Its that time of year. The Tour was relatively underwhelming so we are as always left to speculate how the next GT is gonna pan out. As always, we are hoping for a better spectacle and for the most part, despite its flaws, the Vuelta delivers. Somewhat. This year tho, its the best Vuelta-route I can remember. I genuinely like this one so I have high expectations....
...but it will feel awfully weird to me to watch a Vuelta without Rodriguez and Valverde, but life goes on. New faces. Some old still tho, I think Sanchez is scheduled to ride and maybe we get Contador as well. But its soon the end of an era...
Froome is certain. So is Chaves. Nibali, Yates (both, I think), Zakarin, Bardet, Aru, Kruijswijk, Uran, Majka. Help me out, I don't know if those are confirmed names. Its not bad, but its not the flying Spanish trio of 2012 either.
Confirmed:
Froome
Chaves
Nibali
Zakarin
Aru
M.A. Lopez
Kruijswijk
Jungels
A. Yates
S. Yates
Marc Soler
Barguil
Pozzovivo
Kelderman
De la Cruz
Contador
If everything falls in place/top-10 riders:
Roson
Alaphilippe
Betancur
Formolo
Poels
Bennett
Oomen
Ruben Fernandez
Costa
Atapuma
The LEGENDARY Sebastian R
Rafael Valls
Roche
Celano
Dani Moreno
Bardet (no GC)
Majka (no GC)
Sammy S
Spilak
...but it will feel awfully weird to me to watch a Vuelta without Rodriguez and Valverde, but life goes on. New faces. Some old still tho, I think Sanchez is scheduled to ride and maybe we get Contador as well. But its soon the end of an era...
Froome is certain. So is Chaves. Nibali, Yates (both, I think), Zakarin, Bardet, Aru, Kruijswijk, Uran, Majka. Help me out, I don't know if those are confirmed names. Its not bad, but its not the flying Spanish trio of 2012 either.
Confirmed:
Froome
Chaves
Nibali
Zakarin
Aru
M.A. Lopez
Kruijswijk
Jungels
A. Yates
S. Yates
Marc Soler
Barguil
Pozzovivo
Kelderman
De la Cruz
Contador
If everything falls in place/top-10 riders:
Roson
Alaphilippe
Betancur
Formolo
Poels
Bennett
Oomen
Ruben Fernandez
Costa
Atapuma
The LEGENDARY Sebastian R
Rafael Valls
Roche
Celano
Dani Moreno
Bardet (no GC)
Majka (no GC)
Sammy S
Spilak