Remco Evenepoel and Julian Alaphilippe named in strong Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl team for Vuelta a Espana

Remco Evenepoel will be flanked by Julian Alaphilippe as he targets victory at La Vuelta after being named in Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl’s team for the final Grand Tour of 2022. The Belgian will be hoping to put pressure on three-time defending champion Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma), who is expected to line up in Spain despite abandoning the Tour de France with injury. Ad Evenepoel has shown impressive form this season, having won Liege-Bastogne-Liege, the Tour of Norway and Clasica San Sebastian.

Tour de WallonieAlaphilippe contracts Covid to put brakes on comeback after Tour de Wallonie stage win25/07/2022 AT 11:55 Meanwhile, Alaphilippe returns to the Wolfpack after missing the Tour de France. The Frenchman will target stage victories as he steps up his comeback from a big crash at Liege, which left him with multiple fractures and a collapsed lung. “Remco and Julian will be the leaders of the squad for this last Grand Tour of the season, one comprising many hard stages, from the Basque Country ones to those in the high mountains,” said sports director Klaas Lodewyck.

“For Remco, this will be a whole new adventure. He doesn’t start as a favourite for the general classification, and we will just take it day by day and see how things go. “Julian comes at the start after a tough season, but he has been working hard and will target some of the stages.

The two of them have a strong supporting cast, the entire team is ready and motivated, and we look forward to the next couple of weeks.” Remi Cavagna, Dries Devenyns, Fausto Masnada, Pieter Serry, Ilan Van Wilder and Louis Vervaeke complete the eight-strong team. There is no place for Mark Cavendish, who is on the hunt for a new team for 2023. Ineos Grenadiers announce Vuelta