Last stage race before the Zurich World ChampionshipsTHE Skoda Tour of Luxembourg will start on Wednesday! Dear to our columnist Andy Schleckwho is the president, the Luxembourg event will, as usual, take place over five days, with a Grand Départ and a final finish that will take place in the capital of the Grand Duchy, Luxembourg. While the time trial of the 4th stage will necessarily be important for the general classification, other days will allow the strongest riders to make a difference, and in particular that of Friday, the organizers describing the 3rd stage as the queen stage of this 84th edition.
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As every year since its move to September in 2020, the Skoda Tour of Luxembourg will be able to count on a very good participation, with as main headliners two runners who will have very big ambitions for the road race of World Championshipsnamely the Swiss Marc Hirschi (UAE Team Emirates), unstoppable for a month and defending champion, and the Dutch Mathieu van der Poelreigning world champion and who hopes to find his best legs in Luxembourg.
Hirschi And Van der Poel will be very well accompanied, with Juan Ayuso, Finn Fisher-Black And Nils Politt alongside the first, while the second will have as teammates Soren Kragh Andersen. Other runners to watch throughout the week include: Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious), Valentin Madouas, David Gaudu, Laurence Pithie, Rudy Molard (Groupama-FDJ), Mads Pedersen, Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek), Christophe Laporte (Team Visma | Lease a Bike), Andreas Kron (Lotto Dstny), Anthony Turgis (TotalEnergies), Marco Brenner (Tudor Pro Cycling Team) or even Magnus Cort Nielsen (Uno-X Mobility).
The route of the Skoda Tour de Luxembourg 2024
Wednesday September 18 – stage 1: Luxembourg – Luxembourg / 158 km (actual departure at 1:05 p.m., arrival around 4:50 p.m.)
Thursday September 19 – stage 2: Junglinster – Schifflange / 155 km (actual departure at 1:02 p.m., arrival around 4:45 p.m.)
Friday September 20 – stage 3: Rosport – Diekrich / 201.3 km (actual departure at 12:17 p.m., arrival around 5:05 p.m.)
Saturday September 21 – stage 4: Differdange – Differdange / 15.5 km individual CLM (departure at 1:57 p.m., arrival around 4:15 p.m.)
Sunday September 22 – stage 5: Mersch – Luxembourg / 176.9 km (actual departure at 11:05 a.m., arrival around 3:15 p.m.)
The list of entrants
UAE Team Emirates
1 Hirschi Marc
2 Oliveira Ivo
3 Ayuso Juan
4 Fisher-Black Finn
5 Grosschartner Felix
6 Politt Nils
Alpecin-Deceuninck
11 van der Poel Mathieu
12 Dillier Silvan
13 Janssens Jimmy
14 Kragh Andersen Soren
15 Michels Jente
16 Verstrynge Emiel
Bahrain Victorious
21 Tiberi Antonio
22 Stannard Robert
23 Caruso Damiano
24 From Mechelen Vlad
25 Wisniowski Lukasz
26 Wright Fred
Decathlon AG2R The World
31 Chamberlain Oscar
32 Hanninen Jaakko
33 Labrosse Jordan
34 Nicolas Prodhomme
35 Bastien Trunk
36 Andrea Vendrame
EF Education-EasyPost
41 Costa Rui
42 Chaves Esteban
43 Ryan Archie
44 Rootkin-Gray Jack
45 Rutsch Jonas
46 Sweeny Harry
Groupama-FDJ
51 Kevin Geniets
52 Pithie Laurence
53 Gaudu David
54 Madouas Valentin
55 Molard Rudy
56 Rolland Brieuc
Lidl-Trek
61 Kirsch Alex
62 Bernard Julien
63 Ghebreigzabhier Amanuel
64 Pedersen Mads
65 Mattias Skjelmose
66 Simmons Quinn
Movistar Team
71 Milesi Lorenzo
72 Ruben Warlock
73 Barrenetxea Jon
74 Barta William
75 Formolo Davide
76 Sanchez Pelayo
Soudal Quick-Step
81 Moscow Gianni
82 Vansevenant Mauri
83 Vervaeke Louis
84 Masnada Fausto
85 Reinderink Pepijn
86 Svrcek Martin
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
91 Van der Sande Tosh
92 Laporte Christophe
93 Kelderman Wilco
94 Lemmen Bart
95 Staune-Mittet Johannes
96 Great time
Lotto Dstny
101 Currie Logan
102 Vanhoucke Harm
103 Kron Andreas
104 Paasschens Mathijs
105 Adamietz Johannes
106 Gregaard Jonas
Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
111 Azparren Xabier Mikel
112 Donovan Mark
113 Hagen Carl Fredrik
114 Howson Damien
115 Ludvigsson Tobias
116 Sajnok Szymon
TdT-Unibet
121 Jordy Tips
122 Christophersen Cedrik Bakke
123 de Vries Hartthijs
124 Mayor Adrien
125 Stockbro Andreas
126 Toupalik Adam
Team Flanders-Baloise
131 Bonneu Kamiel
132 Clynhens Toon
133 Van Poucke Aaron
134 Vercouillie Victor
135 Maris Elias
136 Van Hemelen Vincent
Team Polti Kometa
141 Bais Davide
142 Bais Mattia
143 Giovanni Lonardi
144 Master Mirco
145 Davide Piganzoli
146 Serrano Javier
TotalEnergies
151 Jousseaume Alan
152 Jegat Jordan
153 Latour Pierre
154 Paul Ourselin
155 Turgis Anthony
156 Vuillermoz Alexis
Tudor Pro Cycling Team
161 Arthur Kluckers
162 Brenner Marco
163 Camp Alexander
164 Froidevaux Robin
165 Storer Michael
166 Holzer Roman
Uno-X Mobility
171 Andersen Idar
172 Eiking Odd Christian
173 Kulset Johannes
174 Kulset Magnus
175 Henrik Pedersen
176 Cort Nielsen Magnus
Luxembourg
181 Young Bob
182 Kess Alexandre
183 Kockelmann Mathieu
184 Ury Noe
185 Wallenborn Arno
186 Wenzel Mats
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