TOMORROW RACE IN THE BASQUE COUNTRY
Archived the road race of the Tokyo Olympic Games that saw Arlenis Sierra and Yareli Salazar at the start, with the Cuban reaching the finish line in 34th place with the light that suddenly went out in the last 15 kilometers, the A.R. Monex Liv Women's Pro Cycling Team is preparing to return to compete in one of the prestigious classics of the UCI Women's World Tour: tomorrow in the Basque Country there will be the second edition of the Donostia San Sebastián Klasikoa in its female version. The route measures 139.8 kilometers and includes, in order, the climbs of Aia, Jaizkibel, Gurutze and Murgil-Tontorra, the latter a "wall" of 2 km at 10% just 8 kilometers from the finish line.
The A.R. Monex Liv Women's Pro Cycling Team will compete with five cyclists. There is great expectation for the home rider Eider Merino, very motivated by being in the race on roads she knows well: the Basque climber is back from the 17th place in the final overall classification at the Giro d'Italia Donne with decent performances in the two uphill finishes, and although the course is not totally suited to her characteristics, she will be able to enjoy the thrust of her fans. Alongside Merino there will be Katia Ragusa who in the last month has tried to recharge the batteries and prepare for a season finale as an absolute protagonist, but the Mexican Ariadna Gutiérrez and Andrea Ramirez will also be in the race and the other Italian Maria Vittoria Sperotto will also be in the race.
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