Originally Posted by
prototoast
Katusha's not a marquee team? They're 4th in the UCI team rankings, and their budget is as high as any team in the pro peloton. If next year's TdF course is as tailor-made for him as this year's Vuelta, I would fully expect to see him compete and do quite well.
As we have seen with Froome and others, it is difficult to do back to back grand tours. Fernandez will want to defend his Vuelta win (if he wins) and go one step higher in the Giro, so I see him competing in the Giro and Vuelta again.