@egroj No way, Movistar will chase him down and gift Primoz the Vuelta😆

loool very true! although now they don't have Valverde calling the shots.

now seriously, Carapaz winning La Vuelta is not that far fetch if he goes with a good team (Urán and Chavez could be super domestiques for him) and a director that knows something about racing smartly because Carapaz's problem is that he spends way more than he should (same as Healy). I heard Garate is going as DS, hopefully Vaughters stays home...

Tbh, the Vuelta would be quiet interesting if none of the Big Four started. A lot of good options. I think he is priced quite well. Over the last years he always had some problems as GC rider, but if he doesn't have those, he should easily be on the podium. He's a past Giro winner and was runner up in the Giro and Vuelta and third in the Tour. Probably the most impressive palmares next to Roglic (and Egan).

Since there have been a few discussions around who willl start, here is the market:

List of people I hope win it:

Tadej for the triple in one year and career all three
Bernal for the career all three GTs

Roglic

End of list.

@Eliza if Jonas doesn't go to (or goes and doesn't win) the Tour, he has to focus on La Vuelta, and by then he should be back on good shape. Bernal would be pretty cool, but Tadej, Jonas, Roglic and even Remco would have to not go or DNF for that to happen

@egroj The biggest question in cycling right now is, "How good is Jonas going to be by the Tour". There seems to be lots of secrecy!