PREVIEW | AlUla Tour 2024 stage 2 - Hilltop finish opens up GC fight; Simon Yates' big climbing test

Preview stage 2. The AlUla Tour has become Saudi Arabia's premier race and will host an array of World Tour teams in the desert over the season's start. It will take place in the hot weather from the 30th of January to the 3rd of February.

With almost 200 kilometers in distance, stage 2 is the longest of the race. Almost completely flat, but one with two ascents which are of the Sharaan Nature Reserve. The final one coincides with the finish line, it is a 4.2-kilometer climb at 3.2%. In the final kilometer it is almost completely flat, it will provide for an interesting battle between sprinters, climbers and puncheurs present. 

*** Bryan Coquard, Soren Waerenskjold
** Simon Yates, Max Schachamnn, Fred Wright
* Davide Formolo, Iván Romeo, Finn Fisher-Black, Rafal Majka, Matteo Sobrero, Nico Denz

Pick: Soren Waerenskjold