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Jumbo-Visma have confirmed their eight-man line-up for the 2023 Vuelta a España, with Jonas Vingegaard and Primož Roglič set to experience as co-leaders.
Vingegaard and Roglič have already gained the Tour de France and Giro d’Italia this yr respectively, and can be a part of forces because the workforce makes an attempt to realize an unprecedented clear sweep of all three Grand Excursions.
“It’s an bold objective that we dare to declare and for which we are able to discipline a really versatile and powerful eight-man squad in Spain”, stated sports activities director Marc Reef on the workforce’s official web site. “We’re prepared for something with this workforce, and I look ahead to beginning in Barcelona with these riders.”
Reef additionally confirmed that each their star riders may have equal standing as protected riders.
“Vingegaard and Roglič will begin the race each as our leaders. Roglic had a superb preparation with a relaxation after the Giro after which altitude coaching adopted by the Tour of Burgos. Vingegaard took a break after profitable the Tour however then began coaching once more, and the indicators we obtained from him are additionally superb. The large objective is for certainly one of them to succeed in Madrid within the pink jersey.”
Becoming a member of them will likely be Sepp Kuss, who was part of the profitable line-ups at each the Giro and Tour, in addition to all three of Roglič’s earlier Vuelta victories in 2021, 2020 and 2019. He’ll once more undertake his normal function as climbing super-domestique, and will likely be relied upon to supply the leaders safety within the mountains together with Wilco Kelderman.
“Each have been essential in the course of the Giro and the Tour”, stated Reef. “We adopted them up nicely after the Tour. Kuss crashed within the remaining of the Tour de France, however he recovered faster than anticipated. After a interval of relaxation, each Kuss and Kelderman have been capable of resume coaching, and we expect they’re prepared. Their function will likely be just like their function within the Tour.”
Dylan van Baarle has additionally been retained from the Tour de France roster, whereas Attila Valter, Jan Tratnik and veteran climber Robert Gesink full what appears like a really sturdy line-up.
Jumbo-Visma line-up for 2023 Vuelta a España:
- Jonas Vingegaard
- Primož Roglič
- Robert Gesink
- Wilco Kelderman
- Sepp Kuss
- Jan Tratnik
- Attila Valter
- Dylan van Baarle
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