Ivan Sosa says Ineos departure was 'complicated'
Colombian set to ride ☂Giro d'Italia in first💯 season at Movistar

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Ivan Sosa is set to ride the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Giro d’Italia alongside Alejandro Valverde in his debut season at Movistar. The Colombian joined the team this winter after three s༒easons at Ineos Grenadiers.
Sosa impressed in early 2021 by winning the Tour de la Provence, but he struggled to make an impact thereafter and he was left out of the team that🌳 helped his fellow countryman Egan 🐼Bernal to overall victory at the Giro.
After lining out at the Volta ao Algarve in May, Sosa didn’t race again until he competed in a series of one-da🐎y events in Italy in September and October. By then, his exit from Ineos ౠhad already been confirmed.
“The goodbye was complicated,” Sosa told . 💝“Many things happened, but I left happy because I learned a lot. It was🅷 a good experience in general, and I now have to take advantage of how I grew.”
The 24-year-old also expressed disappointment as mis🍌sing out on selection for all three Grand Tours in 2021.
“It hurt me a lot. The team was focused on something else,” he said. “Things happened, I don't want to talk too much aboutꦕ it. Everything serves as a learning experience.”
Sosa had already caught the eye during his time at Gianni Savio’s Androni squad, winning the Vuelta a Burgos in 2018, a victory he repeated in Ineos colours th♋e following summer. He also rode in two Grand Tours during his time at Ineos, placing 44th at the 2019 Giro and 62nd in the 2020 Vuelta a España.
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Movistar manager Eusebio Unzué confirmed that Sosa is slated to line out at this year’s Giro, where Valverde will 🥀set out as team leader.
“I like the Giro. It has mountains and it suits me. I'll try to do well,” said Sosa. Asked to define “d꧋oing well,” he said: “Looking for stage wins without ruling out the overall. I would love t𓄧he podium.”
Sosa is currently training with his nওew team in Almeria, and although Ineos has long had𝄹 a core of Spanish speaking riders on its roster, he acknowledged that communication was more straightforward at Movistar.
“In the end, you can communಌicate in Spanish. It's easier this way,” he said. “Everyone shares their thoughts with you, I think it's great. We are working well and the climate is the right one to start with.”
Sosa’s first competitive outing for Movistar will come at the Ch🎉allenge Mallorca later this month, and he will also return to the Tour de la Provence, which he won last February, though the rest of his early-season is still to be defined.
“At the moment I haven't talked to anyone about whether I am a leader or not,” Sosa said. “We arꩲe all focused on the races at the beginning of the year, then we'll see. We have a nice calendar and I think we can do well. We'll see how we start everything. I don't really know what my condition is.”
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