Location & Setting: Situated on the high-altitude Valensole Plateau, famous world-wide for its vast lavender fields and views of the Prealps. Open, exposed roads offer stunning vistas across purple horizons.

Course Description: High-altitude plateau racing featuring two distinct, long-sustained hill swells in the first 15 km before flattening out toward the end.

Tactics: The penultimate test! Lightweight climbers can push high watts on the two big rises to drop the sprinters early.