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RSS FeedsCaja Rural the `perfect` team for Schultz`s Vuelta a Espana debut
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16 august 2017 14:04:18

 
Caja Rural the `perfect` team for Schultz`s Vuelta a Espana debut
(Cyclingnews.com)
 


A mid-season bout of tonsillitis proved to be a blessing in disguise for Nick Schultz. The Australian was struck down with the illness in June, forcing a change in his race programme that will see the first-year Caja Rural-Seguros RGA rider line out in Nimes for the Vuelta a Espana this coming Saturday. `I was going to ride the Route du Sud and that was going to shut down the first part of the season,` Schultz told Cyclingnews. `Because I got so sick, I called the team and told them I didn`t think I could race the Route de Sud, having not ridden in a week at that point and the race starting our days or something after that. They were excellent and basically came back to me and said, `Take your time to recover and relax. Then start preparing for the Vuelta.` The 22-year-old rode with the SEG Racing Academy team last year and enjoyed a stagiaire ride with Orica-Scott before inking his deal with Spain`s sole Pro-Continental squad. Despite the fact that Schultz is a first year neo-pro Australian on a squad with 16 Spaniards, Schultz has impressed the squad to earn selection.ADVERTISEMENT `They are already putting faith in me and having guys help me in races like Tour of Norway. In its own right, it`s quite a big race and I would never have thought of going for at this point in my career,` he said. `It is probably the perfect environment in which to start my first Grand Tour. We are not going in with a GC favourite or big stage-win favourites with a sprinter or something like that. That is irrelevant anyway as it seems like there are three flat days. Our team will have our little internal goals and we`ll go in with a guy like Jaime Rosón, and it`s fair to say he`s one of the up-and-coming Spanish climbers.` With the team backing the likes of Rosón, Schultz isn`t feeling any pressure to perform, but does recognise he and his teammates will need to be active in the breakaways. `The pressure is certainly a lot less than if I was going in with a WorldTour team and k ...


 
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