the dane jonas vingegaard (Jumbo Visma) returned to the competition from him victory in the Tour de France last July on the occasion of back to croatia what is in dispute from this Tuesday to Sunday, October 2 with 6 stages on the route.
Vingegaard (Hillerslev, 25 years old), unprecedented since he arrived in yellow in Paris on July 24, once again put the bib on the head of the Jumbo Visma in the so-called CRO Race, which includes the route of 6 stages without time trial and small mountain.
The winner of the Tour will test himself against rivals such as the British Geraint Thomas (Ineos), third in the Tour and recently arrived from competing in Canada. The Spaniards will also jump on stage inside Ineos Jonathan Castroviejo and Omar Fraile.
The Spanish representation will also be covered by the Caja Rural team, which will line up Mikel Nieve and Fernando Barcelo Y Kern Pharma. They are in Trek Segafredo Jon Aberasturi and Marc Brustenga.
The route offers a first stage that will be the longest in the seventh edition with 223 km. In the end, he will have a double climb to Ludbreski Vinogradi as an incentive, a 3.2 km slope of the third at 4 percent.
The third can be interesting in a second, Draga (3.4 km at 5.6 percent), the fourth reflects a very undulating itinerary and three levels close to the finish line.
The fifth stage with 6 climbs and a steep finish could be decisive. The main difficulty is the top of Poklon (1a, 16 km at 6 percent), but before the end there will be an attractive climb of 1.8 km at 6).
.-The stages:
Stage 1. Osijek – Ludbreg. 223.5 km
Stage 2. Otočac – Zadar. 163km
Stage 3. Sinj – Primosten. 157km
Stage 4. Biograd na Moru – Crikvenica. 219 km
Stage 5. Opatija – Labin. 154km
Stage 6. Sveta Nedelja – Zagreb. 158km
.-Last winners:
2021. Stephen Williams (GBR)
2020. Adam Yates (GBR)
2019. Kanstantsin Siutsou (RUS)
2018. Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)
Source: La Verdad
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