Cycling: After a mixed season, the British team Ineos Grenadiers hit back in 2021. Egan Bernal won the Tour of Italy and the former Team Sky also drove extremely well through Spain and France.
Ineos Grenadiers 2021: Bernal is back to normal
In 2021, the Ineos Grenadiers team was again one of the strongest in road cycling. The Brits owe their second place in the UCI WorldTour ranking mainly to them Egan Bernal. After a slight slump in the previous season, the Colombian was able to build on his top form again. He won the Giro d'Italia. At the Vuelta a Espana Adam Yates with fourth place overall for a good result. And Richard Carapaz finished third in the Tour de France. All in all, the season for the former Team Sky was quite successful, even if they are still a few steps away from the dominance of earlier days. The season for Geraint Thomas and Richie porte to be lost The discovery of the year, on the other hand, was definite Ethan Hayter. The 23-year-old Brit won the Tour of Norway and finished second at the Volta ao Algarve and the Tour of Britain. Up to now he was actually considered to be a fast-paced man, but he could concentrate even more on the mountains and the GC in the future.
Ineos Grenadiers 2022: what can Kim Heiduk show?
We can certainly expect a strong performance from Ineos Grenadiers in 2022 as well. The British team still has to do without a few top performers. Gianni moscon for example Paris – Roubaix almost won. But the Italian with a questionable reputation was drawn to Astana. With Rohan Dennis and Ivan Sosa Ineos Grenadiers loses at least two strong helpers in the mountains. The fans of the British team can look forward to this Omar friar be happy. The Spaniard is made for a strong helper and possible breakaways in the mountains. Surprisingly, in the person of Elia Viviani also secured a top sprinter. It should be interesting to see how the Italian is used here. It's hard to imagine that he gets to ride the Tour de France. The German viewers also have reason to be happy. With Kim Heiduk a strong talent joins the team. The 21-year-old has previously driven for Lotto - Kern-Haus and is considered an all-rounder with ambitions in terms of GC. All in all, we can once again experience changed team tactics. Previously dominant and boring, Ineos Grenadiers are now offensive and aggressive. We will see that at the big state tours as well as at the most important one-day races. This team has ambitions on every terrain.