This Saturday the online cycling test will be held, with a stellar duel between the trident of superlative cyclists such as Mathieu Van der Poel, Wout van Aert and Remco Evenepoel. It will be a classic without teams, with 270 kilometers of the route and a platoon shorter than usual with only 90 parts (normally over 160). Following the tone of these monumental Games, the organization presents a route where the beauty of Paris will be displayed.
If the Tour makes the best advertising space in France, this race will show on screen the most famous monuments of the French capital during the more than six hours that the race will last. The race starts at TrocaderoBeside Eiffel Tower and will tour the western side of the city, pass the Palace of Versailles and make three difficult climbs to Montmartre, with a final climb to the Sacre Coeur. Then the race returns to the Seine area, crosses the Iéna bridge and ends at the Trocadero.
The difficulty of the race is managing key moments without the usual support of teams of 7-8 cyclists. Some countries will have only one representative, others, like Spain, will have three (Juan Ayuso, Oier Lazkano and Alex Aranburu) and other powers, above all, will reach five, as in the case of the powerful Belgium of Van Aert, Evenepoel, Tiesj Benoot, Jasper Stuyven. Favorites have to use strategy and fully know where to attack or anticipate possible escapes that may develop. Faced with a long route that will generate an effort of more than six hours, one of the elements that can be key is the engine. Reaching the final stretch with good legs can make the difference in winning medals.
Mathieu Van der Poel He will run alone with two colleagues from the Netherlands, Dan Hoole and Dylan Van Baarlewho will work for him, but the grandson of Raymond Poulidor He has shown on many occasions that when he has the day and starts with his enormous power, he does not have to pull his teammates, as he did last year to win the World Cup in Glasgow or when he won Paris-Roubaix , the Tour of Flanders, the Strade Bianche or Milan-San Remo. In its part, Van Aert He will try to improve on the silver he got in Tokyo 2020 and that cannot turn into gold by giving too many wings to the Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz so that he can escape alone. Evenepoelwho just won the time trial, is also looking to add a second gold and his third-last position in the Tour de France shows his good form.
They will also have their options Tom Pidcockmountain trial gold, Julian Alaphilippe, Biniam Girmay, Marc Hirschi, Brandon McNulty either Michael Matthews. The Spanish Juan Ayuso, Oier Lazkano and Alex Aranburu They are not among the main candidates, but they have plenty of talent to make a splash. The race starts at 11:00 am and the finish is scheduled for around 5:30 pm at the foot of the Eiffel Tower.
Source: La Verdad
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