Male Team 25 Jul
Prueba Villafranca - Ordiziako Klasika
165.7 Kilometers
The race will be broadcast live in full on YouTube.
The Abarca Sports organisation has five victories to its name in Ordizia, with Gastón (1985), Joaquim Rodríguez (2007), Karpets (2008), Gorka Izagirre (2014) and Rafa Valls (2019).
After a year’s painful, yet inevitable absence due to the constraints caused by the revamped calendar post-pandemic stop in 2020, the Movistar Team will be back at the start of the Ordizia classic, which opens a big block of Spanish events prior to the start of La Vuelta on August 14th.
The Prueba Villafranca’s route, identical to last year’s, covers 165km with five climbs to Abaltzisketa / Larraitz (3km at 7%) and two additional, final ascents to Altzo (2.5km at 6%). The last climb is crested with less than 10km to go.