INEOS GRENADIERS

Team Ineos Grenadiers history is intricately woven with that of La Vuelta, a race where it has always had great line-ups, and has fought several seasons for a triumph in the general classification. Following its debut in 2010, as Team Sky, the British riders took their place among the protagonists in the Grand Tours with a previously unknown Chris Froome and his teammate, the Olympic and Track Cycling gold medallist, Bradley Wiggins. Both made it 1 and 2 on the final podium of that edition. In fact, La Vuelta 11 is the first Grand Tour that adorns the tally of the Kenyan-born British rider.

At that moment, a special relationship began between La Vuelta and Froome, a rider that has confessed on several occasions to having a particular preference for this race. The winner of the 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017 Tour de France was once again on the podium of the Spanish Tour in 2014 and 2016. In 2017, he won La Roja again maintaining the lead from the 3rd stage right until the final stage. Froome thus obtained a historic double win, winning both the Tour and La Vuelta for the first time since the latter went on to be held after the Grande Boucle.

Richard Carapaz was the one in charge of taking over the team’s leadership in 2020. The Ecuadorian rider, gold medal in the men's road race at the Tokyo Olympics, fought until the very last stage in order to win La Vuelta 20 and managed to obtain a very commendable second place, just behind the unwavering Roglič. In 2021, with both a Tour and a Giro victory already under his belt, Colombian rider Egan Bernal is expected to seek to add his name to cycling history in gold letters by winning the general classification of the three grand tours at just 24 years of age. In 2021, a combative Egan Bernal was one of the race’s hardest-working riders and, despite not feeling 100%, managed to obtain a good placement among the top 10. In 2022, Richard Carapaz won three stages and the king of the mountain jersey. Last year, Filippo Ganna won the individual time trial.