Darling of France, winner of six levels on the Tour de France. The proprietor of the polka dot jersey from the Grand Boucle for one of the best climber in 2018 and the yellow jersey for the chief of the operating order for 2 weeks a 12 months later. As well as, the winner of classics corresponding to Strade Bianche, Milan-San Remo or the Walloon Arrow. That is 32-year-old Julian Alaphilippe in a nutshell.
Connoisseurs of the peloton will keep in mind that some of the distinguished faces of the final decade of world biking began his profession within the colours of the Czech Etixx-Ihned crew. And the favored Loulou confirmed himself at the same time as a novice at two of the most important Czech races. In 2013, he first began within the Underneath-23 Riders’ Peace Race, and two months later he was additionally current on the Czech Tour. There he fought for the general lead, however ultimately he needed to bow right down to the present director of each firms, Leopold König.
“I sit up for Julian and I reminiscing about our rivalry collectively,” Leopold König says with a smile. “The Wolf Pack nomination made me very completely satisfied. It’s confirmed that the status of the Czech Tour is rising,” provides the previous member of the Sky star secure.
Within the colours of the Soudal-Fast-Step crew, which has a deep Czech footprint (profitable engagements of Zdenek Štybar, Jan Hirt and Petr Vakoč), 29-year-old Kasper Asgreen can even seem on the Czech Tour. The crew hero of final 12 months’s Tour de France, who after the sensational escape of the group of 4 within the 18th stage managed to chop quick the lengthy anticipate the stage laurel. Thirty-one-year-old Josef Černý, who dominated the Czech Tour in 2017 and flashed a stage triumph on the Giro d’Italia in 2020, won’t be lacking both.
The promising youth within the Wolf Pack will likely be represented by 23-year-old Antoine Huby, who’s returning to the Czech Republic after final 12 months’s triumph within the Peace Race, or twenty-one-year-old American Luke Lamperti.
This 12 months’s Czech Tour takes place on 25-28 July, the day earlier than the primary stage, a ceremonial opening is ready in Olomouc with a presentation of all of the groups and their stars. Nearly 590 km with an elevation achieve of greater than 9,000 meters await the rivals over the course of 4 levels.
Program CZECH TOUR 2024
· Ceremonial presentation of the groups – July 24 from 5:30 p.m., Olomouc, Horní náměstí
· 1. stage – July 25: Prostějov – Ostrava (151.3 km / 1,418 m)
· 2. stage – July 26: Zlín – Pustevny (172.7 km / 3,389 m)
· 3. stage – July 27: Moravská Třebová – Dlouhé Stráně (134.1 km / 2,458 m)
· 4th stage – July 28: Šumperk – Šternberk (129.2 km / 1,945 m)
Groups on the CZECH TOUR 2024
WorldTeam
· Bahrain Victorious
· Crimson Bull-Bora-hansgrohe
· Crew dsm-firmenichPostNL
· Ineos Grenadiers
· Intermarché-Wanty
· UAE Crew Emirates
· Crew Visma | Lease a Bike
· Soudal Fast-Step
ProTeam
· Bingoal WB
· Crew Corratec – Fantini Wines
· Crew Flanders – Baloise
· Crew Polti Kometa
· Q36.5 Professional Biking Crew
· TDT – Unibet Biking Crew
· Tudor Professional Biking Crew
· Uno-X Mobility
Continental Crew
· ATT Investments
· Elkov-Kasper
· Lidl-Trek Future Racing
· Pierre Baguette Biking
· Israel Premier Tech Academy
· CCACHE x Par Dice