Labor Kutxa will take the climbing team to the Lap, and Usoa Ostolaza will be the leader
The Women's Tour starts this Sunday with French Pauline Ferrand-Prevot and Polish Kasia Niewiadoma as favorites, considering that Demi Vollering, champion of the last two years, will not participate.
Usoa Ostolaza will lead the Labor Kutxa-Euskadi inthe Return to Spain that will be played between 3 and 9 May.
The Laboral Kutxa will take to the Vuelta a team of cyclists who manage well in the ports and all the terrain , who will be next to Uso Ostolaza: the Chilean Cata Soto, the Colombian Paula Patiño , the Italian Alice Arzuffi , the Ukrainian Yuliia Biriukova, the Norwegian Tiril Jorgensen and the Navarre Idoia Eraso.
"It's a team adapted to the trajectory. In the arrivals of small teams, we will try to take advantage of the speed of Cata Soto to win and Usoa will be our leader. We will explore our options day by day. We will have a competitive team, "said director Ion Lazkano.
The Return to Spain "A very good opportunity to show the character of our cyclists both in escapes and in sprints with few cyclists and in front of high level precedents, "he added.
The last two stages will be decisive, as Les Praeres and Angliru (Asturias) will end up in hard ports. "Then we'll see how much strength we'll have on our legs," Lazkano said.
On the other hand, Tour champion Pauline Ferrand-Prevot and Polish Kasia Niewiadoma are the great favorites to win the Return to Spain, while Demi Vollering , champion of the last two years, will not take part in this edition.
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