the slovenian Tadej Pogacarworld number one and winner of the 2020 and 2021 Tour, starts as favorite in Tour of Andalusia-Ruta del Solwhich starts this Wednesday in Puente Génave (Jaén) with a stage that ends in Santiago de la Espada, also in Jaen, with a route of 179 kilometers.
Pogacar, leader of Team UAE Emirates, will face the five stages of the race full of morale and in great form, as he showed on Monday in the Clásica Jaén Paraíso Interior, which he won after a 40-kilometer solo break.
the slovenian won its season opener and that victory places him as a candidate to win a race that will have a total route of 845 kilometers, with 18 mountain passes, 5 flying goals and 3 special sprints.
Along with Pogacar, the winner of the Giro 2020, the British, also has a fixed presence Tao Geoghegan Hart (Ineos); two-time podium at the Vuelta a España enric mas (Team Movistar), Michael Landa (Bahrain), the young promise carlos rodriguez (Ineos), current champion of Spain on the road, and the Belgian Tim Wellens (UAE), winner in 2018 of the Ruta del Sol and third in the Clásica Jaén Paraíso Interior, among others.
The Colombian Egan Bernalwinner of the 2019 Tour de France and the 2021 Giro d’Italia, announced the organization, the Deporinter company, but until this afternoon it will not be known if he will start because he fell in the Vuelta San Juan, in Argentina.
The 17 teams and 119 cyclists that will participate in the Tour of Andalusia are Euskaltel Euskadi, Astana, Bahrain Victorius, Movistar Team, Alpecin Deceunicnk, Ineos Grenadiers, Burgos BH, Caja Rural, Eolo Kometa, Internarche Wanty, Israel, Team Jayco, Kern Pharma , Lotto Dstny, FlandersBaloise, TotalEnergies, UAE Team and Emirates and Totalenergies.
The first stage will be held in its entirety in the Sierra de Segura region with a route that includes the passage of 8 municipalities in the region such as Génave, Villarrodrigo, Torres de Albanchez, Benatae, Siles, Segura de la Sierra, Orcera and Hornos de Segura and the ascent of five mountain passes, Alto del Collado de los Yesos, Onsares, Navalperal, the Hornos summit and Despiernacaballos.
career course
First stage, February 15: Génave Bridge (Jaén) – Santiago de la Espada (Jaén). 179km
2nd stage, February 16: Diezma (Granada) – Alcalá la Real (Jaén). 156 km
Third stage, February 17: Alcalá de Guadaíra (Seville) – Alcalá de los Gazules (Cádiz). 100 miles
4th stage, February 18: Olvera (Cádiz) – Iznájar (Córdoba). 100 miles
5th stage, February 19: Otura (Granada) – Alhaurín de la Torre (Málaga). 184 km
Source: La Verdad
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