Greg Van Avermaet will be the only Belgian in the CCC team to take the start of the Tour de France on August 29. The Polish WorldTour team has decided not to resume the experienced Serge Pauwels.
“I feel good and I can’t wait to be present at the start of Nice”, Van Avermaet said on the CCC team website. “We all know it will be a different edition from the others. The riders don’t have as many races in their legs as usual so it’s hard to know what to expect. I’m happy with my ride anyway. current form. I think we will have a fight every day, both for the stages and for the general. We are ready to face a difficult race. That suits me and I think there are a few stages that I’m fine with our team. Our team is strong and experienced. This will be my last Tour for this team, so it will be special. It gives me extra motivation to get good results. “
Van Avermaet will be accompanied by the Italians Matteo Trentin and Alessandro De Marchi, Czech Jan Hirt, the Germans Simon Geschke and Jonas Koch, the Russian Ilnur Zakarin and Switzerland Michael Schär. The Olympic champion will try to get stage victories with Matteo Trentin. Ilnur Zakarain, for his part, will have a chance to play for the general classification.
“Greg van Avermaet and Matteo Trentin have already won several stages on the Tour and have proven their ability to win at these high level meetings. They will be our two leaders “, said the sports director Steve Bauer who thinks of Ilnur Zakarin for stage victories rather than for the general classification.
Suffering from a viral infection last month, Serge Pauwels is not part of the selection just like Nathan Van Hooydonck, Gijs Van Hoecke and Guillaume Van Keirsbulck.
CCC selection:
Greg Van Avermaet (BEL), Matteo Trentin (Ita), Alessandro De Marchi (Ita), Jan Hirt (Tch), Simon Geschke (All), Jonas Koch (All), Ilnur Zakarin (Rus), Michael Schär (Sui)
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