The Spanish Elite and Under-23 Road Championships return to the Community of Madrid, from June 23 to 25after almost 20 years, with Sevilla la Nueva as the setting for time trials and San Lorenzo de El Escorial for road races.
The last time the region hosted a national tournament was in 2004, with the Casa de Campo and the streets of the capital as the setting, as a prelude to the World Cup in Madrid the following year.
On this occasion, as detailed this Wednesday by the Royal Spanish Cycling Federation, Sevilla la Nueva will host the time trials while San Lorenzo del Escorial will be the start and finish line of the online tests that they drew a route known to cyclists in Madrid with the Alto de la Cruz Verde as the main difficulty.
The national will take place, as is tradition, the weekend before the Tour de France. Therefore, on Friday, June 23, the individual elite UCI-Elite men, Elite-U23 women and U23 men individual time trials.
On Saturday, June 24, the Elite-Sub23 female and Sub23 male online tests will be held; while on Sunday June 25 we will experience the Elite UCI-Elite men’s online event.
The three-time test will have the same route, 32 kilometers with 280 meters of unevenness, with a start and finish line in Sevilla la Nueva. It will be a track suitable for specialists, with a very fast start and a bit more demanding in the second half of the time trial, with some sections that climb and where the strongest riders can make a difference.
The runners will pass through Navalcarnero, Los Olivos, Villamanta, Villamantilla and Villanueva de Perales before returning to Sevilla la Nueva, where they will finish the time trial.
On Saturday and Sunday the national will move to San Lorenzo del Escorial, where all online tests will begin and end. The Elite-U23 women and the U23 men will face a similar route, except that the U23s will make a second ascent of Alto de la Cruz Verde.
In total, the Elite-Sub23 girls will complete 122.6 km with just over 2,000 meters of unevenness distributed over a path-breaking profile path.
After leaving San Lorenzo del Escorial, they will face the first loop that will take them to Valdemorillo, Navalagamella, Fresnedillas de la Oliva, Colmenar del ArroyoRobledo de Chavela, Zarzalejo and Peralejo before returning under the finish line arch and starting a new circular path that will take them to Alto de la Cruz Verde, which will be called the climb to decide the race.
After the main test climb, they will face a return section that will take them through Robledo de Chavela, Fresnedillas de la Oliva and Zarzalejo before finally reaching the finish line of San Lorenzo del Escorial.
The U23 boys, for their part, will do the same route as the girls except that they will have to complete two turns on the final circuit that includes the climb to the Alto de la Cruz Verde, so we will see some final important kilometers and very demanding. Finally, there will be 166.1 km with 2,940 meters of unevenness to decide the name of the new Spanish champion of the category.
The Elite UCI-Elite male peloton of this Spanish Championship will travel the same roads and, in fact, they will complete the same route that the U23s will enjoy with the difference that the initial loop will have about 20 kilometers.
After the exit, the Elite-Sub23 will pass through Valdemorillo and go to Villanueva de la Cañada and Quijorna before reaching Navalagamella. This variation will be the only difference to the U23 route, because after completing this initial loop of about 80 km that will take them back to the finish line, they will face two laps of the circular route that includes climb to the Alto de la Cruz Verde , where a good fight for the right to wear the Spanish champion jersey will surely emerge.
In total, there will be 186.1 km with 3,150 meters of unevenness to close this 2023 edition of the national that promises to be exciting.
Source: La Verdad
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