Lombardy, before Tour of Lombardywill be played this Saturday (by Eurosport, expected arrival at 5 p.m.) as the closing of the European cycling campaign. And he does it with the best cyclists in the peloton, especially with the duel between Tadej Pogacar, winner of the last two editions of the race, and Remco Evenepoel, which could not be seen in Liège-Bastogne-Liège due to the fall of the Slovenian cyclist. It will be the last test that Primoz Roglic He will compete with the Jumbo jersey.
Why do they call it classic Dead Leaves?
Lombardy, in cycling terms, announced the arrival of autumn before the scourge of climate change. The fallen leaves of the trees on the asphalt represented the beginning of a new season. In Italian they call it ‘classica delle foglie morte’. This year it is faced with 238 kilometers. It is part of the five great cycling classics. The other four are: Milan-San Remo, Tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix and Liège-Bastogne-Liège, all of them held in spring. It is the third oldest one-day race on the cycling calendar. It was run for the first time in 1905.
Why is it so difficult for the Spanish to win it?
Traditionally, Spanish riders had already unplugged their peculiar cable in light of cycling in October. Only Purito Rodríguez has achieved victory on two occasions, in 2012 and 2013, the best of his professional career, although Miquel Poblet, Marino Lejarreta, Samuel Sánchez, Alejandro Valverde and Enric Mas, last year, were fighting for the podium in the proof. Mas repeats participation in Il Lombardia, like Mikel Landa, third in 2022.
Why does it have a big turnout this year?
Well, because for the first time a cycling event crosses the same path as Tadej Pogacar, Remco Evenepoel and Primoz Roglic, since falls and different calendars have prevented the three riders from meeting in the same race in 2023. Along with them, international participation is fueled by the Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz (the fall of the Tour prevented him from attending the Vuelta), the brothers Adam and Simon Yates, Julian Alaphilippe and Carlos Rodríguez.
Why does climbers do well?
Contrary to what happens in the rest of the great classics, except for Liège, the climbs mark the path of Lombardy and thus open the options for victory for cyclists considered more climbers than rollers. The Poggio, in the Milan-San Remo route, is not hard enough to eliminate cyclists who are at odds with the mountain and the cobblestones mark the route to Flanders and Roubaix. In Liège the hills and slopes usually establish the good escape from kilometers away, especially in the famous Redoute climb, although an Evenepoel can always appear to present himself to the finish line alone. For this reason, names such as Charly Mottet, Tony Rominger, Damiano Cunego, Purito Rodríguez, Vincenzo Nibali (also winner in San Remo) and Thibaut Pinot appear among the winners in the Lombardy list.
2023-10-07 07:52:32
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