Ian Boswell's long season came to earlier this month at the Saitama Criterium in Japan but the 25-year-old Team Sky rider is already looking for new objectives for 2017.
The American competed in two Grand Tours this season – the first time he has done so since turning professional – with solid domestique performances in the Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a Espana.
In 2017 he is looking to build on that momentum with a place in the team's Tour de France squad and his own leadership challenges in smaller races, both on his to-do list.
ADVERTISEMENT
"It's been a good year but maybe I didn't get quite as much out of it as I'd wanted. I did two Grand Tours, and doing that on Team Sky is somewhat successful in itself but maybe I expected more performances from myself at a higher level," he told Cyclingnews.
"At the same time I progressed and was stronger at the end of the Grand Tours than in 2015 when I did my first Grand Tour. I still expect to improve and maybe try and lead a race next year. I'd like to put my hand up for that."
There is no certainty that Team Sky will compete in the Tour of California in 2017 but Boswell has form in the race, having finished seventh there in 2015 and shown glimpses of his early promise there as a U23 rider in 2012.
You can read more at Cyclingnews.com
via Cyclingnews Latest News http://ift.tt/2fqMYLj
No comments:
Post a Comment