Spain already has the eight cyclists who will go to the World Cup

Spain already has the names of the eight cyclists who will attend the World Cup in Australia from September 18 to 25.

They are Juan Ayuso, Marc Soler, Roger Adriá, Urko Berrade, Gotzon Martin, Xabier Mikel Azparren, Jesús Ezquerra and Eduard Prades.

Two days before the call and given the refusal of the teams to give up their runners for sporting reasons, the coach Pascual Momparler had only closed four of the eight runners: Juan Ayuso and Marc Soler, runners from a UAE that has not caused a problem some;

Oier Lazkano (Movistar);

and Jesús Ezquerra (Burgos-BH), who has earned the spot after a Vuelta in which he stood out, although, unexpectedly warned, he will have to delay his wedding date for a week.

Lazkano will not finally race in Wollongong,

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Momparler had a clear list of possible futures.

"It's a route for people who have a quick end, who can develop in small and large groups," said the coach.

In addition to the two UAE riders, the names of Alejandro Valverde, Alex Aranburu, Iván García Cortina and Gonzalo Serrano (Movistar), Ion Izaguirre and Jesús Herrada (Cofidis), Luis León Sánchez (Bahrain), Omar Fraile and Carlos Rodriguez (Ineos).

But it all went to waste.

The fault, above all, is how the scoring system is governed in professional cycling, both in the Continental and World Tour categories, because although they run under the

of the national team, the cyclists add points in the World Cup for their teams. mother.

An inconsistency that generates conflicts of interest, since one of the X team will not help another of the Y team even if they run with the Spanish jersey.

“It should be an independent system”, Momparler resolves.

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