Cycling
It's that sport that lasts all year longbut that lives its big party in July, coinciding with the Tour de France.The Tour de France, the event that dresses up a country and stops half the world to find out who enters the legend.
The Tour de France
A narrow corridor and complicated to cross because only big names fill it, whose root is located in Paris itself almost 110 years ago. Generation after generation, we have all had our idols in the Tour. in a line of succession that now rests on the shoulders of a young Slovenian and smiling Slovenian, who stands out for his courage and determination, called Tadej Pogačar.
And the fact is that the leader of UAE Team Emirates is once again at the top of the betting charts for the best race in the world. At the age of 22, he has won two Tours de France in a row and is now racing to add the third to his list of honors.
21 days from Copenhagen to Paris
Ahead are three long weeks of competition full of difficulties and pitfalls, that sure to demand the best of Pogačar and his seven teammates. The departure from Copenhagen is the turning point towards the history the Central European wants to write.
There he will have some of them very dangerous, such as the Danish stages. and uncertain, or the arrival at the very threshold of Arenberg, in a stage full of cobblestones.
The mountains of the Tour de France
They will follow the usual canons. After an aperitif in a magical place for the double Tour winner, La Planche des Belles Filleswith an addition of dirt at the end, the Alps and Pyrenees will follow in this order, with the return of names that are cycling in essence: Galibier, Croix de Fer, Alpe d' Huez, Aspin, Aubisque and Val Louron. A time trial will put the icing on the cake, it will be 40 kilometers, really long and 24 hours before the peloton lands on the Champs Elysées.
Clothes for the "French summer
With that Parisian avenue on the horizon, UAE Team Emirates will have part of its best team to support the reigning winner and Tour favorite. Gobik will once again be part of history that we hope will have a happy ending.
“UAE's clothing planned for the Tour was already in the different lots that have been delivered to the team since the beginning of the campaign. As a great contribution to meet the needs, we have the time trial suit. Relativitya garment in constant evolution and tailor-made for each of the team members", begins Ángel Lencina, from the production department of Gobik.
In this sense, he continues: "After each test, we make a round of impressions of the cyclists for the continuous improvement of the piece.. From the fit of the sleeve, to the cut on the leg, to the aerodynamic material on the back. Everything is noted and adjusted to the rider's needs. At the Tour, the eight time trial divers to be used will be super-customized”.
Let's remember that in this Tour two time trials are foreseen, in addition to the one mentioned at the end, add the initial one, of 13 kilometers, in the Danish capital.
Although the Tour stands out as a race marked by heat, which, for example, tends to be less frequent in the Giro, it is also true that temperatures sometimes vary considerably. The jersey The basic temperature is the Infinitybut each rider has the cooler version of the Carrera, the "Carrera Air", which is much lighter and cooler.
In the bibshorts, they opt for the Absolute WT Air "lighter and lighter fabric with a lycra very similar to that of the WT Air. jersey"appreciates Angel. From chamoisalways the K10 "with two densities for better comfort in the long run. It is sewn with a carbon thread which improves breathability and reduces moisture".
"We detectedthat more and more riders are opting to race in the one-piece racing suit," he said. -says Ángel. Even Tadej himself is using it more and more in online stages. It's a suit that has a lighter, summer version.
Why do cyclists opt for this cycling suit?
"Well, I can't tell you a specific reason, I think they see it as a it more aerodynamic and more. That means, at the end of the day, a gain in watts. It's also very comfortable and not unfamiliar to them - they've already used it in races like the UAE Tour."
But you know, we're talking about France, a much more unstable climate than the Iberian Peninsula.with mornings in the Alps and Pyrenees that can be cool, that is when it doesn't rain. That's why the lot is completed with the vests Plus WT and as it happened further sleeves and the jackets Envy "much appreciated in the rain".
In total, if we do the numbers we are going to a number of pieces that we could summarize in about 75counting that each runner will have about six pieces. jerseysseven bib shorts, five jumpsuits for online stages and three Relativity jumpsuits for the time trials.
Oh, and an added bonus, a vest to be able to lift drums to the head of the peloton from the car, rescuing an image that became famous not so long ago, as it allows the cyclist to carry refreshment for almost all the equipment of a trip.
That the Tour ends with a jersey The Tour will depend on the fate of the race, but whether the Tour will end with a commemorative car on the Champs-Elysées, as it did last year, will depend on the fate of the race. The job is done, now let it shine....
