Men Road Race Preview

The World Championships will be held in Wollongong. The winner of the men's Elite category will become the next World Champion.

The route of the Men Road Race is 267.5 kilometers long and features 4100 meters of climbing. The race is not for sprinters but for climbers and the classics specialists. After 61 kilometers of racing, the riders enter the final circuit in Wollongong. There they will tackle 11 laps of this circuit, which includes Mount Pleasant. It is a short and sharp effort, but it summits with 8 kilometers to go. From this point onwards tactics become crucial. The winner will be crowned at the center.   The new World Champion will also be announced.

The previous days have had some rain. The weather should be dry on the day of the race. There will be a tailwind up Mount Pleasant, a headwind coming down and a crosswind in the final kilometers into the finish.

Wout van Aert and Remco Evenepoel are favourites. Quinten Hermans is an outsider. Michael Matthews is racing at home. Mathieu van der Poel won the GP de Wallonie. Tadej Pogacar won GP De Montreal. Julian Alaphilippe is the defending champion. Italy has some wildcards. Alberto Bettiol and Benoit Cosnefroy are possibilities. France has a lot of options. They have a strong classics team. Romain Bardet and Pavel Sivakov are good climbers. Andrea Bagioli rode to third at the GPs de Montreal and is a possibility.

This year's race will be more conservative than Leuven's and more likely to end in a group sprint. Mont Pleasant is not a brutal climb, but it will still be hard enough to see gaps. There is a long flat section within the circuit and only one climb.

Wout van Aert is going to win the world title. Belgium have got a strong team and van aert has the climbing legs. Zweeler is a fantasy sports game that includes many sports and cycling is no exception. If you register with the link below you will support me and my work. Tomorrow's race has prizes of at least €5000 and an entry fee of only €10.