The 25th edition of the Miguel Indurain-Laboral Kutxa Grand Prize will occur this Saturday at Estella with 22 teams, 11 of them the World Tour category, that will compete in the lands of Navarrese Ion Izagirre (Cofidis) as the current quiz champion.
With a route of almost 200 kilometers, the historic test of Estella hosts 22 teams on its starting line on its silver anniversary, of which 11 will be World Tour. Arkéa, Astana, Bora, Cofidis, Decathlon, DSM, EF Education, Jayco, Lidl, Movistar and UAE They, a priori, will lead on a day where cloudy skies are expected, but no rain.
Departure will take place at 12:05 pm from Plaza de los Fueros, while arrival will be around 5:00 pm at Paseo Inmaculada. The city of Ega is now ready to host an event marked in the calendar of regional fans of this sport.
The Gipuzkoan cyclist from Cofidis Ion Izagirre is one of the favorites to win the trophy, after those obtained in 2016 and 2023.
The complex end of the route stands out with the climb to Eraul, located ten kilometers from the finish line. The route has two special sprints, three flying finishes and four climbs that count towards the mountain classification.
The hardness of the final part will remainwith climbs in Guiguillano (1st category), Lezaun (2nd cat), the double pass through Eraul, a 3.9 kilometer pass with an average slope of 5.1% (2nd cat), and the 4 passes in over the wall from Ibarra, the last one less than 2 kilometers from the end.
The own names The standouts are Ion Izagirre (Cofidis), Emmanuel Buchmann (BORA-hansgrohe), Felix Gall (Decathlon AG2R), Andrey Amador and Richard Carapaz (EF Education), Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek), Alex Aranburu (Movistar ), Warren Barguil (DSM), Simon Yates (Jayco-AlUla) and Juan Ayuso and Brandon McNulty (UAE).
The 25th edition of the Miguel Induráin Grand Prix can be followed on Eurosport Player from 3:00 pm and on ETB1.
Source: La Verdad
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