PREVIEW | AlUla Tour 2025 stage 5 - Another sprint win for Tim Merlier or will the bunch be denied on camel track finale?
CyclingFriday, 31 January 2025 at 18:17
The AlUla Tour will be the second stage-race of the season, and the first outside of Australia for the men's peloton. Saudi Arabia's most important race in the calendar attracts a few good names every year, with an interesting route that will be raced from the 28th January to the 1st of Feburary. We preview stage 5.
The race finishes in the city of AlUla, whom the race is named after, and it will have both it's start and finish on... A camel track. Can't say the race is afraid to inovate, on a final day that suits the sprinters.
Stage 5: AlUla Camel Cup Track - AlUla Camel Cup Track, 167.2Kms
Prediction AlUla Tour 2025 stage 5:
*** Tim Merlier
** Dylan Groenewegen, Juan Sebastian Molano
* Jonas Abrahamsen, Fabio Jakobsen, Tom Pidcock, Alan Hatherly, Casper van Uden, Fredrik Dversnes
Pick: Tim Merlier
Original: Rúben Silva
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