After last year two Spanish cyclists appeared in the final photo of the Vuelta side by side Remco Evenepoelwith the Enric Mas 2nd and Juan Ayuso 3rd, and co Carlos Rodríguez fighting for the podium almost until the last days, although a crash prevented him from fighting for it, there are hopes that Spanish cycling will be the main character this year in 78th edition of the Vuelta.
It is known about the great level of runners at the starting line of Barcelonawith the winner of the 2022 Vuelta, the Belgian Remco Evenepoel; this year’s champion of the Giro d’Italia and triple winner of the Spanish round, the Slovenian Primoz Roglic and the two-time Tour de France champion, the Dane Jonas Vingegaard, as more relevant runners, but hope is the last thing lost, no matter how much Juan Ayuso and Enric Mas They will not come to the appointment with the best preparation because of their physical problems.
But when it comes down to it, the two main Spanish assets in this edition of the Vuelta, added by surprise. Mikel Landastill not enough after getting a good rest one day and after not putting on the best face when the Bahrain-Victoriuswhose contract expires this year, told him that he had to run the Vuelta, they had not been protagonists.
The best of them all has been Juan Ayuso, 4th after mighty Jumbo-Vismaa position he maintained for many stages, also winning the white jersey as the best young rider in the race, and after being 3rd in two stages as the best partial result, the Arinsal and of Xorret del Catí.
Behind him is Mikel Landa with the best overall result in the Vuelta, a race that has always been a challenge for him, and Enric Mas who finished 6th, adding his second worst final position after the first in 2017, if where he finished 71st. It was 2nd in 2018, 2021 and 2022 and 5th in 2020, with the best partial result this year being fourth place in Xorret del Catí.
The hope of 2022
And there is only one stage of success for Spanish cycling, that of Jesús Herrada in the Black Lagoonafter last year he won Marc Soler Bilbao and itself Jesus Herrada in Cisterna.
On the other hand, the ‘modest’ Spanish teams invited to the Vuelta, Burgos-BH and Caja Rural-Seguros RGA They have not been able to win at any stage, something that is really complicated for them, but they have been opponents for several days, just remember the second light of the Venezuelan. Aular Orluis (Caja Rural) in olive sprint or the fighter of Pelayo Sánchez (Burgos-BH) in the mountains, to name two names.
Source: La Verdad
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