Two of the best in the world at the moment, cyclists who have won the last six editions of the Tour de France, then a guy who has won everything except the Tour de France, and finally the great hope of this sport - alone on the track against each other in the heart of the Pyrenees.
Tadej Pogačar, Jonas Vingegord, Primož Roglič and Isak del Toro will participate in the unique and one-day "Andorra Cycling Masters" race on October 19th.
This will be the first edition of this race, and it is specific in that the aforementioned "quartet" will be the only cyclists on the course.
"Without team support and no peloton to 'hide' in, the format is designed to pit the world's four best cyclists against each other in a unique environment," writes Reuters.
The race consists of an eight-kilometer mountain time trial on the Col de la Galina climb, followed by a 32-kilometer urban race in the center of the capital Andorra la Vella and Escaldes-Engordany.
Organizer David Quintana said it would be a rare opportunity for fans to see Pogacar and Vingegård wheel-to-wheel, especially in a multi-lap city race.
"The idea was to bring together the four best riders, but without teams and accompanying logistics, to compete directly against each other. That way the audience can see who is the champion of champions," Quintana told Cycling News.
For Pogačar, it will be an opportunity to round off a phenomenal season during which he won the Tour de France for the fourth time and defended the world road cycling title, while Vingegaard - the 2022 and 2023 Tour champion - won the Vuelta this year.
Roglič, another big name from Slovenia in this race, has won the Vuelta four times and the Giro d'Italia once, while Mexican Isaac del Toro is considered a great talent in world cycling.
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