Ineos will field two newly crowned Olympic champions, Richard Carapaz and Tom Pidcock, in its team at the Vuelta a Espana which start on Saturday in Burgos.

In addition to Briton Pidcock, who won mountain-bike gold in Japan, and Ecuadorian Carapaz, a former Giro d'Italia winner who the Olympic road race, Ineos will also field Colombian Egan Bernal, a Tour de France and Giro winner in a star-studded octet.