The Women’s Tour of Spain it will become a reality from next Monday to Sunday, May 7, after previous trials of shorter duration in previous years. For the first time that the Spanish round will last a week, the Movistar team will be one of the great cheerleaders of the peloton.
The names of the seven members of the telephone team for the appointment are already known. Annemiek Van Vleutenchampion of the Challenge of La Vuelta 2021 and 2022, will try to extend his dominance in the Spanish key in 2023. The world champion will lead a team with Liane Lippert, Emma Norsgaard, Lourdes Oyarbide, Floortje Mackaij, Aude Buannic and Paula Patiño.
The race starts at Torrevieja on Monday with a team time trial. Then they await three flat stages that will pass through the provinces of Alicante, Albacete, Cuenca and Guadalajara and that will lead to the decisive days of the edition.
The first of these is the fifth stage, on Friday May 5 in between La Cabrera and Peñas Llanas Viewpoint, in Riaza. From the Community of Madrid, the peloton will head to Segovia in a day with two first class climbs, Navafría and the final climb of Mirador de Peñas Llanas. There will be 129.2 kilometers to go before sixth stage, in Cantabriastarting in Castro Urdiales and ending in Laredo in a medium-mountain day (two seconds) and 106.7 kilometers.
The final fireworks will be on Sunday, May 7. One of the mythical peaks of the Vuelta will bid farewell to the women’s edition, as the Lakes of Covadonga They will put the epilogue on a final day. It will leave from Pola de Siero and see how, after 93.7 kilometers and also on the second road, one of the most important ports of special category in the Spanish territory will say goodbye. a historic edition for women’s cycling.
Source: La Verdad
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