PREVIEW | Etoile de Bessèges 2024 stage 2 - Pedersen, Healy and Cosnefroy battle up nasty uphill sprint to the line

Preview stage 2. From the 31st of January to the 4th of February the peloton is in France and will race the Etoile de Bessèges. It is the opening stage-race of the French calendar in 2024.

Stage 2 takes place from Marguerittes to Rousson and is 164 kilometers long. On paper a day for the puncheurs, but there are a few barriers. 13.2 kilometers at 3.6% and 3.1 kilometers at 5.8% halfway through the day will be a bit of a warm-up, where some damage can be done to the fast men. However the situation will develop towards the end, where there are a couple of small hilltops before the finale, which in itself is on a 900-meter ascent at 9%, which will create some more gaps and provide for a spectacular sprint.

*** Ben Healy, Benoît Cosnefroy
** Mads Pedersen, Kévin Geniets, Mathieu Burgaudeau
* Alberto Bettiol, Alex Baudin, Aurélien Paret-Peintre, Timo Kielich, Quentin Pacher, Kévin Vauquelin, Rasmus Tiller

Pick: Benoît Cosnefroy