Unfortunate for the sprinters: Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne and Milano–Torino opt for (famous) climbs
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Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne and Milano-Torino have announced their 2025 routes, and the sprinters will be in for a shock. Both races are known as races where the fast men can win with some luck. However, this year, it will be a hell of a job.
In 2022, Fabio Jakobsen, a sprinter, last won Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne. In 2023 and 2024, Visma | Lease a Bike made the middle part of the race too difficult, leaving only the strongest riders to battle it out to the finish. Tiesj Benoot won from the breakaway in 2023, and Wout van Aert was the best in a three-man sprint in 2024.
Such a scenario is also quite possible in 2025. Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne will take place in the hilly landscape of Flanders. This means it will follow the same route as the last few editions and will be a tough 196.9 kilometers. There will be thirteen climbs, the last of which will be 60 kilometers from the finish. The climbers will have to start early in the race to stay ahead of the sprinters for the previous hour and a half.
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Milano-Torino no longer for sprinters
In Italy, the route for Milano-Torino was presented. Traditionally, this is the midweek warm-up for Milan-Sanremo. In recent years, the race has become a festival for sprinters, who have been given their chance, knowing this is not the case in Milan-Sanremo. None of that will be the case in 2025, when the organization will return to a popular recipe from a few years ago, with the dreaded Superga as the centerpiece.
After a sprint was prevented in 2024 with a few climbs towards the final and Alberto Bettiol won solo, we are in for a climbing festival in 2025. The Superga will be tackled twice, as we last saw in 2019 and 2021. The Superga is 4.9 kilometers long and has an average gradient of 9.1 percent. Primoz Roglic, Michael Woods, Thibaut Pinot, Rigoberto Urán, and Miguel Ángel López were the last five winners of this stage. Who will be the next winner on March 19?
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- Remco is still very young. And injuries can absolutely keep you from overdoing it and getting worse. The recent Remco accident didn't keep him from being able to ride a recumbent inside. Wout's knee is a different story thoughVeganpotter23-01-2025
- Van der Poel style is winning by a half a lap and leading the race from the end of the second lap.
Barnes127420-01-2025 - If she thinks talent alone will put her there she will not see many podium finishes much less a GC finish.....work as a team utilizing tactics to consistently be at the top.Germanrazor10-01-2025
- This was very informative! Luiz Antonio Duarte Ferreiraluizantonioduarteferreira02-01-2025
- Well explained, thanks for the clarity! Daniel DantasDanieldantas20-12-2024
- This is the kind of 'news' that belongs in a cheap tabloid. No matter how boring the offseason gets, nobody wants to read this.
santiagobenites19-12-2024 - I wish we could have seen him try. He'd absolutely get dropped before Pogi overtakes his domestiquesVeganpotter10-12-2024
- Talk is cheap! Next year barring crashes with a healthy team... all well be on track! Some need to talk to make a headline!mootman27-11-2024
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MrYuck23-11-2024 - It seemed that he was focusing forward at the time of the crash, after seeing a quick video snippet. But one thing I think he should focus on more intently is breaking a bad habit he has, right now. And that is his constant looking over his shoulders. He does that so much, that I am very sure it is not good for him. Simply watch videos of the greats of CX and you will see very little of that constant looking over their shoulders. That is a behavior that betrays a bit of insecurity on his part. He shouldn't be so concerned, incessantly, about what is over his shoulder. He needn't worry they didn't all disappear. He neds to keep his focus more ahead of himself, and he needs to pay a bit more attention to himself, in a confident manner. It is very frustrating to watch, because it is apparent that he has a lot of potential, and is in much better shape thwan many of his competitors, but the mental game needs to be sharpened more, because that part of strategy plays a huge part in the final results
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