ANDl Tour de France will have its most fearsome team in the UAE-Team Emirates. The ‘bad fario’ that accompanies Visma-Lease a Bike at the beginning of the course and the constant show of the boys who will lead Tadej Pogacar leaving Florence are the keys to considering the Emirati capital team as the top favorite. From Pogacar, incredible in the Giro and in search of the double, to an ‘All-Star’ to make the race easier.
Yates and Almeida, in one stage.
In principle, UAE will leave for the Tour with Tadej Pogacar, Juan Ayuso, João Almeida, Adam Yates, Pavel Sivakov, Marc Soler, Tim Wellens and Nils Politt. Eight quality names, who would compete for victories running “on their own” and who scare the staff after a scandalous preparation. Without Pogacar present because after destroying the Giro he has been preparing without a number before leaving Florence. The others, in the race, only win.
The Tour of Switzerland demonstrated it. From the fifth to the eighth stage they always signed 1-2. Or attack by Yates after work by Almeida. The other way around. The two arriving hand in hand. And a final time trial won by the Portuguese to be second after the British in the general classification. “We are doing well,” said the Portuguese. And something else, or so it seems.
The cards multiply in their ranks and although it seems like everything for Pogacar, there will always be a shadow of doubt about some of the strong men for waging war on their own. YachtsHe quickly wanted to clear up those doubts. “I will continue in my same role: being the last man on the mountain,” he explained.
Yates and Almeida celebrate.
In addition to the figure of Juan Ayuso. He has not run a Grand Tour as a gregarious and his role within the super UAE will not be known until the race begins. let’s decide. Of course, perhaps he is the one who has the most doubts after the Dauphiné accident that forced him to retire early. Another incentive for a team that scares without having to bring Pogacar to light.
