The city of Vic will once again be the center of the Test specialty world in the inaugural test dispute of UCI Trial World Cup 2023. The competition will take place from Friday 7 to Sunday 9 April at Circuit Mas de Bigueslocated in the sports area of the capital of asonaand will serve to start deciding the names of the riders who can win the prized competition in three categories called: Female, Male 20” and Male 26”.
The contest at the inaugural event of the 2023 UCI Trial World Cup is part of an intense week of trials in the capital of Osona, thus confirming the city’s commitment to promoting sport and cycling. Last Sunday, April 2, the Ciutat de Vic Grand Prixa competition with the international category of UCI C1 that served to close the 2023 edition of the Osona Cup and where a historic day was lived with a record number of 260 registered participants, including some of the international riders that will participate in the World Cup.
Men’s Favorites 20”
The opponent will be the current UCI World Champion, the local hero Eloi Palauwho this year will wear the iridescent jersey in front of his fans, along with two other riders who join him on the World Cup podium in Abu Dhabi, Alejandro Montalvo and Borja Conejos. They also came to Vic with options for the British Charlie Rolls, the German Dominick Oswald and the Austrians thomas pechhacker -both with a World Champion title to their credit- as well as the young Finn Niilo Stenvall who achieved a top 10 finish at the Ciutat de Vic Grand Prix.
Men’s Favorites 26”
The five-time world champion, the British Jack Carthyhas shown a good level of form, winning the Ciutat de Vic Grand Prix and Vic’s terrain seems to be in his favor since both in 2021 (World Championships) and 2022 (World Cup) he won. Carthy starts as the main favorite but the French riders – the triple World Champion vincent hermance either Noah Cardona – the German Oliver WidmanThe Spanish Daniel Barón, Julen Saenz, and Martí Vayreda. or the swiss Tom Blazer They are some of the candidates who have options to dethrone the champion.
women’s favourites
The fight in the Women’s category will surely focus between the last two World Champions, the German and five-time champion By Reichenbach (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022) and the Spanish Vera Baron (2021). The candidates who will occupy the podium are the Swedish Hilda Andressonthe French By Vabre or the Belgians Perrine Devahive, who is back in top form after her maternity leave. The local athlete Alba Rierawho will make his World Cup debut this year, is also one of the candidates to occupy the top spots after climbing the podium at the Ciutat de Vic Grand Prix. Highlight the high female participation with 23 athletes.
Vic hopes to repeat the success of the past two years
The Mas de Bigues circuit consists of five physically demanding zones with a high technical level, three of which have stone obstacles on uneven ground and two with concrete elements. The new thing this year for the trial dispute of UCI World Cup This means the direction the riders face in the zones will be reversed, in addition to varying some of the obstacles. The last two major representative events in Mas de Bigues have had very good reviews in terms of sport and organization and had an outstanding public attendance. Entry to the venue is free and there will be a service and catering area to complement the competition area and technical area for the teams.
Source: La Verdad
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