The Portuguese Joao Almeida (UAE)Winner this season of Itzulia and return to Romandía, This is the favorite number Uno in the 88th edition of Switzerland’s touring argument between the next 15 and 22 daysWhere Spanish cycling will try to find a position of honor with Pello Bilbao (Bahrain) and Pablo Castrillo (Movistar) on a tour with options for climbers.
In another essay for Tour de France starting on July 5 in Lille, and without figures ending this weekend the Dauphiné, Almeida will try to follow the season success line with the UAE command.
Without Pogacar itself, without vingegaard or evenEPOEL, the prognosis opens. Almeida will have a difficult opposition to ineos with veterans Geraint Thomas (Ineos), in a fight where Spain Pello Bilbao, Red Bull Alexander Vlatov or the Colombian of Astana Harold Tejada may enter.
For the stages and positions of honor, runners such as Alaphilippe and Marc Hirschi (Tudor), British people Geoghegan and Sevillian Juanpe López (LIDL), and why not, Izagirre (Cofidis) also Aspire.
Switzerland tour
Last winner
2024. Adam Yates (GBR)
2023. Mattias Skjelmose (Din)
2022. GerainT Thomas (GBR)
2021. Richard Carapaz (ECU)
2019. Egan Bernal (Col)
Movistar presents a powerful team who thinks of hunting stages, along with the Colombian Nairo Quintana de Captain, accompanied by Javier Romo, Pelayo Sánchez, Pablo Castrillo, Will Barta, Albert Torres, Nelson Oliveira.
A attractive -attractive tour from start to the end
The return to Switzerland consists of 8 stages that can offer daily -sun surprise. The first one has a second port of the category. One day with a continuous increase will continue, and in the last 40 km 4 sizes. The third ending in Heiden ends high after exceeding two ports in the last 16 kilometers.
The high mountain will come on four days, but it is a “uniport” day with a splülenpass (8.8 km at 7.7), a step talking to Switzerland in Italy and crowned at 2,115 meters.
Switzerland tour
The stages
1a küssnacht – küssnacht 127,2
2a aarau – schwarzsee, lac noir 177.1
3A AARAU – HEIDEN 191
4a Heiden – Piuro (Valchiavenna, Italy) 193,1
Those -5 La Punt – Santa Maria in Calanca 183,7
6a chur – neuhausen am rheinfall 186,7
7a Neuhausen Am Rheinfall – Emmeten 211,8
8a Bechenried – Stockütte, CRI 10,1
The Queen Day will come on the fifth day with 4 high and ends raised in Santa María in Calanca. The next day the sixth offers a less demanding end, for adventurers or sprinters with a background, but is demanding half.
The seventh has a curly profile and an interesting -gratification of Emmeten with an increase from 3.8 to 8.1, but first the burgeonock (2, 5.5 km at 7.9) will have to be confronted. And to finish a Chrono -scallop of 10 km that should not excessively change the overall.
Source: La Verdad
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