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The European Championships have begun today for the Elites and in the time-trial event, there was a woman above the rest. It was a tricky time-trial in Hasselt with flat roads but a lot of wind and direction changes to handle; and Kopecky had the perfect strategy to take the title and another jersey...

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CyclistUEC European Road Championships: Routes, start lists and how to watchBelgium will host the 2024 European Championships, the first time that nation has done so since the events revamp in 2016. More specifically, Limburg will play host to the week of racing. All races will go from Heusden-Zolder, home of one of the classic cyclocross courses, to Hasselt, with flat time-trials for the purists and road races that are headlined by several cobbled sectors and short bergs. Its no Flanders though, so expect a lot of the hardy sprinters to be in contention at the end of the races. Were talking Lorena Wiebes and Elisa Balsamo in the womens road race while Jasper Philipsen and Jonathan Milan will be hoping to overcome Classics powerhouses Mathieu van der Poel and Mads Pedersen on the mens side.Time-trials take place on Wednesday 11th September and the elite road races are on Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th.Mens individual time-trialThe time-trial sets out from Heusden-Zolder, a regular host on the cyclocross circuit and two-time host of the UCI Road World Championships. The route is shaped like a question mark from Zolder. The arrival into Hasselt follows the path of the Albertkanaal. The finish line comes on the inner ring road of Hasselt, right by the citys university. The profile is pan-flat with no vertical challenges. At 31km in length, it continues the recent trend of shorter time-trial distances. It is, therefore, not too dissimilar from the profile tackled by the riders in Paris during the 2024 Olympic Games time-trial.Filippo Ganna has announced that he will skip the European Championships while reigning champion Josh Tarling will also not be in attendance given Britains decision not to send a team for the weeks events. The Swiss duo of Stefan Kng and Stefan Bissegger will start as favourites, both having won the event before. Also, keep an eye out for Italian Mattia Cattaneo being among the medals.Start listData powered by FirstCycling.com Related Posts Tour of Britain 2024 review: Williams rewarded, Magnier graduates and Remcos 24-carat bike Vuelta a Espaa2024 reflections: PrimoRogli victorious, Australias champions, Equipo Kern Pharma and Max Poole shine Cycling autumn Classics 2024: Canadian and Italian race dates, details and live TV guide Limburg, home of the 2024 European Championships and cycling in Flanders Womens individual time-trialThe women will ride the same course as the men. This 31.2km ride from Zolder to Hasselt will see riders looking to become the new European champion in the absence of Switzerlands Marlen Reusser.The Dutchwomen will start as favourites. Victory will see Ellen van Dijk, a quadruple European champion, become the oldest European champion in the womens sport. Christina Schweinberger and Riejanne Markus are among other race favourites. Lotte Kopecky will carry the hopes of Belgium while reigning champions Switzerland will count on Elena Hartman with three-time winner Reusser still out.Start listData powered by FirstCycling.comMixed relayOn Thursday everyones favourite discipline is back for its fourth inclusion at the European Championships. There has yet to be a repeat winner but Germany, Italy and the Netherlands have been up there each time and France are the reigning champs. The men will ride almost the same route as the individual TT, before the women finish off with couple of more technical laps in the east side of Hasselt.The only teams in this years race are Bulgaria, Ukraine, Belgium, Poland, Italy and Germany. Expect it to be a battle between the final two for the victory.Womens road raceThe road race routes again go from Heusden-Zolder to Hasselt but head further south to also take in some cobbled sections and bergs. There are a couple of circuits that the riders will take on. The finishing circuit in Hasselt will be done 1.5 times on the way south and again at the finish, and the circuit that encompasses the sectors will be done twice.Its not the most challenging parcours with only 905m of elevation but the short bergs and cobbles could form splits, especially over 162.1km.The Netherlands will go in as favourites, boasting a startlist that includes Lorena Wiebes and Shirin van Anrooij, and the course should be within Wiebess capabilities if shes still at the front of the race at the end shell be the favourite to take the win.Italy also pose a real threat. On strong form after the Tour de Romandie, Elisa Balsamo will also start as a big favourite, and is one of a few riders who can get close to Wiebes in a sprint.Start listData powered by FirstCycling.comMens road raceThe mens road race will take place over the same roads as the womens but with more laps of the circuits. The Hasselt circuit will be ridden 3.5 times to start with and 1.5 times at the end while the Limburg circuit with the bergs and cobbles will be taken on three times.This years race promises a field of Classics superstars. Reigning world champion Mathieu van der Poel will be looking to add another international jersey to his collection. He will start as the favourite for the blue-striped European champions jersey. He will be joined by an in-form Olav Kooij who recently claimed the BEMER Cyclassic in Germany. Kooij came close last year with a bronze medal in the road race.Leading the host nation will be Jasper Philipsen, a two-time runner-up at Paris-Roubaix. Mads Pedersen will also start as a firm favourite after recently reigniting his season with a win at the Deutschland Tour. His Lidl-Trek teammate Jonathan Milan will start as Italys leader. His recent run of form was highlighted at the Renewi Tour where he claimed a handful of stages against a stacked sprinting field. Start listData powered by FirstCycling.comJunior and under-23 eventsLimburg will host a plethora of events for younger riders in both the under-23 and junior categories. Notably, the women will get their own under-23 race, while all the time-trials apart from the junior womens race will be on the same route as the elite races. The junior womens time-trial is shorter at 13.3km, which is direct from Heusden-Zolder to Hasselt.Likewise in the road races the junior women have the shortest course at 73km, which cuts out the Limburg circuit, going from Heusden-Zolder to Hasselt and then doing three laps of that circuit. The junior mens race is 129.8km with 1.5 laps of the Hasselt circuit early on and again to finish, with just one lap of the Limburg circuit in the middle.The U23 womens race is like the junior womens route, cutting the bergs and cobbles out for a pan flat 101.5km. They do five laps of the Hasselt circuit. The U23 men route is the same as the elite womens route.European Road Championships: How to watchThe elite races will be broadcast across the continent including on Eurosport and Discovery+, with time-trials from 14:00 to 16:50 on Wednesday 11th, mixed relay from 13:20 to 15:25 on Thursday, the womens road race on Saturday from 12:30 to 16:45 and the mens road race on Sunday from 11:25 to 17:05.A lot of the Junior and U23 races will also be broadcast in Belgium, with Sporza showing all the time-trials and VRT1 showing the U23 road races.The UEC website will also be live streaming all the races, find that here.Official broadcastersBelgium: Tipik, Sporza, VRT1France: LquipeItaly: Rai SportNetherlands: NOS, NPO1Norway: NRK1Pan Europe: EurosportPoland: TVP SportSwitzerland: RSIWorldwide: uec.ch Related Posts Tour of Britain 2024 review: Williams rewarded, Magnier graduates and Remcos 24-carat bike Vuelta a Espaa2024 reflections: PrimoRogli victorious, Australias champions, Equipo Kern Pharma and Max Poole shine Cycling autumn Classics 2024: Canadian and Italian race dates, details and live TV guide Limburg, home of the 2024 European Championships and cycling in Flanders The post UEC European Road Championships: Routes, start lists and how to watch appeared first on Cyclist.

Edoardo Affini is a strong time-trial but in recent months has struggled against the clock. Even as recently at Sunday he had disappointing performances in the time-trials but today he showed his very best level to win at the European Championships ahead of Stefan Kng.After Lotte Kopecky took the...

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CyclistThe importance of Assioma for off-road trainingThe Favero Assioma Pro MX pedals are the first power meter pedals designed specifically for off-road use. Featuring the innovative IAV Power System technology that uses a three-axis gyroscope to provide high levels of power data accuracy, the Assioma Pro MX pedals open the door to a new way of training, preparing and racing off-road.During training and gravel events where an SPD cleat setup is the best option, relying on heart rate monitors can only take you so far. To track performance, gauge and measure efforts, rein in over exertion, and stick to certain output zones, graduating to pro-level data measurement is the only way to reliably elevate performance.Using a power meter for road riding has been part of many road riders routines for many years, but the landscape of gravel riding and off-road performance has evolved significantly over recent years, so it makes sense that the accompanying technology should too.With the help of the Assioma Pro MX pedals, adding power measurements to off-road riding couldnt be easier. It can change how you ride gravel for the better, allowing for considered improvements to training schedules and encouraging the smart execution of power-based strategies in event and race scenarios.Levelling the playing fieldOn the road, surfaces are generally reliable and force exerted through the pedals results in a predictable level of forward momentum. Off-road, however, every surface is unreliable in slightly different ways.As a result, it is pretty much impossible to gauge how deep you are going on any given gravel climb, especially if heart rate is topping out. The reliable readings from the Assioma Pro MX pedals, however, can play a vital role in measuring and pacing riding, ensuring that your legs arent being emptied prematurely and efforts are occurring at the most opportune time.Putting a cardiovascular reading (heart rate) and a muscular reading (watts and power) together provides a much more nuanced picture of overall performance. Plus, since its far harder to keep an eye on a bike computer during a bumpy off-road route, being able to look back on an accurate power output at the end of the ride becomes even more important.If its not practical to take stock in the moment such as in a high-octane race situation the Assioma Pro MX pedals allow you to retrospectively analyse what happened to your power at different points in the race, and assess how to improve. Discover moreabout Faveros Assioma Pro MX power meter pedalsFollow in the pedal strokes of the prosPower meters are ubiquitous in all disciplines of professional cycling. With the Assioma Pro MX pedals now available for such a competitive price, there is no need for amateurs to lag behind their professional counterparts in terms of data access and information.Faveros website provides all kinds of useful information about training plans, muscle groups and pedalling analysis that can help you decide which training approach is best for you.FaveroWhether its training for the Traka event in Girona or heading out for hill reps on local climbs, ample information is available completely free of charge to help you find the best power-focussed approach. And because of the pedals clever design where the all-important electronics and rechargeable battery are tucked away safely in the spindle, separate from the electronics-free pedal body, Favero insists the readings are thoroughly reliable.The Assioma Pro MX will keep track of PCO platform centre offset by calculating where force is distributed across the pedal platform. From this, you can tweak cleat position to dial in the most efficient position. Among numerous other data points, the Assiomas will also track Pedal Smoothness (PS) Torque Effectiveness (TE) L/R Balance Data and Power Phase (PP) to help fine-tune performance.Train smart not hardFor a lot of cyclists, time is the main thing in short supply. When training for an event, you want to be sure youre making the best use of the time available. Without access to power readings, sessions can lack structure, direction and purpose. Of course, riding is always still enjoyable, but with finite time before an event, it can be disheartening not to see any progress in numbers at the end of each ride.By cross-referencing power figures with training advice and calibrating improvement goals accordingly, its possible to identify where previous training sessions have had a negative impact on desired fitness outcomes and make changes accordingly.With uninterrupted access to the data from the Assioma Pro MX pedals, planning rides with more specificity becomes straightforward, with both high and low intensity rides factored into each months schedule.The level of information available through the Assioma Pro MX pedals is far more comprehensive than the one-dimensional data provided by a heart rate monitor. Progress is trackable and easy to identify and makes riding even more enjoyable.Power ProfileFavero provides useful assessment tools such as the Power Profile designed by Dr Coggan and Hunter Allen, two experts on power meter training, to upgrade off-road riding preparation.This test can help you understand which type of rider you are a time-triallist, a sprinter, a climber or an all-rounder. You may have always fancied yourself a climber, but Assiomas more comprehensive data set could indicate your strengths actually lie elsewhere. In turn, this will feed into your ongoing training plans.With the help of Faveros extensive resources, the Assioma pedals can also help track data points such as Intensity Factor and Training Stress Score to make sure that you dont overtrain and set yourself back.Its all in the headJust like how a marathon runner can benefit from a pacer, always having a power reading alongside you when out on the trails is undeniably beneficial for performance, especially when riding alone.Seeing that a little extra push will keep you in line with or ahead of power targets can awaken an otherwise dormant competitive edge, and you may find yourself going harder than if you were relying solely on self-motivation.FaveroGive your coach a helping handBringing the Assioma Pro MX into your training ecosystem can also have massive benefits should you be working with a coach for your off-road riding. Having full access to power zone information, an accurate FTP measurement and other vital statistics makes it a lot easier for a professional coach to move the dial on your performance.The wealth of information on offer from the Assioma Pro MX pedals has the potential to not only unlock your potential on the bike, but markedly improve a coachs capacity to curate specific training sessions. In turn, this can feed into vital training components such as recovery time, nutrition and off-bike training, all aspects that should be adjusted in relation to accurate power readings.In a category of its ownWith market-leading durability, accuracy and practicality, not to mention competitive pricing, the Assioma Pro MX pedals elevate power-based off-road riding to new levels. With installation as simple as swapping out a pair of pedals, it really couldnt be easier to start training smart. 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