Cycling. Tour of Luxembourg – Course, favorites, profiles of the Skoda Tour de Luxembourg 2025

Last big race in stages before the Kigali World Championships (Rwanda), and Sveard tourna tour Start this Wednesday, September 17! Dear to our columnist Andy Schleckwho is the president, the Luxembourg event will take place over five days, with a big departure and a final arrival which will take place in the capital of the Grand Duchy, Luxembourg. If the long time trial of the 4th stage (26.3 km) will necessarily have great importance for the general classification, other days will allow the strongest runners to make differences, and in particular that of Friday, the organizers describing the 3rd stage as the queen stage of this 85th edition with the triple ascent of the formidable climb of Niklosbierg (2.9 km at 9.2%) in the final.

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It will therefore be necessary to be a complete runner with qualities of roller, puncture and climber to hope to succeed Antonio Tiberiwho won before Mathieu van der Poel et David Gaudu Last year. The 2024 podium will not be there a year later, but the tray is nonetheless enticing with very beautiful headliners. Several favorites emerge, including the presence of Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-trek) et Marc Hirschi (Tudor), respectively winners of the event in 2022 and 2023. Just returned from Canada after his triumph on the GP from Montreal, Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates – XRG) will be a scarecrow in view of its current form, in the same way as Romain Grégoire (Groupama-FDJ), who will try to continue after his victory over the Tour of Britain.

Ben Healy (EF Education – Easypost) will also obviously be monitored, even if the Irishman takes over in Luxembourg, he who has not run for more than two months and the Tour de France. Among the other outsiders, we also think of Jhonatan Narváez (UAE Team Emirates – XRG), Davide Piganzoli (Team Polti VisitMalta), Richard Carapaz (EF Education – EasyPost), Jordan Iat (Totalnergies team) or Nicolas Prodhomme (Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale). Few sprinters made the trip in view of the fairly steep route every day, but Marijn van den Berg (EF Education – Easypost) will undoubtedly be the favorite of the 2nd stage, the only one on paper conducive to a more or less massive sprint.

The course of the Skoda Tour of Luxembourg 2025

Wednesday September 17 – READ OUT – LUXEMBOURG OPT Jport / Memberm Sâr (Departure Lesf Rulebés at the 14200 am Reception No.H website 2009)

Thursday September 18 – Step 2: Remich – Mamer / 168.4 km (real departure at 12:45 p.m., arrival around 4:50 p.m.)

Friday September 19 – Step 3: Mertert – Vianden / 170.5 km (real departure at 12:30 p.m., arrival around 4:50 p.m.)

Saturday September 20 – Cashes 4: Nude annoven – Niedeenanven / 26.3k Clm Everual (Departen (Departen at No. 15:17, Arrival Value

Sunday September 21 – Direct hope 5: 21: Luxembourgish / 176.4 km (departures of 9.30, and then thrive 14h45)

The provisional starting list