The Spaniards Alejandro Valverde (Movistar), Carlos Rodríguez (Ineos) and the Colombian Nairo Quintana (Arkea Samsic) These will be some of the attractions in the 46th edition of the Ruta de Occitania that will take place between the 16th and 19th, with 4 stages on its programme.
Valverde, 42 years old and 2 times winner in Occitania, will compete again after his participation in the Giro, ROdríguez also returns from Liège, and Quintana, who also knows what it means to win the French race, will outline his participation for the Tour, once recovered from his fall in the Tour of Turkey.
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Nairo won the competition in 2012 and 2016 and is going for his third title. The boyacense leads the batch of Colombians in the test, which will include his brother Dáyer, Wínner Anacona (Arkea), Yesid Pira (Caja Rural) and Iván Sosa (Movistar).
Movistar will present on stage Alejandro Valverde, Iñigo Elosegui, Puerto Rican Abner González, Juri Hollmann, Max Kanter, Imanol Erviti and Sosa.
Burgos BH and Kern Pharma will also be at the Semeac exit this Thursday, and the Spanish participation will also have the options of Jesús Herrada, Javier Romo, Cristian Rodríguez, Juanpe López and Mikel Nieve.
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Among the candidates will also be the Frenchman Pavel Sivakov, Rodríguez’s teammate at Ineos, team that will count for the sprint with the Italian Elia Viviani, who will measure his strength by speed with the Frenchman Arnaud Demare and the Spanish Jon Aberasturi.
After a first stage for packers, on the second day there will be two complicated climbs: Tiergues (2nd; 6 km at 4 percent) and the finish in Roquefort (2 km at 4.8 percent).
On Saturday, the queen stage includes Roque Jalère (1st), Jau (1st), Hares (1st) and the final in Les Angles / Balcère (3rd).
The closing of Sunday 19 in Auterive will be again for sprinters. Egan Bernal has been the other Colombian who has won, when he achieved first place overall in 2020, while the first to win was Alvaro Mejía in 1994.
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