Froome, Nibali, Aru, Bardet, Contador headline Vuelta a Espana provisional start list

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The general classification battle at the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Vuelta a Espana is beginning to take shape as the organisers have 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:released the provisional start list for the final Grand Tour of the season. Tour de France champion 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Chris Froome (Team Sky), Fabio Aru (Astana), Vincen❀zo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) and Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale) are all confirmed for the three-week race, which begins in Nimes on August 19.

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Uran is one nota▨ble absence as he heads to North America to begin his preparation for the World Championships at the end of September. Defending champion Nairo Quintana (Movistar) will also no🐽t be present after riding the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France already this season. Giro champion Tom Dumoulin will also be skipping the race, also choosing Canada as his preferred build-up to the Worlds in Norway.

Alberto Contador's participation is still up in the air, but he appears on Trek-Segafredo's provisional line-up, which has toܫ be submitted no less than two weeks ahead of the race. The Vuelta a Espana was nᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚot originally on Contador's season plan, but after a disappointing Tour de France the former champion talked of his desire to ride his home Grand Tour. Contador has not ridden since finishing the Tour de France in ninth place overall.

Orica-Scott has put forward all three of their Grand Tour contenders with the Yates brothers Adam and Simon currently set to line up alongside Esteban Chaves. Adam Yates rode the Giro d'Italia earlier this season finishing ninth in the general classi𒁏fication and second to Bob Jungels in the youth classification. After a break of two months, he returned to action at the end of July and is currently taking part in the Tour de Pologne. Chaves and Simon Yates both rode the Tour de France with𒅌 the latter winning the youth classification.

Other notable names on the provisional start list are Team Sunweb's Warren Barguil, and Bora-Hansgrohe pairing Rafal Majka and Leopold König. Barguil, who is set to leave Sunweb at the end of the season, enjoyed a hugely successful Tour de France with two stage victories and the mountains classification. 2015 Vuelta podium finisher Majka was not so fortunate after crashing heavily on stage 9 and eventually abandoning. König has had yet another difficult season hampered by a knee injury and has only raced five days in all of 2017. He is due to ride the ꧂Czech Tour next week, where his performance is likely to be key in deciding if he starts the Spanish race.