Longstanding Spanish WorldTour squad Movistar will race this yr’s Tour de France with a well-rounded lineup that retains its choices open on GC, breakaways and bunch sprints.
Movistar will likely be headed by stage racing specialist Enric Mas, 29, within the staff’s forty second look within the French Grand Tour. A triple runner-up within the Vuelta a Espana, the rider from Mallorca is in search of to regain momentum within the Tour de France after his fifth place in 2020 and sixth place in 2021 had been adopted by a DNF with COVID in 2022 and crashing out on stage 1, in a fall additionally badly affecting Richard Carapaz (EF Schooling-EasyPost), in 2023.
Whereas Mas’ unofficial standing as Spain’s main Grand Tour racer has not too long ago been partly eclipsed by the rise of younger GC riders like Juan Ayuso (UAE Group Emirates) and Carlos Rodríguez (Ineos Grenadiers), Movistar have bolstered their Tour de France squad with a number of allrounders.
Lately topped Spanish Nationwide Champion Alex Aranburu, his predecessor and teammate within the purple and gold jersey Oier Lazkano and new signing for 2024 Davide Formolo will all have their possibilities within the breakaways.
Curiosity can be excessive in how Spain’s Javier Romo, making his Tour de France debut at 25, will fare on this planet’s greatest bike race. Romo, along with Austria’s Gregor Mühlberger and the Portuguese veteran and former Vuelta a Espana stage winner Nelson Oliveira are prone to tackle a lot of the final teamwork, however may also have their very own alternatives to shine,
One notable absentee from the Movistar lineup is Rémi Cavagna, the previous French Nationwide Time Trial Champion. Final week Cavagna, who signed for the Spanish staff in 2024, expressed a widespread collection of considerations about his present scenario within the squad, amongst them difficulties with a language barrier and worries that he wouldn’t be chosen for the Tour de France.
One other eye-catching component within the Movistar lineup is Colombian sprinter Fernando Gaviria, set to return to the Tour de France for the primary time since he led the race and gained two phases method again in 2018.
Gaviria has already raced the Giro d’Italia this season, whereas for Mas, who can be anticipated to participate within the Vuelta a Espana and with solely 28 days of racing in 2024, the Tour de France represents the primary large goal of the yr.
Movistar for the 2024 Tour de France
- Alex Aranburu
- Davide Formolo
- Fernando Gaviria
- Oier Lazkano
- Enric Mas
- Gregor Muhlberger
- Nelson Oliveira
- Javier Romo
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