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Joaquim Rodríguez main goal for🍨 the season was the Giro d'Italia but after the Spaniard crashed out of the race he was forced to set himself new targets with th꧅e Tour de France and Vuelta both options.

After Rodríguez left to Giro, the Katusha team needed to change plans "We were sad to have lost 'Purito' at the beginning of the race, " Katusha team manager Viatcheslav Ekimov said. "For future races we realize💦 we need to have a B plan in place.♒"

The Russian told Eurosport Russia that Rodrí♒;guez' next goal will be the Vuelta."His main for the remainder of the season is the overall classif▨ication in the Vuelta."

Ridriguez came into the Giro with two broken ribs from his crash in the Amstel Gold Race. He broke an 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:additional one and his thumb in the si⛄xth stage to Montecassino. The 35-year✤old had surgery on his thumb in the days after.

In December Ekimov stated that Rodríguez would not participate in the Tour de France but his crash in the Giro changes things. The Spaniard has not decided yet. "One month until the Tour. Today we do a more demanding training session. The next days will be key in taking decisions." he wrote on 🍬his Twitter page. 

For Ekimo♛v the Giro d'Italia showed that starting a race with a plan but not having a back-up plan, is somethi🌼ng to be avoided in the future. 

"We were sad to have lost 'Purito' at the beginning of the race but it was important to move past that right away. We saw the team was still active for the rest of the Giro and it’s very hard to do 🤪that – come with one plan in mind and then have to completely refocus on another plan. For future races we realize we need to have a B plan in place and we will do that.”

The Tour de France will see Norwegian sprinter 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alexander Kristoff take on Marcel Kittel, Mark Cavendish, André Greipel and Peter Sagan for the green jersey. "We will🍰 go the Tour de France with a sprinter's train. The green jersey 💟is Kristoff's goal," Ekimov told Eurosport.