September will be an important month in the 2024 season of Spanish road teambecause during this time they await the celebration of European Championship, which will take place in the province of Limburg (Belgium) from September 11 to 15, and from World Championshipwhich will take place in Zürich (Switzerland) between September 22 and 29.
Looking forward to the first event, the Limburg European Championship, the national coach Pascual Momparler A list of eight cyclists who will have the opportunity to defend the jersey of the Spanish National Team has been drawn up. Raúl García Pierna (Arkea-B&B Hotels), Jon Aberasturi (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Xabier Berasategui (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Fernando Barceló (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Pau Miquel (Kern Pharma), Antonio Soto (Kern Pharma), Kiko Galván (Kern Pharma) and Antonio Angulo (Burgos-BH) They are the eight cyclists who will compete in the elite men’s online test on September 15.
The title of European road champion will be decided on a 222-kilometer route with only 1,200 meters of elevation gain. Participating cyclists will receive a start at town of Heusden-Zolder and from there they will face the first section of thirty kilometers that will take them in an urban circuit through the streets of Hasselt, capital of the province of Limburg. They will make three and a half turns on this 14.4 km route before heading into the second loop, called “Limburg Circuit”, of about 32 km and which includes two levels (Kolmontberg and Zammelenberg) and two sections of pavés (Manshoven and Op de Kriezel). In the three laps that will take place on this Limburg Circuit, some of the movements that define the race should happen, because when the three laps are finished there will only be a small section to return to the Hasselt street circuit and another lap . and half here before finding the finish line.
The Spanish National Team will also face the day of Wednesday, September 11 with great enthusiasm and hope thanks to the participation of Raúl García Pierna in the individual time trial. The Madrid cyclist, Spanish elite time trial champion in 2022, will defend the diver of the national team for the first time as an elite cyclist after having shone internationally in the specialty in the lower category (6th in the 2021 and 2023 U23 Europeans and 6th 4 in the 2023 U23 World Cup). The time trial medals of this European Championships in Limburg will be up for grabs on a 31.1 km route, mostly flat, that will take the participants from the town of Heusden-Zolder, the starting point, to Hasselt, which will also be. the place where the finish line is located.
Source: La Verdad
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