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For the race that starts in Portugal, the Portuguese and the British Adam Yates will lead the line

The Emirates UAE team announced this Monday the riders selected for the Tour of Spain.

The team confirms João Almeida as leader of the race that will start in Lisbon, together with the British Adam Yates.

The race will start in Lisbon on August 17, with two more stages in our country, and will end three weeks later in Madrid on September 8.

Emirates presents João Almeida: “He arrived at the race after an amazing debut in the Tour de France, where he placed 4th overall and played a key role in leading Pogacar Adam Yates, who also shone in the Tour de France, arrives home in 6th place.

“The Vuelta de España is a very important race for us. We have a core team with names like João Almeida, who will race at home at the start in Portugal, along with co-director Adam Yates. We all saw the partnership they had in the Tour of Switzerland and the work they did for the team in the Tour de France, so we are confident that they can have a good race”, said the Director Sports Matxin Fernandez.

This is the composition of the team: João Almeida (Por), Adam Yates (GB), Filippo Baroncini (Ita), Isaac Del Toro (Mex), Brandon McNulty (USA), Pavel Sivakov (Fra), Marc Soler (Esp ) and Jay Vine (Aus).

(Updated at 10.29am)