6 days including 1 prologue and 1 time-trial. Medium- and a bit of high-altitude mountain, together with those time-trials, show how this race is designed to be a preparation for the Giro d’Italia which starts a few days later.

The favourite is probably Almeida (🇵🇹 UAE), but Evenepoel (🇧🇪 Soudal-QS) should be starting the race if he managed to poo and is done with sulking.

On the French side, this should be the return of Gaudu (🇫🇷 FDJ) who hasn’t raced since his falls on Strade Bianche and Tirreno–Adriatico in early March. Martinez (🇫🇷 Bahreïn), who didn’t take part to Liège, should be there too.

Profiles:

(I didn’t put the profile of Tuesday’s prologue.)

Stage 1 (Wednesday):

Stage 2 (Thursday):

Stage 3 (Friday):

Stage 4 (Saturday):

Stage 5 (Sunday, ITT):