This Sunday will take place the 118th edition of Paris-Tours and the runners will have to face the famous white paths. Introduced on the route in 2018, the vineyard paths will obviously be there, as will some bumps from Indre-et-Loire. In total, there will be ten white paths and eight hills in the last 70 kilometers, which once again promises a good part of the cranks. With this journey, Arnaud De Lie (Lotto Dstny), winner of Binche-Chimay-Binche Tuesday, will be one of the big favorites. The Belgian spoke about the race that awaits him in an interview with the organizers.
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“Paris-Tours is a goal”
“Firstly, it will be necessary to avoid punctures and mechanical problems, this will be very important! We’ll have to see how the race goes. If it is really unbridled, you will have to be in a more offensive mode. But if it’s less unbridled like the last two years, I will have to be more reserved. But it depends each year… if I have to choose one of the two situations, I prefer a fairly unbridled race where it’s played man against man.” declared the “Bull of Lescheret”.
Complicated weather conditions are expected for Sunday. “I have never participated in Paris-Tours with rain. When it’s good fall weather with rain and wind, it can cause a lot of damage and a very tough race. We will perhaps find ourselves more in a situation comparable to Tro Bro Leon, man against man. This is something that could really suit me. We know that at Paris-Tours the risks of edges are very present. I hope there will be a little wind to play with the laws of physics and make borders” he added.
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