Joxean Rebellion intervenes on the topic of the inversion of Tour of Italy e Return to Spain in the cycling calendar. The sports director ofUAE Team Emirates XRG spoke about one of the hot topics of this off-season, born from a statement by Tadej Pogačar: the world champion, who has a Giro d’Italia in his list but no Vuelta for now, has advocated a pink race at the end of August and the Spanish competition in May, also to make the most of the climate in the two countries. Naturally, the idea was not liked by RCS, which organizes the Italian Grand Tour, but the debate is open at this point and it is not certain that in the future it will not also be discussed before the UCI.
In an interview with MARK, Joxean Rebellion he followed the words of his top rider on the topic of the reversal of the Giro and Vuelta: “I think it’s a decision that racing has to make. It is clear that Tadej said this for the climate issue. In August, in the area where we will be in Spain, it will be very hot. And in Italy, in the area where we will be, there can be a lot of snow. If we did the 2026 Vuelta in April, no stage would certainly be cancelled“In short, the idea doesn’t seem so unpleasant to the Spaniard, on the contrary.
The sports director ofUAE Team Emirates XRG he then spoke about the possibility of seeing the Slovenian at the start of the next Vuelta: “With Tadej we have agreed to decide the last part of the program after the Tour. The Vuelta cannot be discardedobviously, but we want to be respectful with the race. One year we announced that he would run and in the end not the best situations happened, like the year before. We don’t want to generate an expectation if we don’t really know how Pogačar is. Let’s wait.”
In the end rebel set the goal for the Emirati team in 2026: “Improve what we did this year. Don’t settle, don’t think that what we have achieved is already there again. If we achieved it, it is because we are capable and if we do things as we have done so far, with the same concentration, with the mentality, ability, work and cohesion that we have, I am convinced that we will also be able to surpass the result of 2025. I don’t want to count how many victories, but to improve what we have achieved“.
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