With Movistar's Grand Tour leaders leaving in droves, all eyes are on young Spaniard Enric Mas to fill the void, but team director Max Chandri says he will be given time to grow and get his feet under him.

Mas, 24, is moving to the Spanish team after three years with Patrick Lefebvre at Quick Step, but with the exodus of Nairo Quintana, Mikel Landa, and Richard Carapas, Mas will have to take on considerable responsibility regarding stage racing.

Scandoli says the newcomer made the perfect first impression at a recent training camp in Spain.

"He is young but has great talent. We had a short training camp a few weeks ago and that was actually the first time I met him. We haven't decided on his program yet, but it's clear that he's going to try the Grand Tours and this team is focused on the Tour de France. I can't confirm it right now, but there will be another camp in the future, where everything will be decided," Sciandri told Cyclingnews.

"So far I'm really impressed with him. There are a lot of young kids on the team and he was speaking English with them at the camp.

Mas' best result in a Grand Tour was the 2018 Vuelta a España, where he finished second overall behind Simon Yates; he failed to reach those heights in the 2019 campaign, despite consistent results throughout the year and several top-10 finishes.

Sciandri believes that Mas will be given time to rediscover his best form, and that it will take time and patience for all involved to replicate everything Quintana, Landa, and Calapaz achieved in Spain.

"He is a long-term project for us. He is a long-term project for us. He's on our team to be Enric Mas and to show what he can do." Quintana's time is over, Landa hasn't started yet, and he's not here to replace Valverde.

"It's clear that Movistar wanted a big name from Spain and he is up and coming. We have experience winning Grand Tours and that will help him. I think he made a great choice coming here. I don't think there is any pressure on Enric either. In a race like the Ardennes, Valverde will take some of the pressure off. Paris-Nice could be a race where Enric can really show his stuff. I think he can handle what is going to happen. But he has to gradually show who he is and what he is capable of."

As a team, Movistar enters the new season with almost half of its roster replaced. The team underwent a major transformation this winter, with 13 players leaving and 12 new ones joining. Dario Cataldo and Davide Villella joined to gain needed experience.

Scandoli, who worked with a lot of U23 talent during his time at the British Cycling Academy, believes that the new generation of players will gradually join the team as they find their feet on the world tour.

"We signed 12 new players, 10 of them young. We have kids running around in training camp and it will certainly be a transition period for us.

"It's important to set goals for the young riders, but also to support them. We want them to go through different phases during the year."