Larry Warbasse set to battle for Vuelta a España breakaways in contract year

Larry Warbasse (AG2R-Citroën) at 2023 Tour de Pologne
Larry Warbasse (AG2R-Citroën) at 2023 Tour de Pologne (Image credit: Getty Images)

Veteran US professional Larry Warbasse (AG2R-Citroën) may be tackling two Grand Tours in the same season for the first time since 2016 this year, but his target in the upcoming Vuelta a España remains identical to the Giro d’Italia earlier this year: breakaways. Warbasse is currently riding the Tour de Pologne as his first stage race since the Giro d’Italia this May and the key warm-up race for August 26th’s start in Barcelona.

And as he told Cyclingnews, the 33-year-old has already checked out the key climbs in the toughest stage of the first week of the Vuelta when he was training at altitude in Andorra.

Alasdair Fotheringham

Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The IndependentThe GuardianProCycling, The Express and Reuters.