"Certainly I think the big question revolves around the Olympics is the quarantine," Woods told reporters during the Israel Start-Up Nation' teams virtual news conference Monday in Girona, Spain.
There is plenty of Canadian content on the team. The WorldTour roster also features Ottawa's Alex Cataford, and Montreal's Guillaume Boivin and James Piccoli. There are another three Canadians on the squad's developmental roster.British star rider Chris Froome, who has won seven Grand Tour events including four editions of the Tour de France, has also joined Israel Start-Up Nation with Ireland's Dan Martin a holdover from the 2020 squad.
Woods was 55th at the road race at the 2016 Rio Olympics, but in many ways it was a miracle he competed at all. "Rio was an amazing experience for me," he said. "It was kind of like a life-goal realized. There were quite a few moments at that Olympics where I just had to pinch myself, moments where I couldn't believe I was there, couldn't believe I had made it considering where I've come from."
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