let the music play! May Christmas, Holy Week and the feast of Saint John pass quickly because 5th JulyIn the city of Lille, a tour presented this Tuesday will mark the beginning of something more ParisIt will be a party with fierce cycling vibes, including dropping everything for three weeks, traveling to France and having fun, putting up Do Not Disturb signs at home or in the office and making everyone feel like a little hero of the French era. Will have to be made. One of the more brutal, barbaric, brutal, brutal and bestial (no adjective is superfluous) in the modern history of cycling. At least nothing like this had been seen in the last 35 years. Moreover, with long distance steps.
All you have to do is place a candle in the most intimate and dear place so that no one gets hurt as has happened in the last two years; First, in 2023, the accident of tadej pogakar in Liège, and in April, a serious decline of jonas winggard in Itzulia, which forced him to leave the Tour due to lack of form. Possibly, with the permission of always Remco Evenepoel, It wouldn’t take much to name this pair as favorites to win in Paris. But interpreting La Traviata is not the same Uniform At La Scala in Milan or in a village theatre. The cycling stage next July will be the time for the most worthy to be selected for these two extraordinary cyclists to become tenants in the best of the French theaters and the toughest of all time.
route, completely FranceThis is what this newspaper had reported about two weeks ago. Then the arrival was discovered, but the spices were missing. And he has produced perfection in cycling, a masterful work that will focus attention on his debut, just as they will on the spectacular opening battle. Matthew Van Der Poel And wout van aertas long as Pogakar Do not panic. Because running with a sprinter’s license would be a bad deal, barring the gift of a yellow suit from the first stage, two days of recovery on the way and the finish line on the Champs-Élysées.
normandy and brittany
Cavendish, the last cyclist to win easily, is goneGet ready for the spectacle of the steep roads of normandy And Brittany, for arriving with a percentage greater than 10 percent, to discover the peaks of Auapa next to rocks full of oysters and to end the supposedly flat menu of the first seven stages with an appointment in the sun or in the rain. britney wallIn between, on the fifth day, a 33 flat kilometer time trial unfolds they fall So that no one feels trapped in boredom.
He 14th July It will be Monday and since it is a holiday in France, fireworks, real pyrotechnics, will be launched Central Massif With a day that will bring together seven climbs and 4,400 meters of positive descent, before the Tour comes to a halt toulouse To recharge our batteries in front of the Pyrenees and without forgetting a stage around the Occitan capital with a burning spike 8 kilometers from the finish line: climbing a hill called screw david And that’s considering a percentage of 20%, a pure and simple garage ramp.
The best of the Pyrenees comes in a long time: first of all hotacamProbably the hardest slope of the mountain range with the last route through Solor, then an 11 kilometer time trial to Altipuerto de Peragudes With inequality of 16% and to end a ‘platform’ on the lines of 1986 Bernard Hinault -July will mark 40 years since his fifth victory, ending four decades without a Frenchman finishing the Tour in yellow -He launched his last champion spark: He shined Tourmalet (may it never disappear), Espin and Pérasorde where it was displayed before being sunk in Superbagnères pedro delgado In 1989 in style.
alpine hour
the race continues montpellierBecause it will be necessary to get inspiration before the third supernatural week starts ventouxOn its most complex side, with about 16 kilometers of climbing and which is further strengthened in two incredible alpine stages. Did no one see the reference? Rani ManchNot good. It will reach the 18th day of the cycling battle, with 5,500 meters of positive gradient, Glandon, Madeleine and 26 kilometers of suffering. Courchevel At an altitude of 2,304 meters above sea level, with a final ascent on the forest path leading to La Loz.
Pogacar and the UAE team are already in SpainIf there’s any inspiration left, the Alps say goodbye in a 19-kilometre climb la plagneBefore a momentary trip to the Jurassic Peaks (Saturday, July 26) Croix de la Serra Before everyone heads to Paris for a stroll along the Champs Elysees and respectfully lowers the curtain, as a last hill sigh Travel Fantasy with historical labels.
