PREVIEW | La Route d'Occitanie 2023 stage 1 - Sprinters get golden opportunity

Preview. From the 15th to the 18th of June one of the final preparation races for the Tour de France takes place. It is within the French's south and Pyrenees that La Route d'Occitanie will be race.

The opening stage takes place from Narbonne from Gruissan, it's an open day which should end in a sprint however it features a final circuit which includes a 1.3-kilometer climb at 5.4%, a hilly section which ends with just some kilometers to go.

Prediction La Route d'Occitanie 2023 stage 1:

*** Paul Penhoët, Marijn van den Berg
** Corbin Strong, Nacer Bouhanni, Andrea Vendrame
* Jason Tesson, Elia Viviani, Sandy Dujardin, Orluis Aular, Thomas Boudat

Pick: Paul Penhoët