Alex Dowsett's run without a Grand Tour start continues after he missed out on selection for the Tour de France. Dowsett was part of Movistar's long list but he was not on the final nine-rider roster announced by Movistar on Monday. It is now two years since the British rider rider has lined up at a Grand Tour.
It's another source of frustration for Dowsett after he was overlooked for the Giro d'Italia earlier this season, despite making it his early-season goal.
"I'm 28 now, and I've done just two Grand Tours. It's not enough,” said Dowsett bluntly.
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Dowsett's last Grand Tour appearance was the 2015 Tour de France, where he was forced to abandon due to an injury he picked up earlier in the race. His one other Grand Tour start came in 2013 at the Giro d'Italia, when he won a time trial stage, beating Bradley Wiggins by 10 seconds.
Dowsett has one more chance to start a three-week race in 2017, at the Vuelta a Espana, but a ride at home, at the Tour of Britain, is enticing too.
"I might ask about the Vuelta, but at the Tour of Britain there is a time trial that is in Clacton just down the road," said Dowsett, referring to his home in Essex, in southern England. "I need to be doing them as well. I'll have a big think and see what happens."
A fork in the road
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