The grandfather starts a season in which it will be difficult for everything to turn out worse than the previous one, a year in which for the first time he was unable to achieve a victory.
A fucking blank year.
The forty-year-old
Alejandro Valverde
, in the virtual presentation of Movistar, confirmed today that his main objective of the new course will be Tokyo, a medal would seal an excellent culmination for his extensive career.
"My goal is the Olympic Games. I think this is my last year, but I still don't know. I will contribute as much as I can to the team and I face this campaign with great enthusiasm. The concentration that we have started in Almería has served me a lot" He said from the bubble created by the Spanish squad in the Andalusian province, where the runners had already been working for 13 days.
The Murcian will be the key piece of a group that has been reinforced with the incorporation of the Colombian
Miguel Ángel López
.
Superman, off due to coronavirus, will have as main objectives the Tour and the Vuelta, the same plan as
Enric Mas
.
Marc Soler
will focus on the Giro.
Iván García Cortina
also joins, but with a different vision: the classics, with Paris-Roubaix highlighted in red in his particular calendar.
"Alejandro Valverde, with his experience, will be the protector of all of them", stressed
Eusebio Unzue
, the head of the group, who highlighted the support of the company: "I want to thank Telefónica for its support and because it has known how to be with us in such a critical year. Telefónica has been the medicine for Sports, not only in the field of cycling. Let's hope everything goes well in these uncertain times. "
A recognition that was reciprocated by
José María Álvarez Pallete
, president of the company, who was proud of the laurels achieved: best squad in Tour and Vuelta.
Enric Mas stressed that he felt more mature and did not hide his ambitions: "I want to be in the Tour and Vuelta. Last year
Pogacar
and
Roglic stood out
, but I think they are beatable."
FEMALE TEAM
Movistar Team, in its forty-second in the highest category of professional cycling (UCI WorldTour), will have 29 cyclists in its men's squad.
In addition to López and Cortina, the other novelties will be
Gregor Mühlberger
,
Gonzalo Serrano
and
Abner González
.
The campus contains 11 different nationalities and a mixture of seniority and youth, 16 cyclists are 26 or younger.
The women's squad will be made up of 14 cyclists, the main reference will be the Dutch
Annemiek van Vleuten
, current road cycling world champion, who has signed a contract for the next two seasons.
This group will be coordinated by
Sebastián Unzué
and directed on the roads by
Pablo Lastras
and Jorge Sanz.
Finally, Eusebio Unzue also announced that one of the most innovative projects of this year will be the creation of an eSports team.
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