This is the confirmed calendar and the debut of the main riders in the peloton this cycling season.
1
JONAS VINGEGAARD
The Dane from Team Visma-Lease a Bike will debut this year, as he did last year, and it was not bad, in the Galician lands, on the 22nd in O Gran Camiño, followed by Tirreno- Adriatico on the 4th. March and Itzulia on April 1; before making a technical stop and charging up the ranks for the season’s great goal, the Tour de France, in search of what would be a third straight victory. To do this, he will compete in the Critérium del Dauphiné on June 2, at a time when his presence in the Vuelta is also marked in red, where he will be 2nd in 2023
2
TADEJ POGACAR
The Slovenian changed his start to the season. If in 2023 he made his debut in the UAE Tour, this year he chose the Italian lands to relax his legs, with the classics Strade Bianche (March 2), Tirreno-Adriatico (March 4) and Milan- Sanremo (March 16), before debuting. in a stage race on March 18 at the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya. This is not his only debut, as Pogacar will try his luck at the Giro d’Italia for the first time and, then, we will see him at the Tour de France
3
PRIMOZ ROGLIC
Primoz Roglic does not hide and the Slovenian wants to call loudly for the glory of a Tour de France that fights him. He will do so with his new team, the German team Bora-hansgrohe, where he assured that he sees himself ready to win the ‘Grande Boucle’. ‘Rogla’ will make his debut this year on French soil, in Paris-Nice (March 3) which he won in 2023, followed by Itzulia (April 1) and the Critérium del Dauphiné (June 2), before facing the challenge of Tour
4
REMCO EVENEPOEEL
The Belgian will debut again this year in the month of February, but a few days after what he did in 2023, as one of the cyclists who confirmed their presence in the Portuguese classic Figueira Champions Classic (February 10), to continue in Volta al Algarve (day 14), which he already won last year. It will be followed by Paris-Nice (March 3), Itzulia (April 1), the Amstel Gold Race (14th), the Walloon Fleche (17th), the Liège-Bastogne-Liège (21st) and the Critérium del Dauphiné (June 2), before facing one of the moments that all fans await with great interest: his debut at the Tour de France (June 29)
5
SEPP KUSS
It will not be an easy season for the American cyclist after winning the last edition of the Vuelta. The Team Visma-Lease a Bike rider will debut this year in Spain at the Clásica Jaén Paraíso Interior (February 12), where his teammate Wout Van Aert and Spaniards Juan Ayuso and Carlos Rodríguez will also do so , among others. At the moment it is not known what will be Durango’s next races, although his presence in the Tour de France (June 29) and the Vuelta (August 17) is certain.
6
ADAM YATES
The Briton was one of the few cyclists who managed to challenge Team Visma-Lease a Bike’s yellow tide’s reign in the grand tours last year with his third place in the Tour de France. At this point in the season, there have only been three known appearances by the UAE Team Emirates rider in this campaign. As in 2023, he will debut in the UAE Tour (February 19) and will be in the last two three-week cycling grand tours, the Tour de France (June 29) and the Vuelta (August 17).
7
GERAINT THOMAS
Like Adam Yates, the Welshman from Ineos Grenadiers was able to challenge the yellow tyranny of Team Visma with his podium (2nd) at the Giro d’Italia. At this point in the film, all that is known about the veteran Cardiff cyclist is that he will compete in the first two major cycling tours of the season: the Giro d’Italia (May 4) and the Tour de France (June 29).
8
JOAO ALMEIDA
Some may not remember this, but Joao Almeida finished 9th in the Vuelta and achieved a creditable third place in the Giro d’Italia. This year he will change the stage of his debut and instead of doing it in the Mallorca Challenge he will do it in the Portuguese Classic of Figueira (February 10), followed by the Volta al Algarve (February 14), the Paris – Nice (March 3), the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya (March 18), the Amstel Gold Race (April 14), the Walloon Fleche (April 17), the Liège-Bastogne-Liège (April 21), the Tour of Switzerland (June 9), before the Tour de France (June 29) and the Vuelta (August 17)
9
ENRICH MAS
After 2023 in which Enric Mas did not perform as he wanted, the Balearic player faces a season in which he must increase his performance and in which he will lose ballast from his backpack by having an experienced runner by his side like the Colombian Nairo Quintana. The Movistar rider will delay his debut this year until March 4 in Tirreno-Adriatico, when the previous 2023 began in February with the Vuelta a Andalucía, followed by the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya (March 18), the Tour of Romandie (April 23), and, for now, only the Tour de France (June 29) and the Vuelta (August 17) will appear later.
10
WOUT VAN AERT
A key part in the successes of his teammates, the Belgian Wout Van Aert will make his debut on the road when the cyclocross season ends at the Clásica de Almería (February 11), advancing his debut by almost a month compared to last season. The next day he will be at the Jáen Classic, and then he will go to the Volta al Algarve (February 14), before facing the full calendar of classics in his country: Omloop (February 24), Kuurne (25), E3 Saxo Classic (March 22), Gent-Wevelgem (March 24), Dwars door Vlaanderen (March 27), Ronde van Vlanderen (March 31), to continue with Paris-Roubaix (April 7) and debut at the Giro d’Italia (May 4) . Then, his presence is set on the calendar for the Paris Olympic Games (August 3) and the Vuelta (August 17)
Source: La Verdad
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