Several editions of Tour de France They are remembered as more exciting than this year, because of the demands of the route and because of the great level of the contenders. There are four names that are on the lips of all fans: the Slovenian Tadej Pogačarthe danish Jonas VingegaardSlovenian too Primoz Roglic and the Belgians Remco Evenepoel.
Let’s see how each of them fares in the big event of the year.
1
TADEJ POGACAR
25 years / UAE Team Emirates
The Slovenian is, based on his excellent season, the runner to beat. This year he won almost every race he entered and will go into the Tour de France after sweeping the Giro d’Italia. In winning a Corsa Rosa where it is true that none of his rivals from this Tour, but where he was seen riding with insulting ease. Joxean Fernández Matxin assured MD that Pogacar will not blame the Giro’s effort on the Tour, on the contrary, that it will give him more morale. They surround ‘Pogi’ with a good team and the Slovenian is looking to win his third Tour and regain the throne that was taken from him by the Danish Vingegaard for the last two seasons, in addition to becoming the first cyclist since 1998 to achieve the Giro and Tour double in one season after Marco Pantani. He went to the Tour after competing for a total of 31 days, over 5,249 kilometers.
2
JONAS VINGEGAARD
27 years / Team Visma-Bike Lease
The Tour man par excellence, winner of the last two editions of the French race, saw how the whole design plan was hanging as a result of the serious fall he suffered in Iztulia. Many thought that he would not arrive in time to be at the start of Florence on Saturday, June 29, but in the end he would be; with another great cyclist, Wout Van Aert, recovering in time from a heavy fall at the Tour of Flanders. The big question is knowing what your fitness level is. He surpassed Tignes’ altitude concentration with flying colors and logic said it was impossible for him to be at 100%. We will see what level he has reached and how he will go in the race. Vingegaard is looking to win his third consecutive Tour, having not achieved one since the absence of Chris Froome (2015-2017), this year. He went to the Tour after competing in 15 days over 2,029 kilometers.
3
PRIMOZ ROGLIC
34 years / Red Bull-Bora-hangrohe
The oldest of the fantastic four will face his fifth Tour de France landing and the Slovenian is confident that the Grande Boucle will be generous with him and not abuse him as they usually do. ‘Rogla’ tries to improve on 2nd place in 2020 and accumulates two Tour abandonments, 2021 and 2022, focusing next year on the Giro, which he won, adding it to a three-week record of the race where he appears in every game triple La Vuelta. This is his first Tour without defending the colors of Team Visma, which is registered with the powerful and energetic Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe. And he comes to the Tour event after going from less to more in the season and winning the Critérium del Duaphiné. He entered the Tour after competing for 20 days over 2,777 kilometers.
4
REMCO EVENEPOEEL
24 years / Soudal-Quick Step
The Belgian cannibal is making his debut this year at the Tour de France, and he’s doing it surrounded by a great team, with Mikel Landa as his right-hand man. So far this season, Remco and Mikel’s understanding of each other has been amazing. Evenepoel started the season in a good way, but left doubts in the historic big test before the Tour, the Critérium del Dauphiné, where he got worse and where he suffered a lot in the mountains. Winner of the Vuelta in 2022, the truth is that he has accumulated two abandonments in his last two three-week races, the Giro d’Italia 2021 and 2023 and we will have to see how he performs in the seven mountain stages, four of them with an elato finish. He went to the Tour after competing for 26 days over 3,723 kilometers
Source: La Verdad
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