Trois coureurs devront être retirés de chaque liste avant le départ du Tour puis du Giro, mais on sait d’ores et déjà que les frères Yates (28 ans en août), qui sont les deux leaders de l’équipe pour les Grands Tours, disputeront un Tour chacun.Sur la Grande Boucle, les objectifs de Mitchelton-Scott sont clairs : faire aussi bien que l’an passé, avec quatre victoires d’étapes au compteur (deux pour S.Yates, une pour Impey, une pour Trentin), et ne pas forcément viser le classement général. les fiches des protagonistes du cyclisme: SIMON Yates. La carrière, le palmarès et les actualités de SIMON Yates
"After the success of last year, we want to chase stage wins at the Tour de France. "The extra month will also give riders a chance to do more racing coming in, so it will mirror a more traditional Grand Tour build up," White said.Mitchelton-Scott have undergone a management restructure during the hiatus from racing, with Shayne Bannan and Alvaro Crespi departing the squad to be replaced by Brent Copeland and Darach McQuaid. "Earlier this year, Simon Yates said that he was inspired to ride the 2020 Giro in part because it fitted neatly with his plans for the Tokyo Olympics.
Simon Yates to focus on Giro d'Italia while Mitchelton-Scott target stage wins at Tour de FranceShow full articles without "Continue Reading" button for {0} hours. Il n’avait déboursé que 48’’ sur le Slovène après 22 kilomètres plats comme la main. Simon enjoyed the best season of his career to date in 2018, winning stages at Paris-Nice and Catalunya en route to an impressive showing at the Giro d'Italia. "The focus for us at the Giro d’Italia will be to support Simon Yates as best as possible, to help him achieve the optimal result we can as a team and ultimately try to win the race," White said.
From 12 months ago to now, we put a lot of effort and a lot of work in and if we look at the whole picture, the steps we’ve taken are really big.“Last year I was so close to not finishing the Giro, and now I finished healthy and with one stage victory in the pocket.“We arrived here with one goal – to put Simon as high as possible on GC, I think we did what we could do and this is our result.”Yates returned to the Giro d’Italia this year after he came so close to victory in 2018.He was the dominant rider in the middle period of the race last year, winning three stages and holding the maglia rosa for two weeks.But he collapsed on the penultimate mountain stage, eventually finishing more than an hour down to race winner On the 2019 edition, he added: “The team were great.
"I am also very curious to see how the weather affects the race. La formation australienne a dévoilé ce mercredi deux listes de onze coureurs qui vont respectivement préparer ces deux événements.
"Mitchelton-Scott claimed four stage victories on the 2019 Tour.
During John's recovery he took the twins to Manchester Velodrome to track sessions run by his cycling club, Bury Clarion, to keep in touch with the other members.
There’s always another Giro, another year, and I will come back at some point and try again.“You can always learn and we will do that going forward.”Yates looked brilliantly placed in the first week, finishing second in the first time trial behind Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) at a 19-second deficit.But any hope of victory disappeared on the stage nine time trial, which was also won by Roglič, when Yates finished more than three minutes down and dropped to 24th overall.The 26-year-old lost more time on stage 13 to Lago Serrù when his was dropped by the group of favourites and slipped to almost six minutes back on general classification.Despite a valiant effort on stage 19 to Courmayeur, where he finished second on the stage to Richard Carapaz and took back 22 seconds on other favourites, Yates never reclaimed a chance of victory.Mitchelton-Scott’s only consolation came on stage 19 to San Martino di Castrozza, when Esteban Chaves confirmed his arduous return from illness by winning the stage.Chaves said: “It was a beautiful day to win the stage. "Brent Bookwalter and Chris Juul-Jensen have been named to the Mitchelton-Scott long lists for the Giro and the Tour, though White does not see many riders combining both Grand Tours given that they fall just over two weeks apart on the revised calendar. As well as two-time winner Vincenzo Nibali, the 2020 Giro field is set to feature Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe), Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott), Remco Evenepoel (Deceuninck-QuickStep) and … Simon Yates, en défaillance lors du chrono de Saint-Marin sur le Giro 2019. "The stacked GC field can affect stage opportunities, but it can also create opportunities," White said. The team we will send will be a deep one and I’m confident Simon will have great support across all facets of racing.
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