Alessandro Covi and Matteo Trentin, first and second in the 2022 edition, will start again this year
This year’s edition of the Cycling Tour of the Costa Cálida Region – Primafrio Grand Prix is taking shape. Alessandro Covi, last year’s winner, and Matteo Trentin, runner-up, will be part of the United Arab Emirates UAE Team Emirates team, a team that has confirmed its participation and will try to repeat the victory on February 11 with a line-up full of numbers.
In addition to the Italians, there is the Swiss Marc Hirschi, who again this year is expected to be the cyclist who shone in 2020, when he won a stage of the Tour de France, the Walloon Arrow and won the bronze medal in the championship of World held en route at Imola, in addition to taking second place in the well-remembered Liège-Bastoña-Liège in which a maneuver in the sprint hurt him.
Four of Joxean Fernández ‘Matxin’ team’s most notable signings for this year will also line up in San Javier, such as Slovenian Domen Novak, who is hailed as one of Pogacar’s trusted men, winner of two Tour de France ; the Belgian Tim Wellens, classicist par excellence; the New Zealander Fisher-Black, and the cyclist who could be the big revelation of the season that starts now: Jay Vine. The Australian who already demonstrated his skills as a great climber in last year’s Vuelta a España by winning two stages: in Pico Jano, in Cantabria, and two days later in the unprecedented summit of Fuancaya. Victories that allowed him to be the leader of the mountain until he had to leave due to a fall.
Vine made it clear that he’s not just a video game cyclist. The Australian won the Zwift Academy, which earned him a professional contract with Alpecin, from where he left to sign for the UAE. This year he was already named Australian time trial champion. This indicates that in addition to being a great climber, he should also count on him for more things. With these riders, the UAE will be the team to beat.
In addition to Team Emirates, and in the absence of confirmation of the presence of other teams with which the organization is negotiating, they have already confirmed their presence: Movistar, Euskaltel, Caja Rural, Burgos, Kern Pharma, Hiper [este último de tercera categoría continental]Bora, Arkea, Grupama F.D.J [World Tour], Israel and Aeolus. The organization of the race has an agreement with nine other teams.
Cartagena has all the numbers to once again host the final of the Cycling Tour of the Region of Murcia, which last year brought such good moments to the fans of this sport. There is a prior agreement between the parties involved. The cycling round started in Fortuna in 2022 and ended in the port of Cartagena over a route of 183.2 kilometers. This year the start will change, as the cyclists will start in San Javier on February 11. The race can be followed on television for another year via Eurosport and the regional channel 7TV.
Source: La Verdad
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