Cofidis have defied the rumours that they might be leaving Axel Zingle at house for the Tour de France and have included the French racer of their lineup for subsequent Saturday’s Grand Départ in Firenze, Italy.
According to L’Équipe, Zingle, 25, might be becoming a member of Visma-Lease A Bike subsequent season, regardless of receiving an improved supply from Cofidis to stick with the French squad in 2025, and there have been rumours that because of the switch, he may not be given a spot of their Tour de France line-up.
As occasions turned out, the one-day and week-long stage race specialist has been chosen for the Tour. He and Belgian Piet Allegaert, additionally making his Tour debut, will primarily work as a part of the dash prepare for fellow Frenchman Bryan Coquard, the crew mentioned in a press launch, though Zingle can even have his likelihood on hillier levels.
As for Coquard, not too long ago boosted by his first win of the season within the 2024 Tour de Suisse, the French fastman will look to snaffle a bunch dash triumph and first Grand Tour stage win of a profession stretching again to 2013.
Former Tour de France mountains classification chief Simon Geschke – who will retire on the finish of the season, aged 38 – former Spanish nationwide champion Jésus Herrada and double Tour de France stage winner Ion Izagirre are all a part of the lineup. So too is the longstanding French GC contender and philosophy author Guillaume Martin.
“Our crew is, above all, going to be in search of stage victories,” commented Cofidis normal supervisor Cédric Vasseur, himself the winner of a transition stage again within the 1997 Tour de France.
“It’s a balanced formation: for the sprints, we’ll work for Bryan Coquard and he can rely on Alexis Renard, Piet Allegaert and Alex Zingle. In one other a part of the race, Guillaume Martin may have three riders to again him each time the street steepens: Ion Izagirre, Jesus Herrada and Simon Geschke.”
Cofidis 2024 Tour de France crew
- Piet Allegaert
- Bryan Coquard
- Simon Geschke
- Jesus Herrada
- Ion Izagirre
- Guillaume Martin
- Alexis Renard
- Axel Zingle
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