The 71 Back to Andalusia-Ruta Del Sol. The Belgian TIM WELLENSSpanish Enric paThe British Thomas Pidcock and the Colombian Nairo Quintana as favorites.
WELLENSof the UAE Team Emirates, winning in 2018 and five stages in this career; More and quintanaof the Movistar team; and PidcockDouble Olympic Mountain Bicycle Champion and signed this season for Q36.5, will be great test stars, where It will not be egan bernalWinner on 2019 tour and 2021 turn, without forgetting Belgian Maxim van gilswho won the injured edition of 2024 with only one stage.
Bernal. You can’t rule the ineos On Route Del Sol. Omar Faraile This would be the replacement of a team that also confirmed the existence of French Axel LaurenceWorld Cycling Champion on the U23 route in 2023, which won only 22 years successful tour of Norway touring, in addition to a stage.
WELLENSOn the other hand, he will be supported by debutant Pablo Torres, one of the promises of the Spanish cycling, which, in 19, promoted professionalism with the UAE Team Emirates and that -dedicated to tour down under, where he ended up in the Post 22 by the general and the third best young cyclist; In addition to Catalan Marc Soler, to take part in the fifth time trial.
Winner at Tour Del Porvenir in 2015 and Paris-Niza in 2018, was on its record with stage successes on the Spanish tour (2020, 2022 and 2024), the Romandía Tour (2021) and southern route to France .
In the departure line there will be 17 teams, six World Tours, ten UCI Pro Tours and one Continental.
She is Movistar teamThe single team of Spain in the first division of World Cycling, will take five other elite.
She is UAE Team EmiratesFirst classified by the classification of the UCI world, he will be the rival to defeat. The Spanish -led squad José Antonio Fernández, “Matxin”, Time has begun leading the world’s classification, where Movistar is currently occupying the third place after adding points in the first races of the year.
Next to them, the Decathlon Ag2R La Mondiale team was also on Torrox, which ended the sixth in the UCI World Division last year; The team is ineos grenadiers, seventh in the same ranking; Team Jayco Alula, who graduated from the 14th position; and the German team Red Bull Boe-Hansgrohe, fifth in the classification, in addition to an X mobility (Norway) and Q 36.5 (Switzerland).
The main Spanish team of UCI classification will contribute to emotion and existence in leaks, as usual. Euskalttel-Euskadi orange, the purple of Burgos BH and the green of the rural-seguros RGA box will be added to the show. In addition, Kern Pharma, who stood on the final return to Spain with a three -stages of success, will try to repeat its excellent performance.
The remaining participants squads are Team Flanders Baloise (Belgium) and Warner Bazin (Belgium), Petrolike (Mexico), and the Unibet Musthema Rockets (France).
The first phase will leave the Municipality of the Torrox Costa and arrive at Cueva de Nerja, all in the province of Malaga, with 162 kilometers and five highs, thus considering the organization as the day of the Queen of this edition.
Nerja was the end of the stage on the route Del Sol on seven occasions, especially in the sixties and seventies, when the Nerjeños saw their weapons winning their world wins known cyclists such as Luis Ocaña, winner in 1968, or Freddy Maertens, in 1975
The freshness will be “golden kilometers” in the third and fourth stages with seconds of seconds that can be decisive for the final classification.
– Stages of Andalusia Tours:
.1. Torrox Costa (Málaga) -nerja (Málaga): 162 kilometers.
.2. Alcaudete (Jaén) -Torredelcampo (Jaén): 133 km.
.3. Arjona (Jaén) -Pozoblanco (Córdoba): 162 km.
.4. Córdoba-Alhaurín de la Torre (Málaga): 195 km.
.5. Benahavís (Málaga) -The line (cádiz): 172 km.
Source: La Verdad
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