Tour de Hongrie - starts from Siófok, the fight ends in Budapest

According to the route presentation short film published on the social side of the match on Tuesday evening, the competition will start around Lake Balaton: the opening season of Siófok-Kaposvár will be followed by the Balatonfüred-Nagykanizsa stage, and then leaving the . The king step will be the Balassagyarmat-Gyöngyös-Kékestető distance: on the section ending at 984 meters above sea level, cyclists will have to overcome more than 300 meters of elevation.

The Tour de Hongrie will arrive in the capital again four years after the final stage: cyclists will have to complete 12 laps on the circuit around the City Park and the Puskás Arena.

Chief organizer Károly Eisenkrammer highlighted in the route presentation that after last year's call in Eastern Hungary, this year the Hungarian circuit will show TV viewers the area around Lake Balaton.

Secretary of State for Sport Tünde Szabó reminded that last year athletes from six continents from more than thirty countries came here, and stressed that the priority this year is to create health security, and the Tour de Hongrie will be organized with this in mind.

According to Máriusz Révész, the government commissioner responsible for active Hungary, cycling is in an upward phase in Hungary.

"From now on, if we can only go small or keep the standard, that's good. And if a Hungarian boy could win as much this year as Attila Valter last year, it would be fantastic," he added.

"With the Tour de Hongrie we got to the world stage, it is the flagship of Hungarian cycling," said Péter Princzinger, president of the Hungarian Cycling Association (MKSZ), who compared the French, Italian or even Belgian battles to "the most famous Hungarian cycling brand in the world". ".

Dávid Székely, the channel director of M4 Sport, emphasized that cycling is a big challenge in terms of transmission technology.

At the request of MTI, László Szilasi, the competition director, said that the World Tour and procontinental teams had received a record number of entries, and that they plan to increase the number of players on the field compared to last year's 20 starting teams. So far, 12 teams have been announced, with Jumbo-Visma sprinter, Dylan Groenewegen of the Netherlands returning from a nine-month ban, who can show off his skills in up to four stages.

"At this stage, the level difference is not a big problem for this field, so a sprint run can take place up to four times. And the complex is expected to be decided at Kékestető, as in previous years," said the race director.

Route of the 42nd Tour de Hongrie:

Stage 1, Wednesday, May 12: Siófok-Kaposvár, 173 km

Stage 2, Thursday, May 13: Balatonfüred-Nagykanizsa, 183 km

Section 3, Friday, May 14: Veszprém-Tata, 142 km

Stage 4, Saturday, May 15: Balassagyarmat-Gyöngyös-Kékestető, 204 km, mountain run

Section 5, Sunday, May 16: Budapest-Budapest, 92 km

(Source: Source: sportrajongo.hu, mti / Photo: pixabay)