The city of Drenthe (Netherlands) welcome the European Road Cycling Championships, who will face the elite men’s online test this Sunday. It is an event with little tradition, but one that has established itself on the calendar since its inception in 2016 and has produced high-level champions such as Peter Sagan, Matteo Trentin or last year Fabio Jakobsen.
After several days of competition, Drenthe hosts the queen test, in a 199.8 kilometer route starting from Assen and arriving at VAM-Berg. It is almost a flat profile, but there is a challenge for cyclists like Wall of Vam which can help choose the race in its various climbs and can cause problems for the sprinters, who are called the main characters.
The race will have a flat profile for 115 kilometers, where the circuit starts around that climb. There will be seven climbs, with the finish line being the last of them, a 400-meter 10% ramp that is also done on cobblestone ground, so the difficulty will be maximum and all types of runners can suffer. This is a climb designed to favor more explosive runners, but the repeats will also need a big boost to be among the candidates for victory.
There will be no shortage of some of the biggest names in the peloton among them. The Belgian Wout van Aert He is the main favorite to win, leading a team that will also have options in men such as Jasper Stuyvenan expert in the classics, and even like sprinters Edward Theuns. Besides, Denmark has also opted for men of different profiles, with Casper Pedersen as its leader, while Italy counts with Filippo Ganna or sprinters like Matteo Trentin.
The choices of the Spanish team depend on the speed of Ivan García Cortinaa pure sprinter who will act as a leader. Imanol Erviti, Xabier Azparren, David González, Jon Barrenetxea, Fernando Barceló, Jesús Ezquerra and Víctor de la Parte They were called to work for the Asturian. It remains to be seen whether Spain will therefore choose to look for a sprint finish or decide to surprise.
This online test closes the week of the European Championship. A few days ago the time trial was held, which ended in victory for the British Joshua Tarling ahead of the Swiss Stefan Bissegeer. Van Aert He won bronze and got the first of two medals he was looking for at this championship, where he is looking to succeed Fabio Jakobsen on the record.
When is the European Cycling Championships online event?
The race was held this Sunday, September 24, starting at 12:15 pm
Where can the European Cycling Championships trial be watched online?
Race can be seen via Eurosport 1 and Eurosport Playerchannels are also included in the the DAZN platform. You can follow all information about the test on the Mundo Deportivo website
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Source: La Verdad
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