And after the Strade Bianche this Sunday will begin the 82nd edition of Paris-Nice, with a stage of 157.7 kilometers and four 3rd category ports on its route. Ahead, six more days, with a 26.9 kilometer team time trial on Tuesday and the weekend’s main course.
The winner of the last edition was not there, Tadej Pogacar, that after Street Bianche is reserved for Milan-Sanremo (March 16), but the ‘Race of the Sun’ will register a good registration. The Belgian presence is noticeable Remco Evenepoel, participating in his first stage of the race in France, and the Slovenian Primoz Roglicwinner in 2022, making his debut this season, as well as those of Pello Bilbao and Carlos Rodríguez.
18 UCI World Tour teams will take part in the test, which will be joined by Lotto Dstny and the Israel Premier Tech being the best in the ProTeam category, with squads of TotalEnergies and the Tudor who received an invitation.
THE PURPOSE OF EVENEPOEL
Evenepoel, who this season has already won the Volta al Algarve and achieved two minor victories, both in France, went to Paris-Nice with “the ambition to try to win a stage and be up in the general classification, as “For me, this Paris-Nice is a great test, because it’s the first time I participate in a big race in France. It’s an experience I’m looking forward to, especially since it’s an attractive course and there are a lot of runners. can win.”
With the aforementioned runners, we need to follow closely Egan Bernal (2019 race winner), David Gauduwho came second in 2023, in a list of riders that also included Matteo Jorgenson, Joao Almeida -who, like Roglic, made his debut this season in the ‘Carrera del Sol’-, Brandon McNulty, Aleksandr Vlasov, Felix Gall and Ion Izagirre.
Source: La Verdad
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