Wout van Aert et Primoz Roglic start their season this Monday in Italy on Tirreno-Adriatico, where many of them want to shine during the seven stages with varied profiles, in the absence of the winner of the last two editions, Tadej Pogacar. “Pog” et Jonas Vingegaardfirst and second last year of the “Race of the two seas“as a prelude to their Homeric battle during the Tour de France (won by the Dane), continue their mano a mano on Paris-Nice this year.
The poster for the Italian race – 58th edition – linking the Tyrrhenian Sea to the Adriatic remains no less attractive, and undoubtedly more open. The most scrutinized will be Wout Van Aert, for his return to the road a month after the Cyclo-cross Worlds, and Primoz Roglic, for his first pedal strokes in 2023. The 28-year-old Belgian, second in 2021 behind Pogacar, has waived the Strade Bianche, Saturday, to refine its preparation and “arrive in perfect condition” on Tirreno-Adriatico. The leader of the Jumbo-Visma formation will come to take the rhythm in view of his major spring objectives, the Tour of Flanders (April 2) and Paris-Roubaix (April 9).
The race begins this Monday with an individual time of 11.5 kilometers.
The starting order of the main competitors:
12h50 : Dylan Groenewegen (1st partant)
12h56 : Wout van Aert
1:07 p.m.: Fabio Jakobsen
13h35 : Tom Pidcock
14h10 : Dylan van Baarle
2:18 p.m.: Jasper Philipsen
14h33 : Jai Hindley
14h35 : Tiesj Benoot
14h46 : Adam Yates
14h52: Biniam Girmay
14:58 : Aleksandr Vlasov
15h00 : Primoz Roglic
3:22 p.m.: Enric Mas
15h25 : Wilco Kelderman
15h27 : Mikel Landa
15h33 : Mathieu van der Poel
3:36 pm: João Almeida
15h40 : Filippo Ganna
3:43 p.m .: Valerio Conti (last starter)