Belgian WorldTour workforce Intermarché-Wanty have confirmed their eight-man lineup for the Tour de France, with sprinter Biniam Girmay making his second Grand Tour begin of the season after crashing out of the 2024 Giro d’Italia.
Girmay, 24, was unfortunate to sufficient to crash and fall closely twice in simply six kilometres on stage 4 of the Giro d’Italia, which he subsequently deserted.
However, he now returns to Grand Tour racing on the Tour de France, the place he made his debut final 12 months, taking third place in Bordeaux and sixth on the Champs Elysées.
The winner of the one-day Circuit Franco-Belge in late May, adopted by second within the Brussels Cycling Classic early this month, Girmay seems to be to be hitting nice kind for the Tour de France the place he and Belgian fastman and teammate Gerben Thijssen will share tasks within the bunch sprints.
Regular Tour de France high 10 finisher and a Vuelta a Espana summit end winner, South Africa’s Louis Meintjes will as soon as once more deal with the Belgian squad’s GC pursuits.
Explaining the selection of two fastmen to Wielerfilts, Intermarché-Wanty Head of Performance Aike Visbeek stated, “If you have a look at the Tour’s dash levels, you possibly can clearly see that there are some that swimsuit Bini properly and a few that swimsuit Gerben properly.”
Girmay and Thijssen will probably be backed by former yellow jersey and stage winner Mike Teunissen, together with Hugo Page and Laurenz Rex.
German Georg Zimmermann, winner of a Critérium du Dauphiné mountain stage in 2023 and whose second place behind Pello Bilbao (Bahrain Victorious) on stage 10 of the Tour was the workforce’s greatest end result, will as soon as once more be in search of the breakaways.
Kobe Goossens, again in a Grand Tour after a number of knee operations following a foul crash within the Vuelta a Espana final 12 months left him out for the depend till the Tour de Romandie, can also be one other title to look at on the climbs.
Intermarché-Wanty lineup for the 2024 Tour de France
- Biniam Girmay
- Kobe Goossens
- Louis Meintjes
- Hugo Page
- Laurenz Rex
- Mike Teunissen
- Gerben Thijssen
- Georg Zimmermann
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