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RSS FeedsCosta and Meintjes to lead UAE Emirates at Vuelta a Espana
(Cyclingnews.com)

 
 

15 august 2017 09:46:05

 
Costa and Meintjes to lead UAE Emirates at Vuelta a Espana
(Cyclingnews.com)
 


UAE Team Emirates is heading into the Vuelta a Espana with a two-pronged approach tat features Louis Meintjes and Rui Costa for the general classification, while Darwin Atapuma, Jan Polanc and sprinter Sacha Modolo will hunt stage wins. `We have a good team,` said sports director Simone Pedrazzini. `All the guys are in good form.` Meintjes recently announced a two-year deal with Dimension Data, but the 25-year-old South African remains UAE`s best hope for a top GC result in Spain. Meintjes finished 10th in the race in 2015, but was 40th last year. His performance in this year`s Tour de France, were he finished 8th overall, bodes well for his Vuelta chances, however. His last race was July 29 at the one-day Classica San Sebastian, where he finished 20th.ADVERTISEMENT `I have been doing high altitude training in Andorra to prepare for the Vuelta a Espana,` Meintjes said. `The goal is to fight for the GC, but we will have to see how my body has recovered after the Tour de France effort.` Costa, 30, who will be making his Vuelta debut, did not race the Tour de France this year, choosing instead the Giro d`Italia, where he finished second on stages 11 and 19. he followed that with the Tour de Suisse, where he finished fifth, and most recent raced at the Tour of Poland, where he finished 10th. `This will be my first Vuelta a Espana and I`m happy to ride in it,` Costa said. `I want to live day by day without thinking specifically about the general classification, enjoying every single stage. The third one will already be a good test to understand what kind of shape I´m in.` You can read more at Cyclingnews.com


 
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