The Tour of the Alps begins: 2 South Tyrol stages

On Sunday, the presentation and official introduction of the teams were on the program in the Alpbach Congress Center. From Monday, the professional cyclists will compete on five stages, 752 kilometers and almost 15.000 meters in altitude. It starts with the first stage over 127,5 km from Rattenberg (official start at 11:55 a.m.) with arrival in Alpbach, just a few steps away from the congress center. Numerous well-known professional cyclists will also fight for the overall victory in the stage race for the green Melinda jersey, such as the athletes from the INEOS Grenadiers team led by Geraint Thomas. who won the stage race in 2017, as well as 2019 winner Pavel Sivakov 2019, Tao Geoghegan Hart, the 2020 Giro d'Italia winner and Thymen Arensman. Two other teams can also be expected: Bahrain-Victorious and Bora-hansgrohe. Bahrain-Victorious will look to position Jack Haig up front with the support of Santiago Buitrago. Bora-hansgrohe, on the other hand, is sending an extraordinary duo into the race: Aleksandr Vlasov is supported by Maximilian Schachmann, the German who has already won Paris-Nice twice. Live on TV every day Cycling fans will be able to follow the Tour of the Alps with two hours of live broadcast per day from 13:30 p.m. to 15:30 p.m., with the exception of the 3rd stage on Wednesday April 19th, which will be from 12:30 p.m. to 14:30 p.m. XNUMX p.m. will be broadcast. Live coverage will be available on Eurosport 1, Eurosport2 and Eurosport Player channels, among others, which will broadcast the signal in Europe (including Italy), East Asia, the USA, Canada, South America, Central America, the Pacific and India. The stages at a glance Monday, April 17th 1st stage: Rattenberg – Alpbach, 127,5 km 2.470 meters altitude. Difficulty: *** Tuesday April 18th 2nd stage: Reith im Alpbachtal – Ritten, 165,2 km 2.860 meters altitude. Difficulty: ** Wednesday April 19th 3rd stage: Ritten – Brentonico San Valentino, 162,5 km 2.940 meters altitude. Difficulty: **** Thursday April 20st 4th stage: Rovereto – Predazzo, 152,9 km 3.610 meters altitude. Difficulty: **** Friday April 21th 5th stage: Cavalese – Brunico, 144,5 km 2.910 meters altitude. Difficulty: ***

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The Tour of the Alps begins: 2 South Tyrol stages

The Tour of the Alps 2023 starts on Monday in Rattenberg in North Tyrol. Numerous professional cyclists will compete in the cross-border stage race.

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