The Tour de L’Avenir starts on the 18th August with a star-studded field with numerous world tour riders, including Cian Uijtdebroeks.
10 Stages in total, beginning with a 4km prologue, and the first hilly stage is on Stage 4 and Stage 5. The teams will have a 28km Team Time Trial on their hands before another hilly stage, followed by the first rest day.
After the rest day, things get interesting. Stage 7 Thonon-les-Bains to Saint-François-Longchamp finishes up the Col de la Madeleine at 15.3km averaging 8%.
Stage 8 is a short 100km stage however it includes 3,100 meters of climbing starting from Ugine and finishing at La Toussuire - Les Sybelles. The riders will have to tackle the Col de Madeleine full length at 24.7km averaging 6.1%, before the final climb to La Toussuire at 15.5km averaging 7%.
The final stage is another climbing affair as the riders will have 4 categorised climbs and one HC categorised climb crested at 2770m, the Col de L’Iseran at 12.8km and 7.3% average. The riders have a long descent before a 4.9km climb averaging at 6.4% to the finish, and we will know our champion.
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