PREVIEW | Etoile de Bessèges 2024 stage 5 - Final uphill time-trial the ultimate challenge for Mads Pedersen

Preview stage 5. 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.

The final day of the race is most likely to be considered the queen stage. After four hilly days the riders make the trip over to Alès for a 10.6-kilometer long time-trial. This will have a very difficult climb to the finish which is 2.8 kilometers at 5.6%, however features ramps above 15% where the riders will go to the absolute limit.

*** Mads Pedersen, Kévin Vauquelin
** Stefan Bissegger, Alberto Bettiol, Alec Segaert
* Ben Healy, Benjamin Thomas, Kévin Geniets, Thibault Guernalec, Magnus Cort Nielsen, Andreas Leknessund

Pick: Mads Pedersen