Cofidis, Movistar and Astana are seeking their first major victory in 2022

at the exit of Utrecht of 77 Vuelta a España came without a win three of the eighteen teams of world tourthe French of Cofidisthe Spanish from Movistar and the Kazakh from Astana.

Although this is not the only reason, the blank for both Movistar and Astana confirms the great fight and suffering they are going through and the accounts they have to pay at the end of the season in order not to lose the license of the highest category ..

A little more relaxed, having collected points in other ways and having a cushion of points that allows him to see the horizon more clearly, he arrived. Cofidis.

The journey through the desert was especially painful for those wearing the light blue and gold jerseys they have worn since the sixth stage of the 2020 Vuelta a España, with victory on day six linking Biescas during the winter of Aramón Formigal de Ion Izaguirre. Although in the same year they also signed two partial victories in the Tour de France through Miguel Ángel López and Alexey Lutchenko, both confirmed to start in this 77th edition.

In addition, the victory of Ormaiztegi was the last achieved by a national cyclist in one of the big three on the calendar. In other words, he is on his way to going two years in a row without seeing a Hispanic cyclist win a stage in either of them.

Neither of the six invited teams (Drone Hopper, Bardiani CSF and Eolo Kometa in the Italian race, and TotalEnergies, Arkea Samsic and B&B Hotels in the French race) managed to win the Giro or the Tour. In the Spanish round, it will be necessary to see how far the three national teams given the go-ahead by the organization will go: Burgos BH, Kern Pharma and Euskaltel.

On the other side of the coin is Jumbo Visma, with a total of eight partial victories (two in the Giro and six in the Tour, in addition to the final victory of the Danish Jonas Vingegaard) who came to the Spanish race with the aim of defending the three consecutive red jersey by its leader, the Slovenian Primoz Roglic, although it is doubtful to see how he will respond after the break forced him to recover from damage to his vertebrae after a fall in the Tour de France that forced him to withdraw .

In the French race alone, with three partial wins for Vingegaard and as many for Belgian Wout van Aert, the Dutch team has more stage wins between the Giro and Tour than any of its rivals.

Both BikeExchange and Alpecin-Deceuninck added five, followed by UAE Emirates with four, while Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl with three and Trek-Segafredo with 2 were the other teams that also added victories both at the transalpine race and at this year’s gala.

The French from Groupama with three and the Germans from Bora-Hansgrohe with two in addition to victory in the pink race of Australian Jai Hindley, are the other formations that have managed to win more than once, although ‘t all their successes are in the same. case in Turn.

Ahead, twenty-one opportunities for teams that have not yet won can try, although it is likely that some of them will not be able to color their white box, raising their arms with a goal.

Those that became strongest both in the Italian spring, after passing through the Hungarian lands, and in the Gallic summer that also begins outside its borders in Denmark, are certainly of the Spanish race which, like its counterparts, is also starting to walk away from home, in the Netherlands, they will continue to add to their number of wins.