Dutch runners have always had extraordinary dominance in women’s cycling. They’ve been the main protagonists in any race for years and are one of the reasons why Movistar signed Anmemiek Van Vleuten as leader of the ranks, who is facing his last active year this season before retiring at age 40.
WITH van vleuten The bike year he wanted never came out. Accustomed to winning anytime and anywhere, he sees how he failed to achieve these extraordinary positions that led him to win almost everything he started doing in 2022; Tour, Giro and World Cup among other destinations. For the next year, Movistar will have to look for an alternative to its leader after creating a roster based on his image and likeness. Dutch runnerWhile this meant a lack of momentum for Spanish women’s cycling, it actually went extinct in a blue team filled with good foreign runners.
Instead, a citizen half vollering 2023 is becoming the big attraction of the cycling year. The undisputed hero of the Ardennes classics came to the Tour with the desire to win the race, beat Van Vleuten and begin his candidacy for the Tour. second last year.
If she joins the couple by the name of the other great Dutch figure, Marianne Vos, then the meal is already served and the other customers cannot taste the victory food. This Thursday, in Guadalajara, on a semi-mountainous day and tense weather, You he achieved his second consecutive victory in a Vuelta, which his country delivered to the riders who have won all the stages so far; First by teams with Jumbo; Second with Dutch sprinter charlotte koolthe following two people who left the test this thursday You.
Blue Garcia, the hero
It would come as no surprise that the Dutch runners would take all the stages, but for that, other competitors such as the very active Fourth-stage Majorcan Blue García will have the final say.
This Friday the mountain comes with the first high end of the race. Penas Llanas PerspectiveIt is in the Segovian town of Riaza and in the fifth stage, which will have a 129-kilometer route.