Romain Bardet
The Brivadois should not have started the Tour this Saturday in Nice. This year, the training leader AG2R La Mondiale favored the Giro. But the health crisis passed by there and the change of calendar upset the initial program of the Auvergnat. Finally, he will participate well in the Great Loop for the eighth time in a row. A race he tackles without the pressure of the general classification.
Bardet surprised by the difficulty of the Châtel-Guyon stage – puy Mary [Vidéo]
“I don’t want to take on the Tour as I have been able to do in recent years. I’m going to prepare it well, but I prefer not to make plans, he told us in early June. (…) I really want to come back to the Tour to be an actor, to raise my arms. (…) I will be more attacking. I will not be focused on the general classification. I will get there without pressure. “
Tour de France: Romain Bardet on a preparation course at Chambon-sur-Lignon
The Brivadois has already switched to the preparation of the Tour de France. After a first internship in the Alps, he performs a second one, this one being cohesive, since this Tuesday in Chambon-sur-Lignon. He is accompanied by eleven teammates pre-selected for the Tour de France.
His preparation for the Great Loop will continue from July 12 to 26 in the Alps for an altitude course. “A more conventional internship, where we will take up the benchmarks of the usual internships for the month of May”, confided this Saturday Jean-Baptiste Quiclet, the performance director of AG2R La Mondiale, on the website of The team. Then the first races will arrive, the Route d’Occitanie (from August 1 to 4), the Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge (August 6) and the Critérium du Dauphiné (from August 12 to 16) in order to gain momentum until the start of the Tour .
Julian Alaphilippe
After having spent confinement in Andorra where he now resides, the Montluçonnais is now going on with internships with his Deceuninck – Quick-Step training. With a double objective: to prepare the next Tour de France as well as the fall classics.
About ten days ago, the French hero of the last Tour de France first headed for the Flemish Ardennes in order to identify the routes of the classic Flanders. The opportunity for the Auvergnat to discover the legendary Koppenberg and Vieux Quaremont which he will take for the first time in his racing career during the Tour of Flanders next October.
This week, the runner of the Deceuninck – Quick-Step took a little more height. In the company of his teammates Bob Jungels and Dries Devenyns, the native of Saint-Amand-Montrond recognized in particular the 17th stage of the next Tour de France, whose arrival will be judged at the top of the Col de la Loze (2.305 meters), on the heights of Méribel. “Another great day to work well. A sacred final at the top of the Col de la Loze, “he said on his account. Instagram.
The fifth of the last Great Loop will intensify its preparation in Italy, from July 6 to 23 during a collective training course at altitude, in the Dolomites, with as passes the passes which peak at almost 2,000 meters.
As we mentioned at the end of May, Julian Alaphilippe should resume competition on August 1 during the Strade Bianche. A test of which he is the title holder.
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