“Last big week of the season”. Arriving on Italian soil on Friday where he stretched his legs during a session of around thirty kilometers, Remco Evenepoel perfectly summarized his program for the coming days in the title of his Strava outing. By following the Giro dell’Emilia this Saturday with the Coppa Bernocchi (7/10), the Tre Valli Varesine (8/10) and the Tour of Lombardy (12/10), Brabançon enters the last tunnel of its year 2024 on which he will find a certain Tadej Pogacar three times. From this Saturday, on the slopes of the San Luca climb which dominates Bologna and where the finish of the Tour of Emilia will be judged, the two men will challenge each other in what looks like the aftermath of a fight in which the Slovenian had won the first round last Sunday, during the World Cup. Departing from Vignola this Saturday noon, it is in his new rainbow jersey that Pogacar will appear on the starting line. A tunic to which the UAE runner will certainly seek to shine in the face of five-star competition. Besides Evenepoel, Roglic, Jorgenson, Hindley, the Yates brothers, Ayuso, Gaudu, Rodriguez, Pidcock, and Mas will indeed be at the start. This is because one week before the last monument of the season, the terrible slopes leading to the summit of the famous Bolognese sanctuary (1.9km at 10.6%) constitute an ideal rehearsal.
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