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PREVIEW | Paris-Tours 2024 - Philipsen, Laporte, Pedersen and De Lie headline spectacular battle on gravel roads
CyclingSunday, 06 October 2024 at 13:31
On the 6th of October the riders will tackle one of the very oldest and most famous one-day races in the cycling calendar. A race that over the years has crowned many of the sport's greats, Paris-Tours continues to be an exciting race up to this day and it's many gravel sectors and explosive climbs will make for a brilliant race for the season finale. We preview the race ahead.
The route will be 215 kilometers long and as has been the case over the past few years, it's a race where a sprint is far from assured. There will be 10 gravel sectors and a few more climbs. We have got flat gravel sectors, uphill gravel sectors and uphill paved sectors... A dense combination of difficulties designed for aggressive racing, before a flat finale into Tours where a lot can still happen.
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Prediction Paris-Tours 2024:
*** Jasper Philipsen, Mads Pedersen, Arnaud De Lie
** Christophe Laporte, Matteo Trentin
* Pascal Ackermann, Riley Sheehan, Valentin Madouas, Magnus Cort Nielsen, Per Strand Hagenes, Mathias Vacek, Arnaud Démare, Luca Mozzato, Rui Oliveira, Anthony Turgis
Pick: Mads Pedersen
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