Alex Dowsett on stage one of the 2017 Challenge Mallorca
Alex Dowsett is one of twelve riders named in Movistar's shortlist of potential riders to support Nairo Quintana and Alejandro Valverde at the upcoming Tour de France.
Quintana and Valverde are the only two riders to have already secured a spot in the squad, with twelve other candidates in the hunt for the remaining seven places.
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