PREVIEW | Tour des Alpes Maritimes et du Var 2023 stage 2 - Kevin Vauquelin has explosive stage to defend yellow jersey

Throughout the 17th to 19th of February the French peloton will take on the Tour des Alpes Maritimes et du Var, based on the southeastern tip of France and based around the region of Nice, a race full of climbing tests. With the GC opened on the first day, stage 2 is already going to be a crucial day for attacks to be made.

Stage 2 will be a tricky day but of a different kind. Most of the attention will be focused towards the main climb of the day into Cabris. It will be with 33.5 kilometers to go that the ascent will end, at it's hardest it features 12 kilometers mostly at around 5%. Not a very difficult climb but enough to make a selection and enough to launch attacks.

After that little summit most of the route into Antibes is downhill, however it features a few small hilltops - the biggest being 1.4 kilometers long at 7.1%, with 7.5 kilometers to go.

*** Neilson Powless, Bryan Coquard
** Kevin Geniets, Mattias Skjelmose, Romain Bardet, Kévin Vauquelin
* Anthony Turgis, Mathieu Burgaudeau, Julien Simon, Thibaut Pinot, David Gaudu, Rudy Molard

Pick: Rudy Molard