With a new format, the 58th edition of the Tour de l’Avenir began, which on Thursday completed a prologue that covered the Pentagon and Place de Vendée in La Roche-sur-Yonin a four-kilometer team time trial that provided a first spectacle for the public present on French territory.
The winner of the prologue was the team from the Netherlands, formed by Loe Van Belle, Tim Van Dijke, Rick Pluimers, Casper Van Uden, Enzo Leijnse and Axel Van der Tuuk, who finished first by timing three minutes and 51 seconds in the first round of the most important race in the world for under-23 cyclists.
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In fact, the Dutchman Loe Van Belle will be the first wearer of the yellow jersey that identifies the first leader of the race in tomorrow’s stage.
Second place went to Norway, who came within three seconds of the Dutch (3:55.21), while Great Britain took third place, with a cumulative time of 3:55.41.
The Colombian Andean Route Team made up of Juan Manuel Barboza (Paisa Pride), Jesús David Peña (Team BikeExchange), Germán Darío Gómez (Colombia Land of Athletes GW Shimano), Nicolás David Gómez (Team Colpack Ballan), Edgar Andrés Pinzón (Colombia Land of Athletes GW Shimano) and Brandon Rojas (Drone Hopper – Androni Giocattoli) was placed in the nineteenth place of the prologue, 19 seconds of the winners, after registering 4:11.50 during his first start.
This Friday will be the first stage of the Tour de L’Avenir 2022, which will depart from the Place de la Vendeé, bound for Boulevard d’Eylau, in La Roche-sur Yon, and will have a route of 121.6 kilometres.
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