.
"It's a 3.5km uphill finish with some steep kickers in it, but it's not too crazy.
"The first two stages look quite interesting, but they're very selective finals so I'll definitely have to be at the top of my game to contest those finals.
"But it does look something that will be interesting for me and a couple of our climbers that are punchy too, that it can suit them also, so we've got a few cards to play."
Then there's the second week of the Tour - when the man known as "Bling" hoped to shine again.
He hasn't won a stage at a grand tour since 2017, but felt there were a few more opportunities to come.
Stages 10, 12 and 13 could all suit the sprinters - and in turn Matthews.
"There's a few after the first week that are quite intermediate stages," he said.
"After these first two stages here there's a lot of flat sprints and [time trials]. The second week looks a bit more interesting for me other than these first two stages."
It's Matthews' first season back with BikeExchange, having spent four years with them from 2013.
He was originally contracted to be with Sunweb - now known as DSM - this year, but got an early release.
It came after he was disappointed to be left out of last year's Tour and having to watch the big race from home on the couch.
Now he's hungry to be back on the world's largest stage. And happy to be back with his old team.
"It was difficult to watch on the TV, but now being back with Team BikeExchange again it's a nice fresh start to the Tour de France again and I'm really looking forward to it," Matthews said.
"There's been a lot of preparation going into the Tour so just looking to get it under way really.
"I had mixed feelings [last year] - I had really good shape, which was difficult to watch and see some of the stages that really suited me disappear.
"I went through stages last year watching the race where I was really motivated for training and I was sitting there at home not being motivated because I wished I was there.
"You go through highs and lows as an athlete. It's not all positives and it's not all negatives.
"It was a bit of a rollercoaster not even being in the race and I know how much of a rollercoaster the race actually is itself when you're there.
"I went through difficult periods that's for sure."
TOUR DE FRANCE
Saturday: Stage one from Brest to Landerneau, 8.10pm. 21st-and-final stage July 18.