The Arkea-Samsic team, in which the Colombians Nairo and Dáyer Quintana, Miguel Flórez and Winner Anacona are active, will not take part this year in the Giro d’Italiathe squad reported.
The French squad will focus all its efforts to make a good Tour de France and have a decent performance in the Tour of Spain, so it will not go to the Giro.
“We deeply respect the Giro d’Italia, the RCS company, its history, but unfortunately this year we will not be competing in this Grand Tour. We will only carry out two three-week tests: the Tour de France (ASO) and the Vuelta a España (Unipublic) in which our main leaders and experienced cyclists will participate”said Emmanuel Hubert, the team’s manager, in a statement.
Arkea’s message
“Indeed, 2022 is a crucial season in the history of the Arkéa-Samsic team, and our sports department has established a strategy to achieve our goal of reaching the World-Tour. In any case, it is clear that like many of my runners, I hopein the future, that the Arkéa-Samsic team gets involved on the roads of the Giro d’Italia with the desire to mark its presence through results in this test that suits climbersleaving a privileged place for sprinters”, added Hubert.
The team earned the right to compete in the Giro, having finished second in the ProTeam rankings last year, behind Alpecin.
“Therefore, our appointment with the Giro d’Italia is not for this year and making that decision was not easy, but I remain convinced that in the very near future the routes of the Giro d’Italia and the Arkéa-Samsic formation will intersect”emphasized the leader.
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