The Tour de France is over, but cycling activity continues at the Olympic Games. Paris 2024, which on its first day will hold time trials. Women start at 2:30 pm and men at 4:32 pm Both must complete the same route 32 kilometers through the French capital, starting at the Esplanade des Invalides and ending at the Alexander III Bridge.
The Spanish Oier Lazkano It will be difficult for him to face the great specialists who will face this test as the great goal of the year. The same will happen in Catalan Mireia Benito in the feminine. Remco Evenepoel He is the main favorite to win. The 25-year-old Belgian genius is the current world champion in the specialty, but his performance will depend on how badly the Tour left him, where he finished third behind. Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard. Exactly, the first two will not start in the French capital. Just like Primoz Roglicthe reigning Olympic champion at Tokyo 2020, who will not be able to defend his title due to a spinal injury and will leave the Swiss Fabian Cancellara as the only one capable of repeating (Beijing 2008 and Rio 2016).
The Olympic Games They are held every four years and it is always a mystery to know the performance of those cyclists who were not in the previous competitions, hidden in their training bases preparing hard in search of the desired medal. This will be the British case Josh Tarling, one of the jewels of European cycling, only 20 years old and a great specialist in online events, double world champion of the specialty in the junior category and absolute continental champion at 19 years old. Another name to follow is the Italian name Filippo Ganna, double world champion under the clock in 2020 and 2021 and Olympic champion three years ago in the team pursuit. The Belgian Wout van Aert He will also be one of the most powerful riders on the starting line, but he hasn’t had a great Tour de France. For her part, the Dutch Ellen Van Dijk would be the main candidate to win if her countryman Demi Vollering It doesn’t stop him. The Australian will also have his options Grace Brown and the Italian Elisa Longo Borghini.
As a whole they will be 32 kilometers of maximum effort, with only 150 meters of positive slope, not very technical, but with eight tight turns that can make a difference for cyclists more skilled. Additionally, the pavement will present hidden hazards in the form of potholes that can cause falls.
Source: La Verdad
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