The big day has arrived for cycling in the Olympic Games in Paris. Today the men’s road race takes place (starting at 11:10 am), the women’s race tomorrow, after the time trial where Remco Evenepoel He is the fastest Olympic champion.
It is certainly the corridor of eSocial team one of the big favorites in this Saturday’s quiz, courtesy of his compatriot Wout Van Aert, silver in the Tokyo 2020 road test and had to settle for bronze in the Paris time trial. Along with them, another big name that is on the lips of all fans is the Dutchman Mathieu Van der Poel. The cyclist of Alpinewho participated in the mountain bike event at Tokyo 2020, which he did not finish after a severe fall, debuted in the road event of the Olympic Games to capture one of the few glories that eluded him.
Along with them, we need to be attentive to the evolution of other great runners, such as the Danes. Mads Pedersen and Mattias Skjelmosethe British Tom Pidcock, who in Paris was declared Olympic champion in mountain biking; the American Matteo Jorgenson, the canadian Derek Gee, the Irish Bean Hearley or French Julian Alaphilippeamong other names.
The options of Spanish cycling
With them, the three Spaniards, Juan Ayuso, Alex Aranburu and Oier Lazkano. The three of them have nothing to lose and everything to gain. In the interview before the start of the Games, coach Pascual Momparler was confident in the performance of his children – “we have a perfect team. Looking at the route, I think these are the three best cyclists who can go to the Games – and yesterday in the statements to the MD continues to be confident the thing is that our team they have recovered from the Tour and they are eager, which is the important thing that they are growing as cyclists and after the Classics, the Giro and the Tour, in August is super important that they want the athletes to compete, let’s see if they have the legs and luck and if we have it, we will definitely be good.
Ahead, a difficult route, 273 kilometers, with 13 hills up and down, the last of which is located 10 kilometers from the finish line. It will be a race of strength and strategy, where rivals will fall as it progresses.
Spanish road cycling has been looking for a glory that has fought for it ever since Beijing 2008with gold of Samuel Sanchezthe only Spanish cycling medal in an online event at the Olympic Games
Source: La Verdad
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