Tour of Flanders 2023: profile, participants and route
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The tour of flandersone of the most prestigious classics on the international cycling calendar, puts into play This Sunday, April 2its 2023 edition, number 107 since it was held for the first time in 1913. With a 273.4 kilometer routestarting in Bruges and finishing in Oudenaarde, the Tour of Flanders 2023 presents a list of participants that lead Mathieu van der Poelwho was the winner in 2022, Wout van Aert and Tadej Pogacarand in which is also found Oier Lazkano as a representative of cycling in Euskal Herria; Lazkano also arrives after getting an excellent second place in the Across Flanderson Wednesday. ETB1 and eitb.eus are going to broadcast the test live.
The race, which will take place the day after the GP Miguel Indurain and on the eve of the beginning of the Itzulia Basque Country, will start at 10:00 a.m., and the organization expects its winner to reach the finish line just before 4:30 p.m. The Oude Kwaremont and the Paterberg are indicated by the Tour of Flanders itself as the main obstacles that the runners will encounter in the final part of the journey; These are two paved hills, 2,200 and 360 meters respectively, that the peloton will have to overcome in the decisive kilometers of the Tour of Flanders.
The list of runners who will be at the start line of Bruges is of a very high level, as befits one of the most important one-day races in the world. The team Alpecin–Deceuninck will try to repeat the victory obtained in 2022 by the Dutchman Mathieu van der Poelwhom he will accompany, among others, with the Danish Soren Kragh Andersen; he Jumbo–Vismawho counts his last races for victories, arrives with Wout van Aert and Christopher Laportewinner this week in the Ghent–Wevelgem and in the Through Flanders; Tadej Pogacar will be helped UAE Team Emiratesby Tim Wellens and Matteo Trentinowhile Julian Alaphilippe will lead a Soudal Quick-Step which also has Kasper Asgreen and david ballerini.
tom pidcock will try to give victory to Ineos – Grenadiers, and other riders like Biniam Girmay (Intermarché), Peter Sagan (TotalEnergies) and Alexander Kristoff (One-X) They also appear in the pools.
The gasteiztarra has earned the right to be in them Oier Lazkano (Movistar), who showed his good form on Wednesday in the Across Flanders. Lazkano will give his best in the Tour of Flanders, that ETB1 and eitb.eus will broadcast live.
PROFILE OF THE TOUR OF FLANDERS 2023
Image: Tour of Flanders.
In parallel, also this Sunday, several of the best female cyclists in the world are also going to compete in the Tour of Flanders. The test will be carried out on a route of 156.6 kilometers, and the last 45, from the ascent to Kopenberg, will be the same as those of the men’s race; The race will start at 1:30 p.m. oudenaardeand the winner will cross the finish line around 5:30 p.m. in the same location.
The Belgian cyclist SD Workx Lotte Kopecky, winner in 2022, is the top favorite to win in this edition as well. the dutch Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar)the Italian of Trek – Segafredo Elisa Balsamo and the danish Cecilie Uttrup Ludwigof the team FDJ–Suezare the main candidates to prevent Kopecky from repeating his victory from a year ago.
In addition to those mentioned, other very outstanding runners will also participate, due to their career or their great moment of form: Lorraine Wiebes, Demi Vollering and Marlen Reusser (SD Workx), Liane Lippert, Floortie Mackaij and Arlenis Sierra Canadilla (Movistar), Shari Bossuyt (Canyon Sram Racing), Jane Zoe Backstedt (EF Education), Grace Brown (FDJ – Suez), Sanne Cant (Fenix ​​– Deceuninck), Pfeiffer Georgi (DSM), Marianne Vos and Coryn Rivera (Jumbo – Visma), Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek – Segafredo), Marta Bastianelli and Silvia Persico (UAE Team ADQ) and Maria Giulia Confalonieri (One-X) They are the cyclists that the organization of the Tour of Flanders itself highlights.
Source: Eitb
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