It is presented as the antechamber of the Tour de France. The 58th Cycling Tour of the Future starts this Thursday evening at The rock on yon in Vendee. On the program a small team time trial 4 km from 7 p.m. around the Pentagon, then this Friday, 1st stage in line of 122 km around the prefecture of Vendée, via Mouilleron-Le-Captif, Landeronde, Les Clouzeaux, Aubigny, Saint-Florent-des-Bois , La Chaize-le-Vicomte-, La Ferriere. 10 days of racing, until August 28, await the 102 runners, including the last 3 in the Alps. The Tour de l’Avenir is reserved for people under 23 years old. Greg Lemond, Miguel Indurain, Laurent Fignon and in 2018 Tadej Pogacarput it on their list.
It’s a celebration of cycling in the broadest sense. Philippe Coliou
“The Tour de l’Avenir has had the function since its origin of revealing young talents– explains race director Philippe Coliou – so we hope that very good young riders will emerge from the race who will evolve at the top world level in the coming years. Sportingly, these are very dynamic races, with no downtime, which is what makes these races for those under 23 so interesting.“.
Among the headliners are the French Romain Grégoire and Lenny Martinez, the Kazakh Nicolas Vinokourov, son of Alexandre, and the Belgians Lennert Van Eetvelt, Cian Uijtdebroeks and William Lecerf. All continents will be represented this year thanks to the return of Eritrea.
The program of the stages of this Tour de l’Avenir 2022
- Thursday August 18: Prelude La Roche-sur-Yon – La Roche-sur-Yon, 4 km team time trial
- Friday August 19: La Roche-sur-Yon – La Roche-sur-Yon, 122 km
- Saturday August 20: Benet – Civray, 153 km
- Sunday August 21: Civray – La Trimouille, 154 km
- Monday August 22: Sainte-Sévère-sur-Indre – Chaillac, 143 km
- Tuesday August 23: Gueugnon – Saint-Vallier, team time trial over 28 km
- Wednesday August 24: Saint-Amour – Oyonnax, 123 km
- Thursday August 25: rest Friday August 26: Thonon-les-Bains – Saint-François Longchamp (col de la Madeleine), 177 km
- Saturday August 27: Ugine – La Toussuire, 100 km
- Sunday August 28: Bessans – Villaroger, 133 km