The final act of the European Championships in France concerns the Elite road race. The most logical and straightforward prediction sees the trio of wonders - world champion Pogacar, Evenepoel (already gold in the time trial) and Vingegaard - battling for the title. Barring surprises, of course. 101 riders are in the race, covering 202.5 kilometers, starting at 11:45 AM.

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A tough course that the champions will love, especially the Slovenian from UAE Team Emirates XRG who could repeat his feat from seven days ago in Kigali.

We'll now look at possible challengers, starting with the home athletes Gregoire and Seixas leading the French towards a potential medal. Then the Spanish rider Ayuso seeking redemption after the world championship, along with the Swiss Jan Christen and Hirschi always ready to seize the moment. Without forgetting the Portuguese Almeida and the Danish alternative to Vingegaard named Skjelmose.

As for the Italians, the team consists of Bettiol, Frigo, Garofoli, Scaroni and Ulissi. No designated captain, although the experience of Ulissi and Bettiol suggests they will be the leaders. Plus Scaroni, who is having his best year and is reported to be in excellent condition.

STARTING LINEUP

SLOVENIA
1 Tadej POGAČAR
2 Tilen FINKŠT
3 Matevž GOVEKAR
4 Matej MOHORIC
5 Domen NOVAK
6 Jaka PRIMOŽIČ
7 Anže SKOK
8 Mihael ŠTAJNAR

BELGIUM
9 Tiesj BENOOT
10 Jenno BERCKMOES
11 Steff CRAS
12 Remco EVENEPOEL
13 Junior LECERF
14 Xandro MEURISSE
15 Maxim VAN GILS
16 Louis VERVAEKE

DENMARK
17 Anthon CHARMIG
18 Alexander KAMP
19 Niklas LARSEN
20 Mads PEDERSEN
21 Phillip Casper PEDERSEN
22 Søjberg Rasmus PEDERSEN
23 Mattias SKJELMOSE
24 Jonas VINGEGAARD HANSEN

ITALY
25 Alberto BETTIOL
26 Marco FRIGO
27 Gianmarco GAROFOLI
28 Christian SCARONI
29 Diego ULISSI

FRANCE
30 Alex BAUDIN
31 Julien BERNARD
32 Romain GREGOIRE
33 Valentin PARET PEINTRE
34 Aurélien PARET PEINTRE
35 Nicolas PRODHOMME
36 Paul SEIXAS
37 Pavel SIVAKOV

NETHERLANDS
38 Huub ARTZ
39 Tibor DEL GROSSO
40 Daan HOOLE
41 Menno HUISING
42 Mathijs PAASSCHENS
43 Dylan VAN BAARLE

SPAIN
44 Igor ARRIETA LIZARRAGA
45 Juan AYUSO PESQUERA
46 Abel BALDERSTONE ROUMENS
47 Markel BELOKI FERNANDEZ
48 Urko BERRADE FERNANDEZ
49 Pablo TORRES ARIAS

PORTUGAL
50 João ALMEIDA
51 Rui COSTA
52 António TOMAS MORGADO
53 Tiago ANTUNES

GERMANY
54 Johannes ADAMIETZ
55 Miguel HEIDEMANN
56 Lennard KÄMNA
57 Oliver MATTHEIS
58 Anton SCHIFFER
59 Georg ZIMMERMANN

SWITZERLAND
60 Nils BRUN
61 Jan CHRISTEN
62 Valentin DARBELLAY
63 Marc HIRSCHI
64 Jan STÖCKLI
65 Arnaud TENDON

AUSTRIA
66 Felix GROSSSCHARTNER

CZECHIA
67 Petr KELEMEN
68 Mathias VACEK
69 Jakub ŤOUPALÍK

POLAND
70 Jakub KACZMAREK
71 Danny VAN DER TUUK

ESTONIA
72 Markus PAJUR
SVK SLOVAKIA
73 Lukáš KUBIŠ
74 Martin SVRČEK

LATVIA
75 Kristians BELOHVOSCIKS
76 Emils LIEPINS
77 Krists NEILANDS
78 Toms SKUJINS

LUXEMBOURG
79 Kévin GENIETS
80 Arthur KLUCKERS
81 Mats WENZEL

GREECE
82 Miltiadis GIANNOUTSOS
83 Emiliano VILA

UKRAINE
84 Anatolii BUDIAK
85 Kyrylo TSARENKO

HUNGARY
86 Attila VALTER

ROMANIA
87 Mattew Denis PICIU
88 Iustin Ioan VAIDIAN

SERBIA
89 Ognjen ILIĆ

MONACO
90 Antoine BERLIN
91 Victor LANGELLOTTI

MALTA
92 Andréa MIFSUD

TÜRKIYE
93 Ahmet ÖRKEN
94 Ahmet Can AKPINAR
95 Tahir Buğra YİĞİT

BULGARIA
96 Borislavov Borislav PALASHEV

FINLAND
97 Jaakko HÄNNINEN

ALBANIA
98 Sulaj Lukas KLOPPENBORG

BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA
99 Vedad KARIC

MOLDOVA
100 Ilie SEREMET

AIN
101 Artem NYCH