Bombshell! Jhonatan Narváez set leave INEOS Grenadiers and join Tadej Pogacar at UAE Team Emirates
CyclingFriday, 24 May 2024 at 10:57
The cycling market is red hot and at the Giro d'Italia, teams and agents are having active conversations regarding some of the best riders in the world. Jhonatan Narváez is set to leave INEOS Grenadiers and whilst Movistar have made their bid for the Ecuadorian star, it is now almost certain that he will join Tadej Pogacar and UAE Team Emirates.
The first maglia rosa of the 2024 Giro d'Italia, Jhonatan Narvaez, will not remain with INEOS Grenadiers next season. The talented Ecuadorian puncheur will leave the British squad to join the man he prevented from becoming leader on the first day of the Giro d'Italia, Tadej Pogacar, at UAE Team Emirates.
Jhonatan Narváez at the 2024 Giro d'Italia. @Sirotti
The man who looks set to represent Ecuador at the next Olympic Games in Paris has exploded this year proving to be a great classics secialist and showing impressive legs in this year's Giro d'Italia, in which he won the first stage and came close to winning a couple more (second in Fano on stage 12, for example, and a near-miss with a late attack on stage 9).
If this transfer is to happen, it will further boost what is already the strongest team in the sport. He is a great addition to the UAE classics team, either to support Tadej Pogacar or, as Nils Politt has been doing, to get results on his own. Moreover, as he is proving in this Giro, he is a rider capable of making a living in grand tours and winning stages, as well as being able to help his leaders with his strength on difficult terrain.
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Despite his quality, the Playón de San Francisco native has only accumulated 11 wins in his professional career, with his victories in this year's Giro and 2020 standing out above the rest.
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Thus, he has been twice winner of the national road championship of Ecuador (he won it this year), has won a stage and the overall of the Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali (2020), overall and 3 stages of the Tour of Austria 2023 and the road race of the Pan-american Games also last year. So, beyond the national championships, Narvaez has barely been able to win in 3 races throughout his already long career: Coppi e Bartali, Austria and the Giro. It is clear that now is the time to take a step forward.
So far he has only raced one Grand Tour other than the Giro, and that was the Vuelta a España in 2021, where he had to abandon the race prematurely.
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- Maybe 3 Grand Tours in one year was an effort that emptied him?. I don't understand. Yesterday he can pull only few METERS. Very sad, he was a fantastic climber, the only one that left with Jonas and Tadej in the hardest climbs.
maria2024202414-06-2025 - you could put Remco on Jumbo or UAE, he wouldn’t win against Tadejmij14-06-2025
- Remco won’t be adapting. he will be nothing more than what we saw today. Jonas might. Tadej blew his doors off before “preseason” only to have Jonas win the tour. I don’t write him off yet.mij14-06-2025
- The main data point was Remco. He really isn't future grand tour winner. Podium is more realistic. I love him as much as anyone but there are already other riders who can beat him over three weeks, and I don't mean Pog or Jonas. Separately, Bora need to wake up and make Lipowitz their leader. They already wasted his talent last year by insisting he ride as support.Renz14-06-2025
- Lipo only 20" behind Jonas. Unexpected. Yeah, Tadej superb performance but proportionally, other magnificent performances were Wellens, Lipowitz and the teen Seixas.maria2024202414-06-2025
- Remco will never beat this two in a grand tour due to his team being a lot weaker!frieders314-06-2025
- Kuss hasn't done anything since his Vuelta win!frieders314-06-2025
- Remco needs to do more if he expects to challenge the top 2. He cannot crash. He should at least drop the lesser climbersabstractengineer14-06-2025
- Absolute gush! Presumptuous nonsense and bad journalism. This is one of the world's finest riders we are talking about, and this kind of tabloid speculation has no place in this arena.maccabee14-06-2025
- Evenepoel yes, Vin, that’s not his best terrain so if Tadej pushes he can have difficulties. Jonas is a diesel but may have been fitted with a turbo lately. We will see. They have a month to fine tune and adapt to what they learn of each other here.Mistermaumau13-06-2025
Even funnier, he did not even pronounce the word "wishes" correctly... 😒🤦🏻
And "Lidl" too... *sigh* responding to this guy will cause me loss of braincells.
Rediculous
If only this guy just stop this nonsense trolling ffs😒⬇️
Not a bombshell, does anybody want to stay apart from the stupid contracts they gave. Just look at Pidcock and Pippo.
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Thought the conversation was done already?
Funny, when the women’s transfers are on we’re told they’re not allowed to be announced until a certain date, for the men no-one seems to worry, different rules or are the fines maybe not high enough?
Not true both Demi and Elisa have already said they will be in different teams next year plus a hoast of other women will join new teams next season. Keep up to date before you post trash.
If I were you, I would redo my comments, no point of responding to trolls, it is not worth it!
Do unto others as you would have done to you.
That makes sense.
PS I'm no religious.
I’m really impressed this website has, so far, managed not to misspell his first name, they obviously don’t use the automatic spelling correction AI Google has which people with modernly spelt names are constantly complaining about.
By the way Google, it’s largely thanks to YOU that people had to start resorting to creative ways to spell traditional names, no way to find a classic John Smith or Peter Jones or Sharon Clark with the limited search options you’ve left the general public by buying out all those that offered more.
I don't think UAE have a budget, they just have an open wallet and a very fat one at that!
UAE couldn't win the pink jersey on each of 21 stages this year so they just bought a remaining one 😂
He wants to maximize earnings than results. Cycling is a short term occupation and there is a lot of risk of injury that can reduce earnings potential a lot. It is understandable.
Right, because at INEOS he is paid a minimum wage...
Really?
Yes. And in the spare time he is a garbage man to make ends meet
Ineos already gave him many chances on classics these years despite they have Pidcock, Ganna, Kwiato, Tarling, etc... and now he has lots of freedom to seek stage hunting in GT. Why does he prefer join UAE next season ? He will be one of the UAE riders that can not decide priority when pogi is out of race.
That's sad :(
Nothing like leaving a sinking ship for a better life. Full quedos to a great rider who whishes better than a 2nd rate team.
Why can you say Ineos as shinking ship ? Until 2027, at least, they have pidcock and ganna who had avoided cobbled classics in Olympic season. This mean that Narvaez can keep seeking his classics goals with co-leadership solution which based on fair priority method.
(imo UAE doesn't have priority when they don't have pogi in their blocks)
This is the culture in Ineos, "We don't make promises we can't keep. All depends on your outcome."
I wonder about that too to be fair. It seems that Senna saying things without thinking. I was confused why he said Ineos as "sinking ship" really. In reality, they are not. Speaking of a team who is actually "sinking ship" right now is actually Movistar. They in trouble, right now, and yet nobody called them "sinking ship"
Ineos, UAE, Visma 3 biggest teams in cycling...
Biggest budgets, not best results, Ineos and Visma currently 5th and 6th.
Some Visma riders suffered massive crashes... If van Alert had participated in the Giro, I'm not so sure Milan would've won the points classification.
I think we can excuse Visma after all the shit luck they have had this season with illnesses and injuries.
Trouble on leaders makes potential shrinkage for the future of big teams.
Ineos also suffered massive crashes or injuries on their leaders during 2019-2022. Then they were surpassed by some other teams due to that loss of dignity leads departure of core riders.(ex, DVB, Dani, Tao, Carapaz, Sivacov, A.Yates, Tulett)
Similar events can occur on Visma too. So we should not call Visma as best resulting team.
Surprised you guys are replying a troll's comment, I mean that guy is a troll
True but in cycling we all agreed ifs and buts don’t change anything right?
Also, I would say it was most of Visma’s hierarchy, not just Van not so Alert.
A lot of other riders would also have influenced this Giro, IF they had participated.
Or UAE, in that matter
You ever have to say something positive?
Not to a guy like you. You called me "Pro-Russian troll" once. Is that warrant "positive comment"?
Said, by a guy, who throws insults at me alot already. So, why should I be nice to someone who insult me on here? Makes no sense
Again not true. UAE and Lidel now compete. You live in the past. So sad.
Idgaf about your "opinions" to be fair. All you both doing is trolling, and no way, I would talk to trolls. Better read some BS on Tennis365 over talk to you two. I'm done!
Agreed. Given you guys are talking to vile troll, who called me "Pro-Russian Troll" just because I dislike Ukrainians. I find that troll deserve no sympathy from me, and Idgaf what he said anymore. Because, you know what? I got no time to babysit that thin-skinned troll at all