PREVIEW | Tour de l'Ain 2023 stage 2 - First mountain stage important GC day

Preview stage 2. From the 31st of July to the 2nd of August the French peloton see one more of it's stage-races. This time the riders take on a race within the Jura mountains in the Southeast of France, a race with opportunities for several kinds of riders.

Stage 2 of the Tour de l'Ain is a tricky stage. It features four categorized climbs, the last of which is the Col de Portes which sees around 800 meters of climbing. The downhill finish into Lagnieu concludes a very short 124-kilometer stage where the overall classification will open.

*** Jesús Herrada, Hugh Carthy
** Jefferson Cepeda, Cristian Rodríguez
* Aurélien Paret-Peintre, Michael Storer, Rudy Molard, Kenny Elissonde

Pick: Hugh Carthy