Originally Posted by jitteringjr
his reasoning doesn't make sense to me. I would think that if he wanted to focus on the Worlds, that he would ride part or all of the TdF and skip the Vuelta and take that time for train for the Worlds since the Vuelta finishes only one week before Worlds.
The Vuelta is often used to prepare for the Worlds, like when Ullrich won both the Vuelta and Worlds ITT in 1999..
BTW, no DiLuca at TdF either.