Focusing on his main objectives of 2014 season, Ardennes classics, Giro d'Italia, Vuelta a Espana, Joaquim Rodriguez(Katusha) will skip Tirreno-Adriatico and Pais Vasco, in order to get a better preparation for those big targets. He will train in Tenerife during those two races, according to biciciclismo.com.

The Catalan rider will start his season today, in Argentina, and then heads to Persian Gulf for Tour of Dubai and Tour of Oman. After that, over a month of training in Tenerife camp will go on, instead of any racing, and J-Rod will head back to continental Spain for his home race, Volta a Catalunya, following by another period of Tenerife training.

And then J-Rod will race his main targets races, firstly the Ardennes classics, especially Liege-Bastogne-Liege, then Giro d'Italia. In the later part of the season, Vuelta a Espana as well as World Championship in Ponferrada, Spain will be goals for the Catalan.