Matt White: Vuelta a España 2020 will be decided by the Angliru

Simon Yates and Adam Yates on the 2019 Tour de France
Simon Yates and Adam Yates on the 2019 Tour de France (Image credit: Getty Images)

Mitchelton-Scott’s strategy for 2020 could see the Australian WorldTour team place all three of their established GC contenders, Adam and Simon Yates and Esteban Chaves, in the Giro d’Italia and Tour de France, while leaving the Vuelta a España for their up-and-coming stage race challengers.

Mitchelton-Scott have traditionally split their three leaders across the three Grand Tours. In 2019 Simon Yates rode the Giro and Tour, Adam Yates focused solely on the Tour, and Esteban Chaves combined the Giro and Vuelta.

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.