The first day of rest of the Vuelta 2021, in Almeria, was used by the Spanish team Movistar to announce the renewal with the Portuguese Nelson Oliveira until the end of 2023, as well as some other names of the collective. “The renewal was right for some time, it was a matter of timing on the part of the team, which chose to announce the renewal of several cyclists.
The deal was easy. When the two parties are satisfied, we just have to move on», the 32-year-old local, reported to A BOLA, alluding to the renovations of Carlos Verona, Jorge Arcas, Antonio Pedrero, Einer Rubio and Juri Hollmann also announced yesterday.
As for Vuelta’s first week, Nelson said: “Our biggest problem was the abandonment of Valverde and then Jakobs. Both are sorely missed because we only have six riders for the next stages. But we continued to bet on Eric Mas and Angel López for the overall. For my part, I’m still available to help the team in the remaining two weeks, during which there will be many roosters for the same perch…»
Also at UAE-Team Emirates, which yesterday also made official the renewal of Rui Costa’s bond for another season, already reported by our newspaper at the time of the announcement of João Almeida’s joining the team, after Ivo and Rui Oliveira had already renewed , laments the loss of Juan Sebastián Molano.
«We had the setback of De La Cruz in the first days having lost time, but they have already re-entered the top ten and we are going to continue in the fight. The sensations are good and I hope to contribute so that the team remains in the fight for the best rankings», Rui Oliveira told our newspaper.
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