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Alejandro Valverde, the Colombian Miguel Ángel López, once reinstated by Astana, the Italian Vincenzo Nibali and the defending champion, the Spanish Mikel Landa, are a large part of the stars which, starting this Tuesday, will give life to the 44th edition of the Vuelta a Burgos, a great prelude to the Vuelta a España-
In the city of Burgos there is already a cycling atmosphere for a test that will consist of five stages, which will start in the Cathedral of Burgos and It will end on Friday, August 5, in the Lagunas de Neila in a stage that will start from the town of Lerma.
In between, a second day in the province between Vivar del Cid, birthplace of the Castilian hero and Villadiego, Quintana Martín Galindez and Villarcayo, with the climb to Picón Blanco, which will mark the first differences in the classification or the arrival in the Roman city of Clunia on the fourth day, departing from Torresandino.
Several stars of the international peloton will be present in Burgos, with 12 top category teams, which bring several cyclists who are finalizing their preparation for the Vuelta a España.
One of the favorites and defending the title is Mikel Landa, one of the most representative cyclists of this raceWell, the man from Alava has already won in the 2017 and 2021 editions, so he knows the route perfectly.
Landa will have to face the 2022 Giro champion, Jai Hindley with a high level Bora Hansgrohe that will accompany the Australian like Wilco Kelderman and Emanuel Buchman, third and fifth in the recently celebrated Getxo circuit.
Another of the highlights is the Astana rider Vincenzo Nibali, fourth in the Tour and who ends his professional career after having won the three big ones: La Vuelta in 2010, the Giro in 2011, 2013 and 2016 and the Tour de France in 2014.
Another who also says goodbye is Alejandro Valverde, recovered from the outrage he suffered a few weeks agowill run his last Vuelta a Burgos with Movistar after having won it in 2004 and 2009.
Ineos will seek with Tao Geoghegan, winner of the Giro in 2020, to gain a place on the podium, but the Londoner is not the only asset of the team as both Pavel Sivakov and Carlos Rodríguez arrive in perfect form after having been second and fifth respectively in the Classic of San Sebastián.
The UAE Emirates Team closes a squad full of cyclists, who will bet on riders of the stature of Fernando Gaviria, Joao Almeida or Rui Costa without forgetting Juan Ayuso, winner of the Getxo Circuit this Sunday and who will want to get his second victory as professional.