Orica-GreenEdge have confirmed that Simon Gerrans, Darryl Impey and talented young sprinter Caleb Ewan will all ride the Vuelta a Espana as the Australian team tries to shake off the bad luck and crashes that has struck their Grand Tour ambitions in 2015. The Australian team is arguably the favourite for the opening 7.4km team time trial stage in Puerto Banus.
The Orica-GreenEdge squad also includes Colombian climber Esteban Chaves, Mitch Docker, Matt Hayman, Damien Howson, Cameron Meyer and Belgium’s Jens Keukeleire.
The 21 year-old Ewan will make his Grand Tour debut at the Vuelta, taking on the likes of Nacer Bouhanni (Cofidis) and Peter Sagan (Tinkoff-Saxo) in the early sprint finishes of the race before a planned exit from the race. He has won 10 races so far this season but will be looking or his first Grand Tour victory at the Vuelta.
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“This is a natural progression for Caleb, going onto a Grand Tour,” directeur sportif Neil Stephens said in a statement from the team. “But as we do with all of our young guys, we will certainly support him and have high hopes, but any pressure will only come from himself. As a team we just want him to get out there for the experience. He will ride half of the race as a maximum, if not only a week to ten days.”
“We have some great riders to guide him through – right from how he should handle the pressure before the race and the team presentation, to how to handle the media, the press conference and all the other little pressures that come with a Grand Tour.”
Gerrans and Impey back in action
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