Siamo giunti alla vigilia della prova più attesa dei Campionati Mondiali di Richmond 2015: la corsa in linea maschile, dedicata ai professionisti.
Su un percorso di 259,2 km, in un circuito che misura 16,2 km da ripetere 16 volte, si deciderà il successore del polacco Michal Kwiatkowski alla Maglia Iridata.
I favoriti per la vittoria sono le ruote veloci: Peter Sagan, Alexander Kristoff, John Degenkolb. Non dimentichiamo però Michael Matthews, Tom Boonen, Alejandro Valverde e il nostro Diego Ulissi.
È un tracciato che si adatta agli uomini “da Classiche” e, se le previsioni meteo per domani si riveleranno esatte, reso insidioso dalla pioggia e dai temporali. Occorrerà quindi fare attenzione nei tratti in pavé e negli strappi concentrati negli ultimi 5 km.
La corsa prenderà il via alle ore 9 locali (le 15 in Italia).
Questo l’elenco degli atleti al via con i rispettivi numeri dorsali, suddivisi per nazione:
POLAND
1 KWIATKOWSKI Michal Poland
2 BODNAR Maciej Poland
3 GOLAS Michal Poland
4 MAJKA Rafal Poland
5 MARCZYNSKI Tomasz Poland
6 PATERSKI Maciej Poland
SPAIN
7 ERVITI Imanol Spain
8 IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI Jon Spain
9 LOBATO DEL VALLE Juan Jose Spain
10 MAS BONET Luis Spain
11 MORENO FERNANDEZ Daniel Spain
12 PLAZA MOLINA Ruben Spain
13 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquin Spain
14 SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon Spain
15 VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro Spain
COLOMBIA
16 ALZATE ESCOBAR Carlos Eduardo Colombia
17 ANACONA Winner Anrew Colombia
18 AVILA VANEGAS Edwin Alciviades Colombia
19 CANO ARDILA Alex Norberto Colombia
20 JARAMILLO DIEZ Daniel Alexander Colombia
21 LÓPEZ MORENO Miguel Ángel Colombia
22 PANTANO GOMEZ Jarlinson Colombia
23 QUINTERO NORENA Carlos Julian Colombia
24 URAN Rigoberto Colombia
GREAT BRITAIN
25 CUMMINGS Stephen United Kingdom
26 DOWSETT Alex United Kingdom
27 FENN Andrew United Kingdom
28 ROWE Luke United Kingdom
29 STANNARD Ian United Kingdom
30 SWIFT Ben United Kingdom
31 THWAITES Scott United Kingdom
32 YATES Adam United Kingdom
ITALY
33 BENNATI Daniele Italy
34 FELLINE Fabio Italy
35 NIBALI Vincenzo Italy
36 NIZZOLO Giacomo Italy
37 OSS Daniel Italy
38 QUINZIATO Manuel Italy
39 TRENTIN Matteo Italy
40 ULISSI Diego Italy
41 VIVIANI Elia Italy
BELGIUM
42 BENOOT Tiesj Belgium
43 BOONEN Tom Belgium
44 GILBERT Philippe Belgium
45 KEISSE Iljo Belgium
46 KEUKELEIRE Jens Belgium
47 MAES Nikolas Belgium
48 VAN AVERMAET Greg Belgium
49 VANDENBERGH Stijn Belgium
50 VANMARCKE Sep Belgium
NETHERLANDS
51 BOOM Lars Netherlands
52 DUMOULIN Tom Netherlands
53 GESINK Robert Netherlands
54 LANGEVELD Sebastian Netherlands
55 LIGTHART Pim Netherlands
56 MOLLEMA Bauke Netherlands
57 TERPSTRA Niki Netherlands
58 VAN BAARLE Dylan Netherlands
59 VAN EMDEN Jos Netherlands
FRANCE
60 ALAPHILIPPE Julian France
61 BOUHANNI Nacer France
62 DELAGE Mickael France
63 DEMARE Arnaud France
64 GALLOPIN Tony France
65 LEMOINE Cyril France
66 MINARD Sébastien France
67 SIMON Julien France
68 VACHON Florian France
AUSTRALIA
69 CLARKE Simon Australia
70 DOCKER Mitchell Australia
71 DURBRIDGE Luke Australia
72 GERRANS Simon Australia
73 HANSEN Adam Australia
74 HAUSSLER Heinrich Australia
75 HAYMAN Mathew Australia
76 MATTHEWS Michael Australia
77 MCCARTHY Jay Australia
GERMANY
78 DEGENKOLB John Germany
79 FROHLINGER Johannes Germany
80 GESCHKE Simon Germany
81 GREIPEL André Germany
82 KNEES Christian Germany
83 MARTENS Paul Germany
84 MARTIN Tony Germany
85 SIEBERG Marcel Germany
86 VOSS Paul Germany
NORWAY
87 BOASSON HAGEN Edvald Norway
88 BREEN Vegard Norway
89 BYSTROM Sven Erik Norway
90 KRISTOFF Alexander Norway
91 LAENGEN Vegard Stake Norway
92 NORDHAUG Lars Petter Norway
PORTUGAL
93 FARIA DA COSTA Rui Alberto Portugal
94 GONCALVES Jose Portugal
95 SANTOS SIMOES OLIVEIRA Nelson Filipe Portugal
CZECH REPUBLIC
96 BARTA Jan Czech Republic
97 BUCHACEK Tomas Czech Republic
98 HNIK Karel Czech Republic
99 KREUZIGER Roman Czech Republic
100 POLNICKY Jiri Czech Republic
101 STYBAR Zdenek Czech Republic
102 VAKOC Petr Czech Republic
SLOVENIA
103 BOLE Grega Slovenia
104 BOZIC Borut Slovenia
105 KOREN Kristjan Slovenia
106 KUMP Marko Slovenia
107 MEZGEC Luka Slovenia
108 PIBERNIK Luka Slovenia
SWITZERLAND
109 ALBASINI Michael Switzerland
110 DILLIER Silvan Switzerland
111 RAST Grégory Switzerland
UKRAINE
112 BUTS Vitaliy Ukraine
113 GRIVKO Andriy Ukraine
114 KHRIPTA Andriy Ukraine
115 KONONENKO Mykhailo Ukraine
116 KOSTYUK Denys Ukraine
117 POLIVODA Oleksandr Ukraine
RUSSIA
118 BRUTT Pavel Russia
119 CHERNETSKY Sergey Russia
120 KUZNETSOV Vyacheslav Russia
121 LAGUTIN Sergey Russia
122 TSATEVITCH Alexey Russia
123 ZAKARIN Ilnur Russia
DENMARK
124 BAK Lars Ytting Denmark
125 BRESCHEL Matti Denmark
126 GULDHAMMER PEDERSEN Rasmus Denmark
127 JUUL JENSEN Christopher Denmark
128 MORKOV Michael Denmark
129 VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael Denmark
NEW ZEALAND
130 BEWLEY Sam New Zealand
131 HENDERSON Gregory New Zealand
132 SERGENT Jesse New Zealand
AUSTRIA
133 HALLER Marco Austria
134 POSTLBERGER Lukas Austria
135 PREIDLER Georg Austria
SOUTH AFRICA
136 IMPEY Daryl South Africa
137 JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt South Africa
138 VENTER Jacobus South Africa
CANADA
139 ANDERSON Ryan Canada
140 BOIVIN Guillaume Canada
141 DUCHESNE Antoine Canada
142 HOULE Hugo Canada
143 ROTH Ryan Canada
144 WOODS Michael Canada
BELARUS
145 HUTAROVICH Yauheni Belarus
146 KIRYIENKA Vasil Belarus
147 SIUTSOU Kanstantsin Belarus
ERITREA
148 DEBESAY Mekseb Abrha Eritrea
ARGENTINA
149 DIAZ Daniel Argentina
150 RICHEZE Ariel Maximiliano Argentina
UNITED STATES
151 BOOKWALTER Brent United States
152 CRADDOCK Lawson United States
153 FARRAR Tyler United States
154 HOWES Alex United States
155 KING Benjamin United States
156 PHINNEY Taylor United States
LITHUANIA
157 BAGDONAS Gediminas Lithuania
158 NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas Lithuania
159 SISKEVICIUS Evaldas Lithuania
BRASIL
160 GARNERO Antonio Brazil
161 DA SILVA RAMOS Kleber Brazil
KAZAKHSTAN
162 KAMYSHEV Arman Kazahkstan
163 LUTSENKO Alexey Kazahkstan
164 TLEUBAYEV Ruslan Kazahkstan
ESTONIA
165 KANGERT Tanel Estonia
166 TAARAMAE Rein Estonia
JAPAN
167 ARASHIRO Yukiya Japan
168 BEPPU Fumiyuki Japan
169 UCHIMA Kohei Japan
CROATIA
170 DURASEK Kristijan Croatia
171 ROGINA Radoslav Croatia
IRELAND
172 BENNETT Sam Ireland
173 DUNNE Conor Ireland
ECUADOR
174 GUAMA DE LA CRUZ Byron Ecuador
LATVIA
175 SMUKULIS Gatis Latvia
GREECE
176 TZORTZAKIS Polychronis Greece
SLOVAKIA
177 KOLAR Michal Slovakia
178 SAGAN Juraj Slovakia
179 SAGAN Peter Slovakia
CHILE
180 GARRIDO Gonzalo Chile
COSTA RICA
181 AMADOR BIKKAZAKOVA Andrey Costa Rica
182 ROJAS VILLEGAS Juan Carlos Costa Rica
183 ROJAS Cesar Costa Rica
SERBIA
184 STEVIC Ivan Serbia
KOREA
185 PARK Sung Baek South Korea
186 SEO Joon Yong South Korea
ROMANIA
187 TVETCOV Serghei Romania
GUATEMALA
188 RODAS OCHOA Manuel Guatemala
LUXEMBOURG
189 DIDIER Laurent Luxembourg
190 DRUCKER Jean Pierre Luxembourg
191 KIRSCH Alex Luxembourg
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