Alex Dowsett: I was on an ego trip but now I mean business
(Cyclingnews.com)

Alex Dowsett is determined to turnaround a period of inconsistent results - born partly from what he self-deprecatingly describes as arrogance - in a contract-deciding year with Movistar. The 28-year-old will start the Abu Dhabi Tour on Thursday, as he works toward the Giro d´Italia in what is his fifth season with the Spanish squad. `It´s no different to any other year, just a bit jittery. You never want to have a bad year, but you definitely don´t want to have one in a contract year,` Dowsett told Cyclingnews. `I´ll attack it like I would do any other season - work hard over the winter, then line-up goals and try to achieve them.`ADVERTISEMENT A time trial stage victory at the Giro d`Italia is chief among those goals for the British TT champion, who has unfinished business with the Grand Tour he missed through shoulder surgery and a six-week lay-off in 2016. `It´ll be different because [teammate] Nairo [Quintana] wants to win it so the priority 100 per cent lies with him. I´ve just got to prove I´m good enough to go to support him and then I´ll get my opportunities in the time trials as well,` Dowsett explained. In his first season with Movistar, Dowsett made a breakthrough at the 2013 Giro d`Italia, trumping former Team Sky teammate Bradley Wiggins to claim the stage 8 time trial. It was a special moment but also distracted Dowsett.  Adapting to Movistar`s methods, wanting more  A philanthropic mind change You can read more at Cyclingnews.com