it will be back many carats that will be three high endAs we prepare for a participating roster of Remco Evenepoel, which has never been seen before and will be made official in the coming weeks, but already with stellar performance on Catalan roads, a major attraction in the 2022 season, world champion and heading to Catalonia attacking the Giro after signing up for Vuelta last season.

The Catalan tour saw the light this Wednesday Barcelonawith a menu full of mountains, with active stages, sprinters will have to work hard if they want to play the sprint win in two days with the best chance ( Sant Feliu de Guixols and sabadell) and with the feature that has defined the main figures of the peloton in recent years, especially those who keep the Giro among their year goals, as a race that attracts them.

testing will begin Sant Feliu de Guixols, like last year. he will do Monday, March 20 and sunday 26 on the traditional Sunday date of the same month MontjuicThe second stage of the Vuelta, which will start in the Catalan capital on August 26, will pass through some parts of Barcelona.

From Mataró to the Pyrenees

What makes sense at Sant Feliu is for a medium-sized group to arrive carefully with sideburns so as not to waste precious seconds before two successive Pyrenean stages; the first will start from Mataró (like the second day of the tour in Spain) and Valter 2,000 Volta’s third tour La Molina. Either way, you’ll always need to keep track of the weather, lest there’s any trick to the snow.

After a day of calm and goals sabadellIt will move towards the volt Terres de l’Ebre to get to the top portperhaps near the end of the race and before leaving after the two Pyrenean crossings, the most transcendent day of the race Molins de ReyTogether the last trap in the last kilometers and finish the test on the slopes of Montjuïc.

Figures

Outside doubleEgan Bernal expressed his intention to compete in Volta for now, on his way to getting into shape after his serious accident in 2022. Chris FroomeIt should also take its place on the Catalan roads, although it is still a long way from the driver who scored victories in the Tour. However, many validations are missing, such as: Movistar setthis year, after its withdrawal Alejandro Valverde and having a single leader should be refined and much more rigorous in setting Enric Mas’s game schedule.