Remco Evenepoel, world and Vuelta 2022 champion, his countryman Wout Van Aert and the Spaniard Juan Ayuso, are some of the attractions of the Tour of Switzerland which will take place between June 11 and 18, with an 8-stage route that includes two time trials and four days in the mountains.
The Swiss round, which will be the last level of testing before the Tour de France, He put together a great list of riders, in front of all the great favourite, Remco Evenepoelwho returned to competition after leaving the Giro due to covid.
In the absence of Pogacar or Primoz Roglic, the race will feature Wout Van Aert (Jumbo-Visma), Olympic road runner-up at Tokyo 2020. The Belgian has finished in the top four of the five classics he has ridden this season, including victory at E3, and has nine Tour de France stage victories to his credit. It will be one of the references in Switzerland.
JUAN AYUSO WILL BE THE LEADER OF THE UAE EMIRATES
Among the list of candidates is Juan Ayuso, who will be the leader of the UAE along with local runner Marc Hirschi. The cyclist from Jávea, winner of the Tour de Romandie time trial, hopes to meet the expectations that his presence always arouses.
The candidates will be abundant, without forgetting the presence of the British Olympic mountain bike champion and 2022 cyclo-cross world champion Tom Pidcock (Ineos) or the Frenchman Romain Bardet (DSM).
With the participation of the Spaniards, Pello Bilbao appears in the ranks of Bahrain Victorious, leader of the formation with the Swiss Gino Mader, as well as Ion Izagirre in Cofidis. Movistar is on stage with Alex Aranburu, Oeir Lazkano, Iván García Cortina, Gonzalo Serrano, Gorka Izagirre, Lluis Mas and the Danish Mathias Norsgaard.
A LAP WITH 2 CHRONOS TO DECIDE ON THE MOUNTAINS
The Tour of Switzerland starts and ends in separate stages against the clock, but victory will be played out over three days in the mountains for climbers: the third and fourth stages, with two first category climbs and one high end, and the fifth, with one first class climb and two special category climbs.
The initial time trial in Einsiedeln was not a simple walk, as it consisted of 12 km and they had to take it seriously. There will be two possible sprint finishes, in Nottwil on Monday and one in Weinfelden on the penultimate day.
The mountain begins on Tuesday with a summit finish in Villars-sur-Ollonthen on Wednesday the ascent of Crans-Montana (1st) and Dorben (1st) awaits on the way to Leukerbad, and on the fifth day, the sun reigns with Furka (Special) and Oberalp (1st) starting and Albula (Special ) before descending towards the goal of La Punt.
Before the decisive 25 km time trial in St. Gallen, there will be a day of steep climbing on Sunday, which is an attractive breakaway, in Oberwil-Lieli.
Tour of Switzerland 2023
The stages
1a Einsiedeln – Einsiedeln (CRI) 12.7
2a Beromunster – Nottwil 173.7
3a Tafers – Villars-sur-Ollon 143.8 4
4a Monthey – Leukerbad 152.5
5a Fiesch – La Punt 211
6a La Punt – Oberwil-Lieli 215.3
7a Tübach – Weinfelden 162.7
8a Saint-Gall – Abtwil (CRI) 25.7
Tour of Switzerland 2023
last winner
2022. Geraint Thomas (GBR)
2021. Richard Carapaz (ECU)
2019. Egan Bernal (COL)
2018. Richie Porte (AUS)
Source: La Verdad
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