India Grangier is a bit of an upset humor at the start of the Tour of Spain, which begins this Sunday with a team trial in the streets of Barcelona. At 25, the Gironde runner of the Norwegian training team Coop – Repsol is not exactly where she would have liked to be at this stage of the season. Because after a very correct 2024 season and marked by a brilliant victory on the Tour of Portugal, the start of the year had been promising, especially during the Down Under Tour, in Australia (where she had not finished a step beyond 20th place), in World Tour. “It had started pretty well, I was happy and I was hoping to confirm on the classics. But they were not up to my expectations.
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Through Flanders, Brabançonne arrow, Flanders tower, Amstel Gold Race or Liège-Bastogne-Liège have not allowed the old runner of the Rochelais stadium Cycling to stand out. So inevitably, the Bazadaise (which is preparing in winter on the Côte d’Azur) has the desires of revenge. And she tackles this Vuelta with determination: “As my team is not invited neither on the Tour de France nor on the Giro, the Tour of Spain is our only big tour of the season. We have a big calendar to the French championship (at the end of June), but then, in August, September, we will run less. Now is the time to give everything… ”India Grangier wants all the more since after having completed her studies in the Master in Finance and International Accounting, she can finally devote herself completely to cycling.
“I want to take a course. I need to improve myself everywhere and increase my training charges, underlines the former French hope champion, who has already participated in two Tour de France. On this Tour of Spain, Girondine will therefore try to be offensive. “I would like to manage to take escapes, especially at the start of the week”, considering that the second part of the race, when the road will be more, should be to the advantage of the favorites, the Demi Vollering, Mariane Vos, Juliette Labous, Anna van der Breggen, Katarzyyn Niewiadoma or Pauline Ferrand-Prévôt.
