Although there are still many for Paris 2024 Olympic Gamesthe Belgian team has already announced Wout van Aert and Remco Evenepoel as pillar cyclists in their long list of candidates for the road events of the Paris Games, an event where the national coach, Sven Vanthourenhoutnoted that “both have indicated that they also want to prepare for the Olympic time trial.”
Sven Vanthourenhout announced 15 names on a list from which 4 runners should appear who will take part in the road test (maximum capacity in a platoon of 90 participants)
The competition for the two missing places seems high on a list that Vanthourenhout will reduce before it is definitively closed in the days before the start of the Tour de France.
“Discussions with teams and riders are planned in the coming weeks and then we will decide if we go to Paris with four potential medal candidates or with Wout and Remco and two nationals”Vanthourenhout added.
“The race will undoubtedly be very interesting and atypical, with the participation of 90 runners for a test of more than 270 kilometers. Twenty runners will be able, so to speak, to get away after three corners and the race will be over ,” he commented on the route. of the Olympic route event, 273 km, with 2,800 meters of positive gradient and 13 climbs.
“I wouldn’t compare the course to the World Championships in Glasgow, but the feeling will be the same,” he added.
Source: La Verdad
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