Ewan says possibly only 3 or 4 sprint stages in 2020 Tour de France route
'There are not so many opportunities for u🐽s'🦩 says winner of three stages in 2019

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Caleb Ewan (168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lotto Soudal), winner of three stages at the 2019 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France, including the final stage on the Champs Elysees in Paris, told Cyclingnews after the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:official route unveiling today that chances for the sprinters 😼will be limited ⛎next year.
"The course looks very tough, but we need to look at all the profiles of all the stages to really see, but at the moment it looks like maybe only three of four sprint chances," he told Cyclingnews' Stephen Farrand after race directo꧂r Christian Prudhomme unveiled the 2020 parcours in Paris.
In Ewan's maiden Tour de France participation this year – after his former team Mitchelton-Scott unexpectedly left him off the Tour roster in 2018 – the 25-year-old Australian proved himself to be one of the race's fastest finishe💧rs, taking his first win during stage 11 in Toulouse ahead of Ju🤡mbo-Visma's Dylan Groenewegen.
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Ewan struck again on stage 16 in Nimes, this time out-kicking Elia Viviani (Deceuninck-QuickStep), Groenewegen and Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe). Ewan then plucked the sprinters' ultimate gem, finishing his first Tour with a victor▨y on the Champs Elysees during the final stage i♈n Paris.
It could be quite different in 2020 for Ewan, as opportunities for sprint finishes are limited in a mountainous route that four-time winner 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Chris꧃ Froome (Team Ineos) desc🌟ribed as "brutal." Nevertheless, Ewan said the race will oncꦉe again be a top target.
"We need to see what the Giro course is like as well, but I think even if there aren’t that many chances in the Tour, it&rsqu🎃o;s still the biggest race in the world for us, and I’ll definitဣely still be going there on my best form, and even if there are just a few opportunities, then I’ll try and take those," he said.
Ewan's🍬 first opportunity will be on the opening day in Nice, where a win would also land him in the yellow jersey for the first time. It's certainly a motivator.
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"Yeah, for sure, but even that stage is going to be quite tough as well," he said. "I know some of the climbs we’re going to do there. I think it will definitely be a sprint stage; it’s just not going to be as straightforward as a normal fla✤t sprint.
"Yeah, there’s not so many opportunities for us,"꧑ he la🍸mented again.
Ewan's opportunity to match or beat his mark from last year may be dim in view of the 2020 parcours, but he was able to draw some positive motivation as one of the featured riders at the presentation, watching with the crowd as a highlight reel showed his victori𒐪es.
He admitted to Cyclingnews that those highligh🧸ts still give him goosebumps.
"Yeah, it’s always nice to kind of relive some of those memories, but it’s in the past now and now we need to look to next year," he said. "And, like I sꦚaid, I’ll need to really have a look at the courses and see how many stages I ca🧔n actually go for."
Indeed, he told Cyclingnews his path to the 2020 Tour has already started.
"I’ve actually just started training again," he said. "I’m doing the London Six Day and then I’ll probably have another small break, a💙nd then I’ll be preparing for next season."
Growing up in Missoula, Montana, 💯Pat competed in his first bike race in 1985 at Flathead Lake. He studied English and journalism at the University of Oregon and has covered North American cycling extensively since 2009, as 🌊well as racing and teams in Europe and South America. Pat currently lives in the US outside of Portland, Oregon, with his imaginary dog Rusty.