Tom Pidcock could ride Tour de France as Ineos shuffle Grand Tour plans
Geraint Thomas'♋ schedule up in the air as British team go 'all-in' for Adam Yates

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tom Pidcock could make his 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France debut in July as 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Ineos Grenadiers look to 💃shuffle their Grand Tour rosters afte🍒r Egan Bernal’s terrible training crash.
Ineos Grenadiers team manager Rod Ellingworth confirmed to Cyclingnews that the British team have opted ♊to follow their original planꦍ of Richard Carapaz targeting the mountainous Giro d’Italia.
Adam Yates will defend Ineos Grenadiers' GC hopes at the Tour de France and Filippo Ganna targets the opening tim🐈e trial and the first yellow jersey in Copenhagen.
Pidcock was due to ride the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Giro d'Italia alongside Carapaz and 2020 winner Tao Geogheghan Hart. Despite missing Strade Bianche due to a stomach problem, he ಌfaces an intense spring Classics campaign that started after his cyclo-cross world title and is scheduled to last until Liège-Bastogne-Liège in late April.
It makes sense for Pidcock to take a break after a long block of racing th🐠at includes cyclo-cross and the Classics and then p💦repare for the Tour de France, where he gets his first taste of the sport’s biggest race.
"Of course, without Egan, it changes how you approach a race like the Tour," Ellingworth admitted to Cyclingnews.
"We’ll still stick with Richard Carapaz for the Giro d'Italia and Adam Y꧋ates for the Tour de France. The Vuelta a Españ🧸a is now a bit more open but we’ll see how we go.
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"We hope to have Filippo Ganna at the Tour and going for the opening time trial. Adam came to Ineos Grenadiers hoping to improve on his fourth overall in 2016 and we’ll work with him on that. He’s ambitious and wants it, so we're going to the Tour all-in with him. The꧋ Giro suits Richard pretty well and so that’s why he wants to focus on the Giro."
Geraint Thomas role in Grand Tours has♎ yet still to be confirmed, while Ineos Grenadiers are doing everything they can to help Berna✱l make a full recovery.
"Egan's accident was a big blow for him and for t𝄹he team. He was ▨settled in the team and focused on improving even more. He could see his career path ahead of him," Ellingworth said.
"We can only hope that he recovers well and comes back to his best. He seems to be fully committed to all the rehabilitation work, which will be vital. He’s got full supp💖ort from the team and now he’s got to take it day by day, without rushing or worrying about coming back before he’s fully ready."
Cyclingnews revealed on Monday that Pidcock will stay wi♒th Ineos Grenadiers despite a host of interest and offers from leading bike brands who admire his multi-discipline success and wouldඣ love to tempt him away from Ineos Grenadiers and off a Pinarello bike.
The 22-year-old Yorkshire rider missed Strade Bianche due to a stomach problem but is targeting the Classics in the early years of his professional career, but his dominant victory in the Under-23 Giro d’Italia in 2020 suggests he could also🦋 develop into a Grand Tour rider.
"I can’t say anything officially on his contract but we’re on a journey with Tom," Ellingworth told Cyclingnews.
"He showed the world what he can do across three disciplines: road racing, cyclocross and mountain biking. That’s why we’ve inv🌞ested in him so much last year. Riders have dreams and ambitions an🦋d I always say a team has to follow those dreams and ambitions and make it work for everyone.
"There’s no doubt about what Tom can go on to do. He rode the Vuelta last year after winning🌃 gold in the Olympics but came through it pretty well.
"We’re not sure if he’ll do the Giro or the Tour this year. He’s got a big spring programme a♚nd so we’ll see how it goes. It’s perhaps too early to fully🧸 understand if he can develop into a great Grand Tour rider but you’ve got to keep the door open and explore all the options."