Lizzie Deignan was a last-minute addition to Lidl-Trek’s roster for the upcoming La Vuelta Femenina after the medical group gave her the inexperienced mild to compete within the eight-day race 4 weeks after sustaining a damaged arm in a crash on the Tour of Flanders.
“I’m glad to have recovered in time for the Vuelta; I’m actually trying ahead to it and getting the primary stage race of my season beneath my belt. It was clearly disappointing to crash out of Flanders, and I undoubtedly missed racing the remaining Classics,” Deignan stated.
“However, every part has gone actually easily since, and my restoration has perhaps been higher than we even anticipated, so it’s nice to be able to have the ability to resume racing already.”
Lidl-Trek confirmed to Cyclingnews final week that Deignan’s restoration was going properly and that she had began coaching indoors however that her participation at La Vuelta Femenina was nonetheless unsure.
However, the group introduced the roster on Thursday, which included Deignan, Elisa Longo Borghini, Ellen van Dijk, Amanda Spratt, Elynor Backstedt, Brodie Chapman, and Gaia Realini.
La Vuelta Femenina can be held from from April 28 to May 5, and Deignan confirmed that she is going to use the stage race to assist rebuild her kind and put together for different targets later in the summertime.
“In phrases of my expectations for the race, it’s going to firstly be to get via the eight days safely and to be stronger on the finish than I’m originally,” Deignan stated.
“To be at first line in a group position is very nice and it’s a superb likelihood to construct my kind because it means I can get a great deal of work performed, and that’s what I want.”
Lidl-Trek had a powerful early-season racing marketing campaign, which noticed Elisa Balsamo safe 4 wins with two phases at Setmana Valenciana, Trofeo Alfredo Binda, and Brugge-De Panne. Also, in the course of the Spring Classics, Elisa Longo Borghini took three wins, together with the Tour of Flanders and Brabantse Pijl, whereas Van Dijk gained phases at Vuelta Extremadura Féminas and Tour de Normandie.
“Overall, we now have a extremely sturdy group of ladies racing and I feel it should be a superb likelihood for us to maintain the momentum we constructed within the Spring Classics going and to get some extra outcomes,” Deignan stated.
