PREVIEW | Saudi Tour 2023 stage 5 - Gravel and uphill finish to wrap off explosive race

Throughout five days the peloton will race in Saudi Arabia, for the Saudi Tour. Stage 5 will be the last of the week in wwhich the sprinters and puncheurs will have a final opportunity to succeed, after Ruben Guerreiro took the victory in the queen stage and race lead.

The final day into Maraya will be an interesting one, with only 142 kilometers in the menu but including a 7.3-kilometer long gravel sector. Most of the stage is flat, but the finale will see a slight uphill drag to the line which should mix things up towards the end - and that is, of course, if the wind doesn't cause havoc before.

*** Jonathan Milan
** Dylan Groenewegen, Soren Waerenskjold
* Cees Bol, Max Kanter, Max Walscheid

Pick: Jonathan Milan