Management for UAE Team Emirates predict Remco Evenepoel’s announcement earlier this week that he may well 'loan out' the Vuelta a España leader’s jersey on stage 6 will spark cycling’s equivalent of a feeding frenzy.
When the Soudal-QuickStep rider and defending Vuelta champion regained la roja on stage 3 in Andorra on Monday, he said he would try to lose it as soon as possible to try to save his team energy in defending it at all costs. With two sprint stages following, he pointed to Thursday's mountainous stage, which includes a summit finish at Javalambre, as the first big realistic opportunity.
