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15 riders we enjoyed in the Tour 2021… besides the obvious

After this Tour, words begin to fail to describe the evolution of Jonathan Castroviejo since he joined the structure of Ineos Grenadiers, ex-Team Sky. Initially a time trialist, the Spaniard has shown additional dimensions to his cycling since Movistar times, but left the team without ever having fulling them. Especially in the last week of the Tour, he never got tired of setting the pace, closing spaces and even responding, at an early stage, to Tadej Pogačar’s attacks, allowing Richard Carapaz to preserve energy that was certainly important to hold the podium. Like Michał Kwiatkowski, who this year moved to flatter terrains, Castroviejo seems to be like a good Basque wine: age only makes it better. And he was, in my opinion, the best doméstique in the Tour