Movistar forced to make changes to Vuelta a Espana due to illness
CyclingThursday, 24 August 2023 at 12:00
The Vuelta a Espana is seeing a change in it's lineup. After all teams confirmed their riders for the final Grand Tour of the season, a change had to be made within Movistar Team as Carlos Verona fell ill in the run-up to the race.
Carlos Verona was set to be one of the main support riders for Enric Mas in the mountains. A key figure for the Spanish team in it's home Grand Tour, it is a rather meaningful hit to it's ambitions.
The 30-year old will be replaced by Imanol Erviti. The veteran rider of the Spanish team has been on the startline of a Grand Tour for every year since 2006 and this year seemed to be the one where the streak would end, but no more.
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The Vuelta begins this Saturday in Barcelona with a team time-trial but the days following will immediately see uphill action. Mas, after crashing out of the Tour de France, has had no racing and hence is a tricky rider to evaluate at the start of the race where he finished second last year.
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