We received a Giro dell’Emilia sandwich in the present day!

1. Mens race begins at 11:15 native time
2. Girls’s race begins at 11:45
3. Girls’s race ends round 14:38
4. Males’s race ends at 16:30

Each races begin at Vignola and finish on the prime of the Santuario di San Luca (final seen within the Tour de France in July) however the men and women take very totally different routes to get there.

The ladies’s race is 113.8 very Po-flat kilometers lengthy as you’ll be able to see right here:

Twice, together with the finale, they go up by way of the porticoes to San Luca however till then the race is a tour of the Po valley. We will anticipate the peloton to have ridden down any break and all will likely be at the same time as they begin the climb for the primary time.

Ursula channeling Jens’ choose of the day: defending champ Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig. Yeah, she’s had a tricky yr so let’s make it proper with a win.

In the meantime the lads go in the other way, south: the a part of the Apennines regionally referred to as the Bologna Hills, earlier than turning north and descending into Bologna correct and up the San Luca climb 5 instances.

Nonetheless, the winner will most probably come from the final climb as much as the Sanctuary.

Ursula channeling Jens’ choose of the day: Effectively I do know somebody will wish to make a vogue assertion:

Could I say I simply looooooove this race? Sure I can. That ending climb with the portico is simply magic to my eyes and that is simply me however that is the perfect end in all of biking. Bar. None. Struggle me.

Take pleasure in.