The Spanish team confirmed the list of riders it will have available for the 2023 Tour of Catalonia, Einer Rubio and Iván Ramiro Sosa are the Colombian quota among the 7 cyclists who will represent the Movistar Team. This competition will also see the return of Egan Bernal who was absent due to a knee problem that made him abandon the Vuelta a San Juan in January. The last winner of this race was Sergio Higuita in 2022.
Einer Rubio, Iván Sosa, Will Barta, Sergio Samitier, José Joaquín Rojas, Antonio Pedrero and Carlos Verona They are the ones chosen by Movistar to represent them and seek the victory that they have not achieved since 2018 when Alejandro Valverde did it, the same one who had won the 2017 edition.
The team regretted not being able to count on Valverde, who announced his retirement the previous year and was one of the great protagonists. “It will be the first time in quite some time without the ‘Bula’ in the oldest round of all those that populate our calendaralthough the squad will continue to go to it telephone with the best of illusions”.
Finally, They described the most complicated part of the race, which will have nothing more than a flat stage. “In addition to the ascent to the Portell viewpoint (9.4 km at 8%; Friday the 24th), decisive together with the classic and traditional circuit of Montjuïc (Sunday the 26th), there will be two other well-known mountain days in lands pyrenean. This time they will be in the second and third stages: Vallter (Tuesday 21), with its last 11 km at 7.6%, and La Molina (Wednesday 22), stretched 12 km at 4%. Preceded by Coubet (1st) and La Creueta (Special)”.
