Ian Boswell, who finished 7th overall at the Amgen Tour of California this spring, would like to be selected for the Vuelta a Espana. According to the American rider, this three-week race is the hardest of the three Grand Tours even if it may hold less prestige than the Tour and Giro.

"It’s funny; every year people think the Vuelta is an easy team to make but it’s actually becoming the hardest Grand Tour team to make all year", he said after the Tour of Poland. He finished 5th overall. "The Giro is usually pretty set, then the Tour team is a smaller group of guys, then the Vuelta is a mix of guys who haven’t done a Grand Tour and guys who want to do another one."

Boswell hopes to be present on the start line in Puerto Banus. "It’s my third year on the team, I’ve progressed nicely this year, done well in the Dauphiné, again here, so I’m making steps and have worked pretty hard to make that team. We don’t even know if Chris is coming or not, we haven’t heard anything, I think he’s supposed to decide sometime soon. Whether he goes or not I still want to be on that team."

"It’s really just another learning experience, I’ve started to handle the WorldTour race load. So then to do a three-week race would be good to get in. It’s looking pretty good, not definite yet, but hopefully with another good stage today I should be on the list."