Zuid-Amerikaans wielrennen #1

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“I’d like to try to go to Europe again on a WorldTour team,” Rujano told Cyclingnews ahead of the opening stage. “I want to show that I still have the legs for that. I’ll try to show myself in these next two important races, and then see if afterwards if a team wants to sign Rujano for the Giro, Tour or Vuelta a España.

“I’m happy and I have a lot of strength, and I have a lot of desire to be a professional again. I want to ride the Giro and Tour. I still have the desire, and I still feel young. I look at Valverde and Oscar Sevilla, and they’re four or five years older than me, so I still feel like I can keep riding for another four or five years myself.”

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No matter what he achieves here and in Colombia, of course, the prospect of Rujano returning to ride Grand Tours seems fanciful in the extreme. That does not mean, however, that the name will not feature again in the European peloton some day. At the recent Vuelta al Tachira, one Jeison Rujano placed 18th overall in his first race out of the junior ranks. "He's very young, only 18," Savio said. "But he's a boy who's highly spoken of and I'm keeping an eye on him."