UAE Team Emirates manager Joxen Fernandez Maxin told the Spanish press that his team has ambitions to be the best in the world "in one, two, three years," but he admits that it will not be easy to take on powerhouses like Team Ineos and Jumbo Visma He admits that it will not be easy.

Headlining the headlines for the past 24 hours is the news that four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome will leave Ineos for Israeli startup Nation next season.

"In a realistic timeframe, we are trying to be the best team in the world," Matsin told Spanish cycling website Biciclismo.com on Thursday. It will be difficult and we have to respect our rivals like Team Ineos. Ineos has been on top for a long time and has a big organization, and Jumbo Visma is growing by leaps and bounds.

"We know it's hard, but we also need to set important goals to try to accomplish them.

The team hopes to be at the start of the 2020 season before the coronavirus pandemic disrupts competition when major races resume at the end of July. At the start of the year in Argentina, sprinter Fernando Gaviria won three stages at the Vuelta a San Juan, Tadei Pogacar won two stages and the overall at the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana in February, and at the UAE Tour later that month he won a stage and placed second overall

Juan Pogacar won the Tour of the UAE later that month, winning a stage and second overall.

Juan Sebastián Morano also won three stages at the Tour Colombia 2.1 in February, and newcomer Brandon McNulty made a strong impression at the Vuelta a San Juan.

"Over the next four months we want to be protagonists. We want to be competitive in each race we enter."

However, the main goal of the Emirati WorldTour team is the Tour de France (scheduled for August 29-September 20), led by Fabio Aru, and rising star Pogacar, recently crowned Slovenian time trial champion, will compete in his first Tour and could He could join.

"Aru will be the main leader," Mazzin said of the 30-year-old Italian, who won the 2015 Vuelta a España and finished second in the Giro d'Italia the same year.

"Pogacar is a bit more of an unknown, but the goal is to see how far he can go without learning and putting pressure on him."