It has rained a lot since Spanish cycling raised its arms in victory at Tour de France. It is a far July 21, 2018 in the success of brother omar in the 14th stage of the Tour in Mendenot to mention the last time a Spanish rider stepped on the final podium inthe Tour de France, on the legs of Alejandro Valverde in 2015.
Few people could do a better analysis of Spanish cycling’s options in the Tour de France than Oscar Fraire. The Spaniard, triple world champion, played a total of eight editions of ‘Big Boucle’ and achieved a total of four stages of success.
the one of Torrelavega He faces the Tour as a novice “as always, with the hope that it will be a fantastic Tour, with a different winner in the general classification than the two top favourites, pogacar and vingegaard, but it’s complicated. The two are sweeping and the only one who can stand between them is evenepoel, that when he is good he can be at his level. And facing the stages, there’s always a rider that comes out and is there Van Aertthat will be fine, or ala philippethat you can recover and be motivated, or van der poel. There are enough cyclists to put on a show.”
We remind Freire that the presence of Spaniards will go from 9 in 2022 to 14 this year, and Óscar remembers that “when I was racing there were 35 or 40, the number makes it easier to win.”
In his opinion, “Marc Soler He is the rider that I see closest to taking a stage, but he has the biggest problem and that is that he has to work for Pogacar in his team, maybe in some stages he can have some freedom, but it is complicated” .
Bilbao hair?: “It all depends on how you want to ride, if you’re looking to get a place in the general classification, I don’t see you winning a stage, if you consider it, you’re one of the strongest to go to Tour, like Michael Landawho will fight for the general”
Carlos Rodríguez?: “He’s still young and hasn’t seen him in the Tour yet. He had bad luck in La Vuelta, but when you run facing the general classification and you have Pogacar and Vingegaard it’s very difficult for them not to win. Riders like of Rodríguez have nothing to lose and they must fight for a victory, which should not prevent them from getting a good position in the general classification, but many times it depends on how the team works. I think it will be fine, but the idea of fighting for the general will be instilled in their team.”
Enrique More?: “Last year he did a Vuelta where he showed that he has a high level, he ran some races in Italy, and there was Pogacar and he was one of his. The Tour is clearly different from La Vuelta , but he He has experience. To win, the time trial was a bit disappointing compared to the favorites, but I think he is one of the few who can fight for the general classification with Vingegaard and Pogacar. Winning is always known to be very difficult, but I don’t rule out getting rid of the two monsters closest to them.”
Source: La Verdad
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