They did not think within the team Movistar that luck will be very rare here Tour. They went to their new appointment with the French race with confidence in the performance of an Enric Mas that ensured that he faced the Tour in better physical condition than before and that he saw himself with clear options to fight for the podium and thus improve his best result achieved so far in French lands, 5th in 2020. But the days passed and the sensations in the Navarran formation were not the best, with a leader that cannot follow the best of the peloton either up or down. Realizing the reality they were facing, Movistar was content to fight to be in the top ten in the overall standings with morein search of valuable points – finishing eleventh guaranteed 150 points – that could be worth their weight in gold in a year where 18 teams world tour, those in the top division, their continuation is not guaranteed and they must earn the right to continue here with results on the road.
But what no one expected was that Mas was a victim of the coronavirus outbreak, an unusual decline in the Balearic Islands. In fact, it was the first time that Mas did not complete a Grand Tour after finishing seven in a row and finishing in the top six of his five: 5th in Tour de France 2020 and 6th in 2021; 2nd in A Lap 2018, 5th in 2020 and 2nd in 2021. This is the sixth time this century that Movistar team do not place a single cyclist in the top 10 of the last general of ‘Big Boucle‘, which is definitely bad news for them.
two days later Paris, Movistar is in 16th place in the 18-team ProTour standings, with 3,746 points. She is wearing heels Israel, with 3,250, and the BikeExchange close the table with 3,033. DSM is at the limit with 2,438, andEF Education with 2,384 and the Astana with 2,089.
After the Tour the word reflection must be installed in the team Movistarrearranging their calendar, hoping for a good Vuelta and looking for points if they don’t want to get into real trouble.
Source: La Verdad
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