PREVIEW | AlUla Tour 2024 stage 4 - Merlier, van Uden and Groenewegen headline slight uphill sprint

Preview stage 4. 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.

Stage 4 of the race has 145 kilometers on the menu, this takes place between Hegra and Maraya. It is a flat day without difficulties where a bunch sprint is expected. The finale isn't pan-flat however, the final kilometer sees a rise of 35 meters in altitude, so a few fast men will surely suffer and this can influence the results at the line.

*** Tim Merlier, Casper van Uden
** Soren Waerenskjold, Arvid de Kleijn
* Juan Sebastián Molano, Rui Oliveira, Dylan Groenewegen, Luka Mezgec, Dusan Rajovic, Bryan Coquard, Nils Eekhoff, Henok Mulubrhan

Pick: Casper van Uden