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The broadcast on Sunday, August 28, at 8:20 AM on La Chaine l’Equipe of a 30-minute report on the flagship event of the French calendar is an opportunity to look back at this first edition of the Wish One Millau Grands Causses, the first European stage of the UCI Gravel World Series.
Source: Press Release
Sunday, June 5, 7 AM, some 250 participants line up at the start of the first European stage of the UCI Gravel World Series. The program includes 130 km, which will allow the best riders to earn the right to participate in the UCI Gravel World Championship, which will take place in early October in Italy. The sky is blue, the temperature is ideal, the day promises to be beautiful.
The course offers an immersion in the territory of the Grands Causses Regional Natural Park, whose biodiversity is unique. Successively, riders will discover the forest tracks of the Causse Noir, pass near the chaos of Montpellier le Vieux, crisscross the Larzac with a highlight being a nearly 30 km crossing of its Military Camp, enter the Gorges du Tarn, and cross the finish line at the foot of the famous Millau Viaduct. An extremely selective route on “Terre de Gravel” labeled tracks that will delight specialists.
More than 15 nationalities are represented on the starting line, with the presence of several professional riders. Niki Terpstra is the big favorite among men, with victories in the biggest cobbled classics (Paris Roubaix 2014 and Tour of Flanders 2018). On the women’s side, predictions are more uncertain, with several candidates for victory.
In the end, among women, after a great duel with Jadee Treffeisen, it was the Dutch rider Tessa Neefjes of Team Giant Liv who won. Among men, Niki Terpstra (Team Total Energies) won as expected, despite strong resistance from Piotr Havik (2nd) and Adam Blazevic (3rd).
Find all the highlights of the race in the report on La Chaine l’Equipe on Sunday, August 28, at 8:20 AM.
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