A happy new year everyone!
Alaphilippe will ride the tour, but not with GC intention.
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/alaphilippe-in-no-hurry-to-target-gc-at-tour-de-france/
So a resume of everything we know yet.
The only two big names missing are Carapaz and Thomas.
Giro: Nibali, Bardet, Fuglsang, S.Yates, Majka, Zakarin, Keldermann, G. Bennett, Formolo, Konrad, van Garderen, Schachmann, Evenepoel and Carapaz (likely)
Tour:
Bernal, Froome, Roglic, Dumoulin, Kruiswijk, Buchmann, Pinot, Lopez, Porte, Valverde, Mas, Quintana, Latour, Aru, Pogacar, Landa, Poels, Alaphilippe, Barguil, Dan Martin, Mollema, Woods, Uran and Thomas (likely)
So most of the big names are focussing on the tour next year. There will be two very strong teams with Jumbo and Ineos.
With the abscence of Dumoulin and Bernal the giro field looks not that strong, which will hopefully lead to an open race. Favorites are Nibali and Carapaz. Fuglsang, S.Yates and Bardet will also have opportunities.
For the spring I see a very very exclusive field for Paris- Nice. Many GC contenders also announced their participation in the Ardennes classics.
Alaphilippe will ride the tour, but not with GC intention.
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/alaphilippe-in-no-hurry-to-target-gc-at-tour-de-france/
So a resume of everything we know yet.
The only two big names missing are Carapaz and Thomas.
Giro: Nibali, Bardet, Fuglsang, S.Yates, Majka, Zakarin, Keldermann, G. Bennett, Formolo, Konrad, van Garderen, Schachmann, Evenepoel and Carapaz (likely)
Tour:
Bernal, Froome, Roglic, Dumoulin, Kruiswijk, Buchmann, Pinot, Lopez, Porte, Valverde, Mas, Quintana, Latour, Aru, Pogacar, Landa, Poels, Alaphilippe, Barguil, Dan Martin, Mollema, Woods, Uran and Thomas (likely)
So most of the big names are focussing on the tour next year. There will be two very strong teams with Jumbo and Ineos.
With the abscence of Dumoulin and Bernal the giro field looks not that strong, which will hopefully lead to an open race. Favorites are Nibali and Carapaz. Fuglsang, S.Yates and Bardet will also have opportunities.
For the spring I see a very very exclusive field for Paris- Nice. Many GC contenders also announced their participation in the Ardennes classics.
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