The last big rehearsal before Tour of Lombardy will take place this Tuesday, on the occasion of the Three Valleys Varésines (or Three Varesine Valleys in original version). If the route is less difficult than on the last monument of the season, or even than on the Emilie’s Towerthe best punchers in the peloton will have something to express themselves with the different difficulties placed throughout the course. The runners will take the Salita dei Ronchi (1.9km at 5.3%) ten times, the Montello (1.9km at 5.3%) nine times and the difficult Barasso (900 meters at 8%) on two occasions in the finale.
Video – Tadej Pogacar won the Trois Vallées Varesines 2022
Tadej Pogacar’s 25th victory in 2024?
These difficulties faced repeatedly should largely enable a man to once again disperse the competition… we of course want to talk about Tadej Pogacar ! Winner of Three Valleys Varésines in 2022, the Slovenian from UAE Team Emirates will aim for his fourth victory in a row after the Montreal Cycling Grand Prixl on September 15, the online race of World Championships September 29 and Emilie’s Tower on October 5… and its twenty-fifth bouquet of the season.
Apart from a Trafalgar move or a tactical move from his formation to win a Juan Ayusoand Pavel Sivakov or a Diego Ulissiwe don’t really see who could prevent the world champion from raising his arms again on Tuesday in Varese and thus succeeding Ilan Van Wilder (Soudal Quick-Step)… but we will still tell you about runners likely to annoy him a little. Primoz Roglic, Aleksandr Vlasov (Red Bull – BORA-hansgrohe), Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step), David Gaudu, Romain Grégoire (Groupama-FDJ), Tom Pidcock (INEOS Grenadiers), Simon Yates (Team Jayco AlUla), Tiesj Benoot, Matteo Jorgenson (Team Visma | Lease a Bike), Enrique Mas (Movistar Team), Santiago Buitrago, Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious)… we are counting on them in particular to maintain the suspense for as long as possible on these 103rd Three Valleys Varésines.
The profile
Tuesday October 8 : Busto Arsizio – Varese / 200.3 km (departure at 12:15 p.m., arrival around 5:10 p.m.)
The provisional start list
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