Tour de Romandie 2023: profile, route and participants
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He romandie tour puts into play its 2023 edition, number 76 in its history, since This Tuesday, April 25until the Sunday, the 30th. The race, which is held in Switzerland, specifically in its French-speaking area, includes a prologue stage and five stages, and counts, as representatives of Basque cycling, with the participation of Jon Izagirre (Cofidis) and Jonathan Castroviejo (Ineos-Grenadiers)to face candidates for final victory such as Sergio Higuita (Bora-hansgrohe), Simon Yates (Jayco), Romain Bardet (DSM) or Adam Yates and Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates).
The course offers opportunities for many runners; For the six days of competition, the organization of the Tour de Romandie has prepared two time trials (the 6.8-kilometre prologue and a 18.7-kilometre stage), a summit finish at more than 2,000 meters of altitude, two days of medium mountain and a day in which the sprinters can show their form in the final meters.
In addition to the cyclists already mentioned, the presence in the Tour de Romandie of Egan Bernal (Ineos), Matteo Jorgenson (Movistar), Alexey Lutsenko (Astana) or Thibaut Pinot (Groupama)among others.
According to the forecasts, the general will be decided with the Châtel-St-Denis time trial, of 18.7 km, this Friday, and with the queen stage, on Saturday, with the finish line at Thyon 2000, after a long climb of 21 kilometers that they present a 7.6% average slope; before the runners must overcome another four ports and a drop of more than 4300 meters.
STAGES OF THE TOUR OF ROMANDY 2023
Prologue (Tuesday, April 25): Le Bouveret-Le Bouveret (6.8 kilometres)
Profile of the prologue stage of the Tour de Romandie. Image: Tour de Romandie.
ANDcover 1 (Wednesday, April 26): Crissier-Vallée de Joux (170.9 kilometers)
Profile of stage 1 of the Tour de Romandie. Image: Tour de Romandie.
Stage 2 (Thursday, April 27): Morteau-La Chaux-de-Fonds (162.7 kilometres)
Profile of stage 2 of the Tour de Romandie. Image: Tour de Romandie.
Stage 3 (Friday, April 28): Châtel-Saint-Denis-Châtel-Saint-Denis (18.7 kilometers)
Profile of stage 3 of the Tour de Romandie. Image: Tour de Romandie.
Stage 4 (Saturday, April 29): Sion–Thyon 2000 (161.6 kilometres)
Profile of stage 4 of the Tour de Romandie. Image: Tour de Romandie.
Stage 5 (Sunday, April 30): Vufflens-la-Ville-Geneva (170.8 kilometers)
Profile of stage 5 of the Tour de Romandie. Image: Tour de Romandie.
Source: Eitb
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