PREVIEW | Tour de l'Avenir 2023 stage 1 - First yellow jersey to be given on hilly day

Preview stage 1. From the 20th to the 27th of August takes place the Tour de l'Avenir. More commonly known as the under-23 Tour de France, the race will see 9 stages throughout France where the best U23 riders of all specialties will come together to reveal many of the stars of the future.

The opening day of the race will be 143 kilometers long and have quite an open finale. A sprint is possible, but the puncheurs and classics specialists will also have a shot as the finishing circuit into La Gacily is very punchy. In the three final laps the riders find a climb of 500 meters at 6% which ends with only 3.5 kilometers to go. A small plateau and descent antecede the final flat kilometer where the first yellow jersey will be given.

*** Per Strand Hagenes, Luke Lamperti
** Francesco Busatto, Jan Christen
* António Morgado, Alec Segaert, Iván Romeo, Colby Simmons, Antoine Huby

Pick: Luke Lamperti