PREVIEW | Gran Camiño 2023 stage 1 - Tricky start to the race sees many riders within shot of race lead

Preview. Stage 1 of Gran Camino will be a tricky one, with quite a few climbs and a downhill finish to provide an opportunity for many riders.

Stage 1 will see the riders have their easiest day, one however where there are 3000 meters of climbing. The region is packed with nothing but mountains, and although the opening day lacks any majour climb in it's second half, there are at least five hilltops where there can be attacks. The latter has 5.4 kilometers at 3.9% summiting with just 13 kilometers to go, before a downhill finish into Sarria.

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Prediction Gran Camino 2023 stage 1:

*** Jesús Herrada, Nicolás Tivani
** Rohan Dennis, Attila Valter,
* Ruben Guerreiro, Jonas Vingegaard, Ion Izagirre, Victor Langellotti, Giovanni Lonardi

Pick: Rohan Dennis