{"id":650385,"date":"2026-06-21T10:15:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T10:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/650385\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T10:15:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T10:15:16","slug":"andorra-morabanc-classica-2026-preview-stages-favourites-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/650385\/","title":{"rendered":"Andorra MoraBanc Cl\u00e0ssica 2026 preview, stages, favourites & predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the 21st of June the peloton will take on a race in the Andorran Pyrenees. One of the most recent pro events in the peloton is used by several top riders to prepare for the Tour de France<\/a>, in a location that is used as residence for a great part of the World Tour peloton.<\/p>\n

The race’s first edition was held in 2025 where Mattias Skjelmose beat Cristi\u00e3n Rodr\u00edguez and Enric Mas. It is a mountainous race, created in the European micronation that is home for many of the world’s best climbers. That makes it an attractive racing option ahead of the Tour de France as many test their legs; and they get to race at ‘home’.<\/p>\n

Profile: Andorra-la-Vella – Coll de la Botella<\/p>\n


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Andorra-la-Vella – Coll de la Botella, 125.2 kilometers<\/p>\n

The riders set off from Andorra-la-Vella and begin going up the valley for the country’s longest ascent: The Port d’Envalira. The riders head towards the French border but instead of climbing directly to the top, they go through the tunnel into Pas de la Casa and then turn around westwards.<\/p>\n

In total the climb is 30.6 kilometers long at 4.5%, with altitude then playing a role with the summit at 2400 meters of altitude. The climb begins right from the first kilometers and will mean a strong group can go up the road.<\/p>\n

The peloton tackles the Col d’Ordino which is 8.9 kilometers long at 5%; ending with 61 kilometers to go. Afterwards comes Les Pardines which is 4.7 kilometers long at 8%.<\/p>\n

It ends with 36 kilometers to go and right after the riders go through a 3.8-kilometer long gravel sector. Before the final climb there is a steep hilltop where we may still see action, but then it is on the Coll de la Botella that the race should be decided.<\/p>\n

The riders already ascend before it, but officially it is 11.4 kilometers long at 7%. A climb that is difficult enough for big differences, specially at the end of such a hard day.<\/p>\n

Prediction Andorra MoraBanc Cl\u00e0ssica 2026:\u00a0*** Jorgen Nordhagen<\/a>, Tom Pidcock<\/a><\/p>\n

** Ion Izagirre, Ivan Sosa, Pablo Torres<\/p>\n

* Ibon Ruiz, Lorenzo Crescioli, Kamiel Bonneu, Wout Poels, Jordan Jegat, Sergio Chumil, Cl\u00e9ment Berthet<\/p>\n

Pick: Tom Pidcock<\/p>\n

How: Small group late attack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On the 21st of June the peloton will take on a race in the Andorran Pyrenees. One of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":650386,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[218846,4985,157363,1009,101,44575,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-650385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-andorra-morabanc-classica","tag-cycling","tag-jorgen-nordhagen","tag-preview","tag-sports","tag-tom-pidcock","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=650385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650385\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/650386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=650385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=650385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=650385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}