Visma confirm '8' for Vuelta a Espana featuring defending champion Sepp Kuss and Wout van Aert
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Team Visma | Lease a Bike doesn't arrive at the Vuelta a España 2024 with the great team that dominated the race in 2023, but with the man who won it, Sepp Kuss, is back and will be putting in the number 1 bib alongside Wout van Aert.
The great novelty in the Dutch '8' in the Spanish rae is the presence of Wout van Aert who, after a more than complicated season, hopes to get some partial triumph and that, as in the past, racing in Spain will serve him to prepare well for the World Championships in Zurich.
In order to try to win again with Kuss, Visma arrives with luxury domestiques for the mountain as Robert Gesink or Steven Krujswijk and all-rounders like Dylan van Baarle. We will see the role of Cian Uijtdebroeks, who lands as second leader after his abandon in the Giro. In his first Vuelta he was eighth last year. The team is completed by two all-rounders like Edoardo Affini and Attila Valter. If for whatever reason things don't go well for them in the overall it is clear that they have a lot of powder to try for partial victories.
From Visma they face the Vuelta a España 2024 with desire and confidence. Sports director, Grischa Niermann, says: "We have a well-balanced team that can aim for both stage victories and a good general classification. Sepp has already proven to be one of the best climbers in the peloton and is the defending champion here. Cian is a great talent who finished in the top ten in the general classification last year. Wout, meanwhile, brings unmatched versatility to the team. He will focus on winning stages and he's looking forward to it."
Van Aert, motivated
Niermann talks about Wout van Aert's motivation before his first Vuelta: "The races follow one after the other for Wout this summer, but that was talked about and planned. It was Wout's explicit wish to race the Vuelta after the Tour. Wout is very motivated to prove himself again this year, because he is a rider who wants to win races. As a team, we will do everything we can to help him win a stage in this Vuelta. He deserves it.
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Team Visma | Lease a Bike for Vuelta a España 2024
- Robert Gesink
- Steven Krujswijk
- Dylan van Baarle
- Wout van Aert
- Sepp Kuss
- Cian Uijtdebroeks
- Edoardo Affini
- Attila Valter
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