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La Vuelta 2022: The prospects of Chris Froome, Simon Yates, Hugh Carthy, and the other eight British riders

Two previous winners, a Giro champion, a podium finisher, five debutants and two Spanish sophomores make up the 11-strong British contingent at the Vuelta a Espana, which gets under way on Friday with a team time trial around the Dutch city of Utrecht. After a comprehensive stage guide, a focus on the red jersey contenders, and a team guide, the fourth of our previews for the 77th edition of La Vuelta takes a closer look at the form and prospects of all 11 British riders taking to the start of the third and final Grand Tour of the season.

La Vuelta 2022: ‘If Primoz Roglic stays on his bike he will be incredibly hard to beat’ – Robbie McEwen

Primoz Roglic will be “incredibly hard to beat” at this year’s La Vuelta as long as he “can stay on his bike” according to Eurosport cycling expert Robbie McEwen. Roglic has had just two weeks of training ahead of the final Grand Tour of the year after the injuries he sustained at the Tour de France, which forced him to abandon early. Ad Despite the difficult preparation, the Jumbo-Visma rider is still tipped as the favourite by many including McEwen, although Simon Yates also got a mention.

Primoz Roglic's to lose? The red jersey contenders hoping to surprise the Slovenian at La Vuelta 2022

A month after withdrawing from the Tour de France with a fractured vertebrae, Primoz Roglic will return to action at the Vuelta a Espana in his bid to win a fourth successive red jersey. A course that features fewer steep climbs than usual, an opening team time trial plus a 30km flat individual race against the clock, should suit the 32-year-old Slovenian and his Jumbo-Visma team – provided Roglic has fully recovered from the knock that forced him out of the Tour for a second year running.

Vuelta 2022 route and stages: What’s in store for Primoz Roglic, Remco Evenepoel and rivals in Spain?

Two years after La Vuelta was supposed to start in Utrecht, the race finally gets its Dutch ‘gran salida’ after Covid forced the organisers into some eleventh-hour changes in 2020. After the Giro’s start in Budapest and the Tour in Copenhagen, Utrecht completes the Grand Tour grand slam of foreign starts on a Friday for 2022 with each of cycling’s major three-week stage races having an additional rest day to compensate for the journey back to home soil.

Ethan Hayter signs Ineos Grenadiers deal until 2024 after winning Tour of Poland and with Vuelta a Espana coming up

Ethan Hayter has signed a new deal with Ineos Grenadiers until the end of the 2024 season. The 23-year-old claimed his first overall stage race victory at the Tour of Poland last week. Ad He is the sixth active British rider to have won a WorldTour race, alongside Chris Froome, Geraint Thomas, Tao Geoghan Hart, Adam Yates and Simon Yates.

Vuelta a Espana: Primoz Roglic back on the bike after Tour de France abandonment, two weeks before Grand Tour

Primoz Roglic has returned to training following his abandonment from the Tour de France, although his chances of racing in the Vuelta a Espana are up in the air. Roglic crashed on the cobbles in Stage 5 of the Tour, dislocating his shoulder before continuing to race on.

To win the Tour de France this year, Tadej Pogacar needs to prepare to pull a Chris Froome - Opinion

More than four years after it happened, at the 2018 Giro d’Italia, Chris Froome’s 80km solo raid on the maglia rosa remains one of the most remarkable things many have ever seen someone do on a bike. For the few of you who need reminding — as well as the rest, who might merely welcome the opportunity to relive it — it occurred midway through Stage 18 on what was, realistically, the last chance for any rider to make any meaningful difference to the overall race. Ad/> Going into the day in fourth place in the overall competition, 3’22 down on the lead of Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott), despite winning a stage, it had been a disappointing Grand Tour for Froome.

Simon Yates omitted from BikeExchange-Jayco team for Tour de France - set to ride in Vuelta a Espana instead

Britain's Simon Yates has been left out of the BikeExchange-Jayco team for the Tour de France. The second Grand Tour of the year gets underway in Copenhagen on July 1, but the 29-year-old Yates won't be on the start line.

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La Vuelta 2022: The prospects of Chris Froome, Simon Yates, Hugh Carthy, and the other eight British riders

La Vuelta 2022: ‘If Primoz Roglic stays on his bike he will be incredibly hard to beat’ – Robbie McEwen

Primoz Roglic's to lose? The red jersey contenders hoping to surprise the Slovenian at La Vuelta 2022

Vuelta 2022 route and stages: What’s in store for Primoz Roglic, Remco Evenepoel and rivals in Spain?

Ethan Hayter signs Ineos Grenadiers deal until 2024 after winning Tour of Poland and with Vuelta a Espana coming up

Vuelta a Espana: Primoz Roglic back on the bike after Tour de France abandonment, two weeks before Grand Tour

To win the Tour de France this year, Tadej Pogacar needs to prepare to pull a Chris Froome - Opinion

Simon Yates omitted from BikeExchange-Jayco team for Tour de France - set to ride in Vuelta a Espana instead