Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe have confirmed that Primož Roglič will journey the Vuelta a España however are hesitant about his probabilities of a fourth victory after the Slovenian’s crash on the Tour de France and 5 weeks with out racing.
Also within the Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe crew for the Vuelta a España are Roger Adrià, Giovanni Aleotti, Nico Denz, Patrick Gamper, Florian Lipowitz, Dani Martínez and Aleksandr Vlasov, with these final two additionally given protected management roles.
Roglič fractured a vertebrae in his decrease again in a nasty crash on stage 12 within the Tour de France, ending his desires of difficult within the sport’s greatest race.
Roglič was not a part of the Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe crew for the Clásica San Sebastián however has been coaching at altitude for the Vuelta.
His greatest rivals for total success embrace defending champion Sepp Kuss (Visma-Lease a Bike), Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost), Mikel Landa (Soudal-QuickStep) and Australia’s Ben O’Connor (Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale). UAE TEam Emirates opted to not choose Juan Ayuso however Adam Yates and João Almeida will lead a really sturdy crew as they attempt to full a Grand Tour hat trick after Tadej Pogačar’s victories on the Giro and Tour.
34-year-old Roglič has gained the overall classification of the Vuelta 3 times, plus a dozen phases.
“We are going into the third Grand Tour of the 12 months with nice ambitions. We have nominated eight riders with whom we can’t be hiding however wish to compete aggressively for the GC,” Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe sports activities supervisor Rolf Aldag stated.
“However, we must wait and see to what extent we are able to do that. After all, the crash accidents and five-week break from racing for each Primož and Aleks weren’t the best preparation for a Grand Tour.”
Aleotti gained the Tour of Slovenia, whereas Lipowitz lately gained the Sibiu Cycling Tour. After his debut on the Giro d’Italia got here to an early finish, the German rider will now proceed his Grand Tour expertise on the Vuelta.
Adrià, Denz and Gamper full the sturdy line-up, offering very important assist to the crew leaders.
Gamper and Denz have already raced the Giro and Tour this 12 months, whereas Adrià makes his Grand Tour debut at 26. He is the one Spaniard on the Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe crew however impressed on the current Vuelta a Burgos.
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