Annemiek van Vleutenthe best runner in recent years, and demi volleringcurrent career winner, world number 1 and dominator this season, will be released again this weekend at Itzulia-Tour of the Basque Country 2023from Friday the 12th to Sunday the 14th, the painful rivalry they held last week in the Tour of Spain.
It was a great fight between the two Dutch women who decided to choose only nine seconds in favor of the Movistar rider after the attack of his rival in Lagos de Covadonga that almost gave victory to the winner of the three-stage edition of the Basque race in 2022. .
Spectacular images of the legendary Asturian port that fans dream of seeing again, for example, on Sunday on the route that the Clásica San Sebastián takes every year.
Van Vleuten and Vollering They lead a participation with the best of the international peloton, 120 riders from 20 teams advancing out for the three-stage test with the highest category UCI Wold Tour and held in three stages. One for each Basque territory, the first from Biscay, the second from Alava and the third from Gipuzkoa.
The route presents seven mountain passes, one from the First, two from the Second and four from the Third. The most important are those in the final stage with the start and finish in San Sebastián (114.8 km). They are the Jaizkibel (First; 7.9 km at 5.6 percent uneven) and the Murgil wall (Second; 4.1 to 7.3 and sections up to 20 percent). The top of the latter is about 30 km from the finish line.
An important point in the race was also outlined, the Urkaregi pass (Second; 5.8 to 4.6), located just 8 km from the finish line of the first stage, a 122.2 km route on Friday between Etxebarria and Markina-Xemein.
Less significance is assumed in the second stage, a mostly downhill route between Vitoria and Amurrio of 133.2 km with slopes in the first part and in the final. The first two stages will be held in the morning and the third in the afternoon.
Source: La Verdad
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