Frenchman envisages "five or six" sprints at the Vuelta
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Nacer Bouhanni on the podium(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Nacer Bouhanni wins stage 4 of the Eneco Tour(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Juilan Arredondo, Nacer Bouhanni, Nairo Quintana and Fabio Aru, the jerseys of the 2014 Giro d'Italia(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Nacer Bouhanni and his FDJ teammate Laurent Pichon celebrate(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Opting to change teams has sometimes been a sure-fire way to miss out on selection for the Vuelta a España. Back in 1995, for instance, Fernando Escartin was unceremoniously dumped from the Mapei squad after he signed on the dotted line with Kelme.
Barry Ryan was Head of Features at Cyclingnews. He has covered professional cycling since 2010, reporting from the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and events from Argentina to Japan. His writing has appeared in The Independent, Procycling and Cycling Plus. He is the author of The Ascent: Sean Kelly, Stephen Roche and the Rise of Irish Cycling’s Golden Generation, published by Gill Books.
