Ciney, a little one City of the province of Namur which 55 years ago housed the departure of a stage of the Tour de France. That will be the starting point, for the first time in its long history, of a mythical classic that is part of the ‘triptych of the Ardenas’: The valley arrow (12:45, eurosport; 13:45, RTVE Play). The classics of the pucan They enter into ‘Valverde territory’, Where the Murcian shone more than anyone with his five victories.
A milest battle For the victory this Wednesday in the Belgian race: Tadej Pogacar and Remco Evenepoel. “I have really enjoyed this classic campaign so far. I arrived at this stage with many objectives and ambitions, and I still have two, the most important next Sunday (Liege). I will try to activate the legs again in the Vallea arrow, in the Huy wall. I think everything goes for good path for a good career in the Liege-Bastoña-Lieja, which is the main objective for this part of the season in the Ardenas, ”he explained Pogi about his sensations for a race that goes like a ring to his finger.
Especially that final explosive in the Huy wall, in whose impossible ramps (1.3 km at 9.6% average) won over 2023. It was not then, but in 2022, When the Slovenian coincided with Remco, year of his only participation to date (It was 43) in a valona arrow in which if there is someone with arrests of threatening an alternative script to an outcome in the last step through the wall of Huy, that is him. The three previous steps by the quotas (a total of 11) of Cote d’Ereffe and Cote de Cherave They can be your best option.
And not only for the Belgian, but for the rest … because an whole or nothing against Pogacar in an explosive wall with 19% ramps translates into minimal possibilities of success in the vast majority of cases. Interestingly, that was experienced by the Third runner in discord that higher in bets, a Mattias Skjelmose which ended 2 after Pogi In 2023. A memory that reinforces the confidence of the Danish, but does it even more his recent victory at the Amstel Gold Race, a capitalized carrier that resolved the Esprint against Pogacar and Evenepoel. Healy, Alaphilippe, Hirschi, Pidcock, Van Gils, Van Eetveelt, Nys and Benoot, applicants among which are the Spanish Bazas of Enric Mas, Pello Bilbao y Alex Aranburu.
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