![]() ![]() Marianne Vos, the London 2012 champion, and defending champ Anna van der Breggen – who intends to retire this season – will likely be joined by Annemiek van Vleuten and perhaps Chantal van der Broek-Blaak as they put forward a strong squad. On the women’s side, the Dutch team are the traditional powerhouses, having won the last four world championships road races between them as well as the 20 Olympics. However, the challenging route would appear to rule out puncheurs like Peter Sagan and current world champion Julian Alaphilippe – although the latter did admirably hold his own in the 2019 Tour, when he finished fifth overall.Īnd will Chris Froome, two-time time trial bronze medallist, be back to his best to challenge in the Tokyo road race? ![]() The climbers who would be expected to challenge for the yellow jersey at the grand tour event – names like Primoz Roglic and Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia, Egan Bernal, Miguel Ángel López, and Nairo Quintana of Colombia, Enric Mas of Spain, and others – will have less than a week to recover from their gruelling efforts over three weeks in Europe, before taking on the Fuji course.Īlejandro Valverde, the 2018 road race world champion who is skipping the Tour, will also target the Games in his final professional season. ![]() With the road race parcours for the Games in 2021 setting up to be mountainous, a big question awaits the Tour de France favourites. One Minute, One Sport | Cycling Olympic road cycling top riders at Tokyo 2020 ![]()
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