Neither rider will be on the start line this year leaving the race wide open in the battle🅷 for overall victory. Van der Breggen has since retired from pro racing and has moved into a sports director role at SD Worx and Van Vleuten is currently recovering after suffering a broken wrist sustained training crash.
What can we expect this year?
Anna van der Breggen and Annemiek van Vleuten sprint to the top of Lagunas de Neila on the final day of racing🔴 (Image credit: Getty Images)
The four-dayಞ event offers a total of eight categorised climbs and two mountain🐲top finishes during the 489.4 kilometres of racing.
There are two mountaintop finishes with stage 3 at Ojo Guare&ntꦺilde;a and the race will culminate with a heav🍌y day of climbing on stage 4, which includes the potentially-race-deciding mountaintop finish at Lagunas de Neila. The 12km ascent to the finish line averages 9.6% in elevation gain, with an 11% gradient in the final kilometre.
We can expect SD Worx to arrive on point to defend their title from last year. 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Demi Vollering recently won all three stages and the overall title at the inaugural 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Itzulia Women and was expected to be a favouriꦅte ღfor Vuelta a Burgos Feminas.
Vollering and Moolman Pasio were involved in a crash at Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria, and while Vollering spent the night in hospital, the team have confirmed that both riders ♉have not sustained injuries from the crash. The team will decide on Thursday morning, ahead of stage 1, whether Vollering will start.
"Normally she’ll start, but this is a decision which will be made tomorrow morning," the team told Cyclingnews.
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Sarah Gigante will be another 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:favourites to win the overall title for Movistar. The Australian secured her first victory for her new team at Emakumeen Nafarroako, and although she did not start stage 2 at Itzulia Women, she highlights the roster for Burgos alongside Emma Norsgaard, S🐼ara Martin and Paula Patiño.
Spanish Champion 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Mavi Garcia is back to racing after 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:testing positive for COVID-19 that sidelined her from Itzulia Women. She had a series of strong results this spring with ninth overall at Setmana Ciclista Valenciana, sixth at Amstel Gold Race, fifth at Flèche Wallonne, and second overall at Vuelta Ciclista Andalucía Ruta Del Sol. Last week she was third at Gran Premio Ciudad de Eibar and fifth at Emakumeen Nafarroako Women. She will race as part of a four-rider team that i𝓰ncludes Sophie Wright, Laura Tomasi, Alessia Patuelli.
BikeExchange-Jayco were forced to pull out of Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria due to illness within the team, but they have a confirmed roster at Vuelta a Burgos that includes 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Kristen Faulkner, Amanda Spratt and Ane Santesteban🃏, who are all strong climbers.
Jumbo-Visma is not registered to compete and has inste🏅ad opted to race the one-day Veenendaal-Veenendaal Classic on Friday.
Team DSM's 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Liane Lippert was sixth overall at Itzulia and will be a strong card to play for the Dutch team. Canyon-SRAM's 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Pauliena Rooijakkers just captured a victory at Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria, after also finishing second overall at Itzulia. The team haven't confirmed their line-up but if she is rac☂ing, she will undoubtedly want to capitalise on her strong form.
EF Education-TIBCO-SVB line up with revelation 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Veronica Ewers, who 🐭has recent won a stage at Festival Elsy Jacobs and Navarra Women's Elite Classics, while also finishing second at Emakumeen Nafarroako and Durango - Durango Emakumeen Saria.
FDJ Nouvelle Aquitaine Futuroscope arrive with Ardennes Classics star 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marta Cavalli, who won both Amstel Gold Race and Flèche Wallonne, and recently finished fourth overall at Itzulia Wome𝔉n.
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lucinda Brand and Shirin van Anrooij of Trek-Segafredo will no doubt add𓄧 spark to the race, both opportunists who push boundaries and ignite breakaways.
A total of 21 teams will take part, 12 of them of the highest category of world women's cycling, although rosters have yet to be confirmed oꦡn the day ahead of the event.
Among the nine UCI Continental squads are four from Spain-Eneicat-RBH Global, Massi Tactic Women's Team, Sopela Women's Team and Bizkaia–Durango, with🌠 an opportunity to showcase rising national talent at one of the biggest races on home soil.
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Kirsten Frattini is the Deputy Editor of Cyclingnews, overseeing the global racing content plan.
Kirsten has a background in Kinesiology and Health Science. She has been involved in cy💫cling from the community and grassroots level to professional cycling's b🐼iggest races, reporting on the WorldTour, Spring Classics, Tours de France, World Championships and Olympic Games.
She began her sports journalism career with Cyclingnews as a North American Correspondent in 2006. In 2018, Kirsten became Women's Editor – overseeing the content strategy, race coverage and gr♊owth of women's professional c🤡ycling – before becoming Deputy Editor in 2023.
