PREVIEW | Tour of Norway 2024 stage 2 - Can Thibau Nys make it two for two on queen stage?

The Tour of Norway is set to run from May 23rd to 26th. While it coincides with the Giro d'Italia, it features a competitive lineup and promises exciting racing across its four-day duration. Here's our preview of the upcoming stage.

The queen stage? I would certainly call it. The longest and hardest day of the whole week, the riders start off in Odda and face a climb right in the first minutes of the race where a strong breakaway can go up the road.

The day lacks big climbs until it's finale but small hilltops will be ridden through the entire day. A lot of fatigue will build up throughout several hours of racing... And lastly, the final climb to Gullingen is 5.5 kilometers long at 8.8% and is a true challenge even for the strongest of climbers.

*** Thibau Nys, Bart Lemmen
** Idar Andersen, Luca Vergallito
* Adne Holter, Mathias Vacek, Óscar Rodríguez, Huub Artz, Jason Osborne, Marco Brenner, Koen Bouwman

Pick: Thibau Nys