The Tremendous World Championships are over however the European racing continues this week, with Primož Roglič using the Vuelta a Burgos, Mads Pedersen and Fabio Jakobsen on the Tour of Denmark and others riders in motion on the Arctic Race of Norway, the Tour du Limousin-Périgord in central France and one-day races in Belgium. The Volta a Portugal additionally runs this week however has a largely Continental crew discipline than lately.
The countdown to the Vuelta a Espana can also be about to start out, with riders set to assemble in Barcelona in simply 9 days’ time for the opening stage on August 26.
Roglic is utilizing the Vuelta a Burgos as last preparation for the Vuelta a Espana. He has not raced since triumphing on the Giro d’Italia and spent a lot of July at an altitude camp with a number of Jumbo-Visma teammates.
This yr’s five-stage Tour of Burgos begins on Tuesday and features a flat stage, a 13.1km crew time trial, two hilly levels and a mountain end at Lagunas de Neila.
Roglic’s largest rivals will doubtless be Adam Yates who leads UAE Staff Emirates. Aleksandr Vlasov and Lennard Kämna lead Borsa-Hansgrohe, Santiago Buitrago leads Bahrain Victorious and the USA’s Joe Dombrowski leads Astana Qazaqstan as he additionally prepares for the Vuelta a Espana.
“Primoz has not had such a strong preparation for the Vuelta since 2019. He was in a position to relaxation after which he had altitude coaching to construct up as deliberate. He’s in good condition now,” Jumbo-Visma directeur sportif Marc Reef mentioned.
“The opening levels of the Vuelta a Espana aren’t easy, and the third stage already has a mountain end. It’s vital to start out robust. Subsequently, having the Tour of Burgos of their legs already is useful for riders coming off a coaching block.”
The Tour of Denmark begins on Tuesday in Aalborg and runs till Sunday twentieth August.
Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard shouldn’t be using as he prepares for the Vuelta a Espana however the begin lists embody Mads Pedersen and Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek), Jakobsen and his trusted Soudal-Quickstep lead-out man Michael Mørkøv.
Magnus Cort and Mikkel Honoré lead EF Schooling-Easypost and Søren Wærenskjold heads the Uno-X crew.
The USA’s Chad Haga rides in one among his final European stage races earlier than his transfer to the gravel scene, whereas the Human Powered Well being crew tries to safe its future.
Jakobsen returns to racing after abandoning the Tour de France on stage 12 attributable to severe crash accidents he suffered on stage 4. He has just lately confirmed his transfer to Staff dsm-firmenich for 2024.
The Dutchman can have three dash alternatives whereas the final classification will probably be determined by the hilly stage in Vejle and the 16.1km particular person time trial scheduled on the ultimate day round Helsingør.
The four-day Tour du Limousin-Périgord additionally begins on Tuesday, with Benoît Cosnefroy main AG2R Citroën and Romain Grégoire flying the flag for Groupama-FDJ.
This yr’s Arctic Race of Norway (August 17-20) has been overshadowed by the opposite races however is a 2.Professional-category stage race just like the Vuelta a Burgos and the Tour of Denmark and so presents loads of UCI rating factors.
The Grote Prijs Yvonne Reynders (August 15) marks the return of ladies’s racing after the World Championships, with the Grote Prijs Jef Scherens beginning the Belgian calendar on Tuesday.
The ladies can compete within the Konvert Kortrijk Koerse (August 18) earlier than each women and men deal with the Druivenkoers-Overijse race on August 19.
The boys’s WorldTour returns on Sunday, with the one-day Bemer Cyclassics in Hamburg, Germany, the place most of the greatest Classics riders from the 18 WorldTour groups will probably be in motion.
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