After the classic warm-up appointment, the Down Under Classic, which beat the sprint eThe Colombian from Ineos Grenadiers Jonathan Narváezthis tuesday comes the first big cycling race of the season, the Tour Downwhich runs up to 21st in six stages and last year saw the Australian’s overall victory Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates)not this year in the race.
As this is the first race of the year and true to its style book, the Tour Downun Under, first UCI World Tour race of the 2024 calendardoes not feature ultra-mileage stages or overly demanding, alternating sprint results and mid-mountain stages.
The first chapterof 144 kilometers are available in the city of Tanunda70 kilometers northwest of the state capital, Adelaidewith the last 14 kilometers to be consumed in a flash after crowning the Menglers mountain.
The second stagewhich is 141.6 kilometers, starts in a difficult way and climbs up, showing two more climbs on the route and ends in Lobethal.
The third day It will be faster, despite being the one with the highest mileage to date, 145.3 kilometers. He again witnessed two climbs on the first part of the route, but then smoothed out his profile until he reached the Campbelltown, now in Sydney.
If the third round of the Tour Down Under is fast, it will be even faster fourth day, with an almost completely flat stage profile, with an exit in Murray Bridge and the arrival, after 136.2 kilometers, at Port Elliot.
Amendment of the third on pinlast stage of the Tour Down Under, the fifth. A hard day on the bike, only 129.3 kilometers, starting from Christies Beach and that offsets the increase in Willunga Hill, with double promotion after not appearing on tour last year. A climb that will cause more than one runner to choke, it has an average slope of 7.4%, and will undoubtedly see the triumph of a good climber.
And to finish another stage, the sixth and last, that we can consider a moderate mountain, with three climbs on the route and three passes on Mount Loffy, with an average slope of 7.3%.
Small Spanish representation
There are 20 teams competing in 24th edition of the Tour Down UnderThe 18 UCI World Teamswith the Australian team and the Israel Premier Tech.
Representation will be hard to come by, with Catalan Roger Adriànew corridor Bora-hansgrohe; he Murcian Rubén Fernández (Cofidis); he Sevillian Juan Pedro López (Lidl-Trek), and the greatest representation of Spanish can be found in Movistar teamthe only Spanish team in the highest category of cycling, with Jon Barrenetxea, Iván García Cortina and Gonzalo Serrano.
Source: La Verdad
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