This is a 5 days .Pro race, often hilly, which includes a Time Trial back to normal distance after the short one in 2024.
Maps and profiles of the first 2 stages:
There will be 8 WT, 7 PT, 4 Contis (I just remember that Rembe is the actual team who rode the Tour de l’Ain masquerading as the German selection…) and 1 selection for Luxembourg.
It could be a race for Grégoire (🇫🇷 FDJ), but with the TT, that’s less likely. McNulty (🇺🇸 UAE) who just co-won the GP of Montréal in Canada on Sunday may appear as the favourite; he won the (short) TT on the Tour of Poland one month earlier.
Last year, Tiberi (🇮🇹 Barhein) won thanks to a good performance in the TT and a breakaway in the last stage. His team isn’t present this year.
edit: Stages 3 to 5
The Time Trial:
And that’s worrying for the European Championship race in Ardèche which will be held in 2 weeks from now and will be somewhat similar. Especially as *Grégoire seemed to have demonstrated he was in a terrific shape just 2 days ago.