This upcoming weekend CULT Energy Pro Cycling are participating in the French stage race Criterium International on the Mediterranean island of Corsica. The two day stage race contains three stages. On Saturday, the peloton will be taking on the 92.5 kilometer long and flat stage one and in the afternoon awaits an individual time trial covering 7 kilometers. The queen stage on Sunday will be the decisive one covering 189.5 kilometers in mountainous terrain and a 14.1 kilometer long uphill finish to Col de l’Ospedale with an average gradient of 6.2 per cent.

Several Tour de France winners have won the race from Cadel Evans and Chris Froome to Bernhard Hinault and Laurent Fignon. Last year's winner of the race Jean-Christophe Peraud finished second after Vincenzo Nibali in Le Tour 2014.

CULT Energy Pro Cycling’s line-up is made up of Linus Gerdemann, Fabian Wegmann, Rasmus Guldhammer, Michael Carbel, Christian Mager, Karel Hnik, Romain Lemarchand and Joel Zangerle.

DS Michael Skelde says:

"Criterium International is a prestigious race, rich in tradition. It contains three very different stages. One for the sprinters, one for the time trial specialists and one for the climbers. We enter the race with a mix of all three types. I know that Linus (Gerdemann) is in good shape and I'm looking forward to watching him on Sunday's mountain stage but everyone gets their chance. We're targeting stage wins but we might get a solid overall result if things work out for us on Sunday."