The Italian classics campaign for the month of October will begin on Saturday with the event which, after the Tour of Lombardyis undoubtedly the most prestigious: the Tower of Emilie ! Due to its very difficult course, this event contested in Emilia-Romagna is the ideal rehearsal before the big battle which will take place a week later on the last Monument of the season. Marked by three climbs, including Montechiaro and its 3.1 kilometers at an average of 9.7% (max 18%), the online part will be around 170 km long, then five laps of a 9.2 kilometer circuit. traced in Bologna, with the famous coast of San Luca (2.1 km at 9.4%), will be carried out, the arrival being judged at the summit of San Luca.
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Finally the right one for Tadej Pogacar?
As always on the Tour of Emiliathe starting list for this 107th edition is extremely attractive, with almost all the best punchers-climbers in the world being present. The number one headliner will of course be Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates), who will be keen to win their first race with the rainbow jersey. Second in the last two editions, the Slovenian will want to cross the finish line first this time, and we don’t see what could stop him if he performs at his standard level of 2024.
Primoz Roglic and Remco Evenepoel as Pogacar’s main rivals?
However, we can count on certain riders to shake him up, and in particular his runners of 2022 and 2023, in this case the Spaniard Enrique Mas (Movistar Team), which finished the year strong, and the Slovenian Primoz Roglic (Red Bull – BORA-hansgrohe), winner three times at the San Luca summit (2019, 2021 and 2023) and who could well see himself returning on Saturday to one length of the record holder for victories on the Tower of Emiliethe Italian Constant Girardengo. For this to happen, however, it will have to be much higher than what it was last week on the World Championships.
Not seen on this Italian semi-classic since 2021, an edition in which he finished fifth, the Belgian Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step) will also be there, and he will really want to take his revenge on a Tadej Pogacar who completely dominated him on the Tour de France and to Worlds. Matteo Jorgenson (Team Visma | Lease a Bike), Juan Ayuso, Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates), Michael Woods (Israel-Premier Tech), David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ), Tom Pidcock (INEOS Grenadiers), Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious), Simon Yates, Eddie Dunbar (Team Jayco AlUla)… here are the other riders expected at the front on Saturday in Emilia-Romagna.
The Tour d’Émilie 2024 route
Saturday October 5 : Vignola – Bologna-San Luca / 215.8 kilometers (actual departure at 11:15 a.m., arrival around 4:30 p.m.)
The starting list
Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe (WT)
1 ROGLIC Primoz
2 ADRIAN Roger
3 ALEOTTI Giovanni
4 HINDLEY Jai
5 LIPOWITZ Florian
6 MARTINEZ Daniel Felipe
7 SOBRERO Matteo
UAE Team Emirates (WT)
11 POGACAR Tadej
12 BAX Sjoerd
13 BARONCINI Filippo
14 MOTHER Rafał
15 VINE Jay
16 YATES Adam
17 COVI Alessandro
Soudal Quick-Step (WT)
21 EVENEPOEL Remco
22 SERRY Pieter
23 HIRT Jan
24 LECERF William Junior
25 MASNADA Fausto
26 VANSEVENANT Mauri
27 FROM WILDER Ilan
Alpecin – Deceuninck (WT)
31 BAYER Tobias
32 VAN TRICHT Stan
33 GOGL Michael
34 GROVES Kaden
35 LAURANCE Axel
36 VERGALLITO Luke
37 KITZKI Louis
Astana Qazaqstan Team (WT)
41 LUCKY Lorenzo
42 GAROFOLI Gianmarco
43 PRONSKIY Vadim
44 ROOF Harold
45 VELASCO Simone
46 SCARONI Christian
47 ISSUE Santiago
Bahrain – Victorious (WT)
51 TIBERI Antonio
52 ARNDT Nikias
53 VAN MECHELEN Vlad
54 CARUSO Damiano
55 PASQUALON Andrea
56 POELS Wout
57 THE TREE Torstein
Cofidis (WT)
61 CHAMPION Thomas
62 MARTIN Guillaume
63 FERNÁNDEZ Ruben
64 HERMANS Ben
65 IZAGIRRE Ion
66 THOMAS Benjamin
67 WOOD Harrison
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team (WT)
71 BAUDIN Alex
72 BOUCHARD Geoffrey
73 BERTHET Clément
74 LAFAY Victor
75 PAINTER Aurélien
76 PRODHOMME Nicolas
77 WARBASSE Larry
EF Education – EasyPost (WT)
81 CHAVES Esteban
82 COSTA Rui
83 POWLESS Neilson
84 HEALY Ben
85 RAFFERTY Darren
86 STEINHAUSER Georg
87 RYAN Archie
Groupama – FDJ (WT)
91 GAUDU David
92 GERMANI Lorenzo
93 BALANCE Enzo
94 GRUEL Thibaud
95 THOMPSON Reuben
96 ROCHAS Rémy
INEOS Grenadiers (WT)
101 PIDCOCK Thomas
102 ARENSMAN Thyme
103 AUGUST Andrew
104 CASTROVIEJO Jonathan
105 PUCCIO Salvatore
106 RIVERA Brandon Smith
107 RODRÍGUEZ Óscar
Lidl – Trek (WT)
111 BAGIOLI Andrea
112 UNCLES Sam
113 CATALDO Dario
114 CICCONE Giulio
115 GHEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel
116 LÓPEZ Juan Pedro
117 MOLLEMA Bauke
Movistar Team (WT)
121 FORMULUS David
122 BARTA Will
123 ARKS Jorge
124 MAS Enrique
125 LAZKANO Oier
126 QUINTANA Nairo
127 SANCHEZ Pelayo
Team Jayco AlUla (WT)
131 BERHE Welay Hagos
132 DE MARCHI Alessandro
133 DUNBAR Eddie
134 MACKELLAR Alexander
135 PEÑA Jesús David
136 YATES Simon
137 DRAWING Filippo
Team Visma | Lease a Bike (WT)
141 STAUNE-MITTET Johannes
142 JORGENSON Matteo
143 KELDERMAN Wilco
144 LEMMEN Bart
145 HOUSING Menno
146 VALTER Attila
147 GRAAT Tijmen
Bingoal WB (PRT)
151 PERSH David
152 MATTHYS Meadow
154 PEYSKENS Dimitri
155 REINS Lennert
156 TICE Marco
157 VILLA Giacomo
Team Corratec – Vini Fantini (PRT)
161 GONZÁLEZ Roberto Carlos
162 MURGANO Marco
163 OLIVERO Simone
164 AMELLA Matthew
165 PARRAVANO Francesco
166 PONOMAR Andrii
167 SAMUDIO Carlos
Euskaltel – Euskadi (PRT)
171 ISASA Xavier
172 JUARISTS Txomin
173 BERASATEGI Xavier
174 GANZABAL Ander
175 SEMINAR Research
176 ALUSTIZA Nicolás
177 NEW HOME Asier
Israel – Premier Tech (PRT)
181 BENNETT George
182 TEUNS Dylan
183 FRIDGE Marco
184 NEILLAND Christ
185 RICCITELLO Matthew
186 WILLIAMS Stephen
187 WOODS Michael
Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team (PRT)
191 ABREHA Negation Haylu
192 BRAMBILLA Gianluca
193 BREECHES Walter
194 CAMPRUBÍ Marcel
195 DONOVAN Mark
197 HAGEN Carl Fredrik
Team Polti Kometa (PRT)
201 MARTIN Alex
202 FETTER Erik
203 DE CASSAN Davide
204 PIGANZOLI Davide
205 BLACKSMITH Matthew
206 GAROSIO Andrea
207 BAGNARA Luca
Tudor Pro Cycling Team (PRT)
211 BRENNER Marco
212 DONZÉ Robin
215 STORK Florian
216 ALARI Samuel
217 WILKSCH Hannes
VF Group – Bardiani CSF – Faizanè (PRT)
222 COVILI Luke
223 MARTINELLI Alessio
224 RED Vicente
225 PELLIZZARI Giulio
226 POZZOVIVO Domenico
227 SCALCO Matthew
Petrolike (CT)
231 CAICEDO Jonathan Klever
232 CAMARGO Diego Andrés
233 CHAIN Edgar David
234 CALLEJAS SANTOS Edison Alejandro
235 SUAZA Bernardo
236 MUÑIZ José Ramón
237 ZAPATA Mauricio
