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168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Orica-Scott has announced that 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Simon Yates will skip the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Giro d'Italia next month and instead line up for the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France in July. 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Adam Yates remains on track to lead the team in the Giro d'Italia (May 5-28). The decision comes as 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Esteban Chaves continues his recovery from a knee injury tha⛄t has disrupted his early season race programme.

Both Yates brothers had been set to lead Orica Scott at the Giro d'Italia but Chaves' injury has seen them shift their focus and they will now bring a 'two-pronged' attack to the Tour de France. Chaves picked up the knee injury earlier in the year and has not raced since February's Herald Sun Tour. He returned to training several weeks ago and recently told Cyclingnews that he was 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:riding pain-free. However the loss of racing leaves the former Giro runner-up in a dܫifficult position with the Tour just a few months away. Orica's decision leaves them with the hope of challenging for top honours in both Grand Tours, while also targeting the White jerseys in both races. Last year Adam Yates finished fourth in the Tour de France and wore the White jersey into Paris. S🎐imon Yates won a stage of the Vuelta a Espana in 2016 and finished sixth overall. 

“We are confident that Esteban has made a full recovery from his knee injury and is now back into his Tour de France preparation,” sport director Matt White said in a statement. “What we don’t know at t🌃he moment is how that time off and lack of racing will affect his performance over the three weeks.”

“The Tour de France is the biggest race of 𝕴the year and we have been able to come up with a plan that will benefit our young GC riders, and the team ambitions for t🎃he season," White added.

“Simon will be given the opportunity to line up in his third Tour de France and the pressure on Esteban will be eased a bit as he prepares for his debut. Adam will continue in his preparatio💫ns for the Giro in a few weeks time.”

“The new program will give Simon and Adam both opportunities to look at white jerseys this year - Adam at the Giro and Simon at the Tour de France. That🅰 is something we will certainly be aiming for as we ride for the best general classification results possible for our young climbers.”

At the start of the year Orica Scott announced 🐠that all three of their climbers could start the Vuelta a Espana in August. Today the squad clarified their position: "All three riders could still line up in the Vuelta a Espana later in the year, but any decision confirming this will be ܫmade following the first two Grand Tours."