Will the teamcar take a nature break while Tom is also taking one?Cool, El Tridente is dead. De Drietand is alive.
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Will the teamcar take a nature break while Tom is also taking one?Cool, El Tridente is dead. De Drietand is alive.
After the TdF & the Olympics? I don't think that's possible. Maybe he'll be challenging Dennis for the rainbow jersey, but that's it.I can only hope Dumoulin will do the Vuelta as well
I think the flat wc ITT favours Rohan.After the TdF & the Olympics? I don't think that's possible. Maybe he'll be challenging Dennis for the rainbow jersey, but that's it.
Olympics is 2 race days between Tour and Vuelta. Normally he'd ride crits there.After the TdF & the Olympics? I don't think that's possible. Maybe he'll be challenging Dennis for the rainbow jersey, but that's it.
That gives me an idea for a little thought experiment; what eight riders could/should Movistar pick for the Giro, if they all have to be eligible for the youth classification?
Here is Movistar's list of U-25 riders (as that's what needed for youth classification).
Juan Diego Alba 22
Gabriel Cullaigh 23
Inigo Elosegui 21
Juri Hollmann 20
Johan Jocob 22
Matteo Jorgenson 20
Einer Augusto Rubio Reyes 21
unfortunately Mathias Norsgaard 22 is injured.
These are the 3 riders who are currently 24:
Enric Mas (not going to the Giro)
Hector Carretero
Sergio Samitier
The three you mention last will also be part of youth competitions next year.
That's not really what your wrote, but all-right.
Hardly any of those guys are ready for a GT.Here is Movistar's list of U-25 riders (as that's what needed for youth classification).
Juan Diego Alba 22
Gabriel Cullaigh 23
Inigo Elosegui 21
Juri Hollmann 20
Johan Jocob 22
Matteo Jorgenson 20
Einer Augusto Rubio Reyes 21
unfortunately Mathias Norsgaard 22 is injured.
These are the 3 riders who are currently 24:
Enric Mas (not going to the Giro)
Hector Carretero
Sergio Samitier
Hardly any of those guys are ready for a GT.
In the Giro Movistar will probably be stage hunting with Prades, Villella, Cataldo (if he's not going to the Tour), Betancur (if he stays) and Sepulveda (if not Tour). I guess Carretero will make the team as well, and possibly Rubio and/or Samitier.
Based on Betancur being at the team presentation, I suspect he's staying.
For the Tour: My guesses after Valverde, Mas, and Soler are: Verona, Arcas, Erviti, Pedrero, and one more possibly Sepulveda.
I do suspect they won't take a team of just kids to the Giro as they do have 2 Italian riders who I'd guess will go to the Giro. They do seem to try to send their Italian riders to the Giro.
What exactly has Arcas done to deserve a Tour spot? I would think that a guy like Rojas is a teeny tiny step ahead of him...
Rojas should be going to la Vuelta with possible stage win opportunities depending on how it plays out. That is my big reason for not putting him on the Tour team.
Didn't Arcas ride a good Vuelta in support of Valverde this season?
I do suspect they won't take a team of just kids to the Giro as they do have 2 Italian riders who I'd guess will go to the Giro. They do seem to try to send their Italian riders to the Giro.
He rode a Vuelta, I don't know if it was particularly good.
Cataldo has been one of the strongest domestique around this year, would be very strange to see him used only for stage hunting.Hardly any of those guys are ready for a GT.
In the Giro Movistar will probably be stage hunting with Prades, Villella, Cataldo (if he's not going to the Tour), Betancur (if he stays) and Sepulveda (if not Tour). I guess Carretero will make the team as well, and possibly Rubio and/or Samitier.
I would think Oliveira is fairly certain to start the TDF for Movistar, they need to have some that can ride on the flat too and he must be well ahead of for instance Arcas in the hierachi. And also I would be very surpriced if Arcas made the team, while Rojas also would normally start. Rojas is very close to Valverde though so with Valverde only riding as training for the Olympics and the Vuelta, he could be saved for that. Erviti as always and Verona are likely certain also besides the 3 captains, and then Pedrero would be a good helper for sure but I guess the team could also choose to give him his own chance in the Giro and use someone like Sepulveda in the TDF instead.
My guess is the TDF team will be: Mas, Valverde, Soler, Erviti, Oliveira, Verona, Rojas, Pedrero or Sepulveda (or Amador if he ends up staying).
That's a turn up for the books with S.Yates doing a full program in the Giro - So it seems that MS will contecs GC in the Giro and the Vuelta while the TDF will be stage hunting.
Sensible decision to me. He seems to like the Giro, and came semi close to winning it in 2018, and then didn't appear to time his form right in 2019. With so many big guns from Jumbo and Ineos set to race the Tour, Giro is a better chance for a podium for Simon I believe.