On the back of the enthusiasm for the great week passed with the victory of six national titles, the team Alé BTC Ljubljana faces with great confidence another of the most important appointments of the season: La Course by Le Tour de France.
The team has landed in France where tomorrow, Saturday 26th June, it will measure itself against the best of the world women’s cycling scene on a 107 km course between Brest and Landerneau, in Brittany, on the roads that will also host the first stage of the men’s Tour de France.
The course will will feature the Côte de Trébéolin (900m at 5.1%) right before the start, before four final laps around the Côte de la Fosse aux Loups (3km at 5.7%), with maximum gradients of 14% and a quite flatter section before the finish line. The race is part of the UCI Women’s WorldTour calendar.
Start at 8.20 am, arrival at 11.40 am. It will be possible to follow the race live from 8.15 am on Eurosport and GCN.
LINE UP – LA COURSE:
Marta Bastianelli, Eugenia Bujak, Maaike Boogaard, Tatiana Guderzo, Laura Tomasi, Anna Trevisi.