After a Italian Tour more than managed to play the general classification around Derek4th on arrival, the team Israel-Premier Tech Changes his rifle for the second big round of the season and will target stages victories on the Tour de France 2025 ! For its sixth participation in the largest race in the world, the start of which will be given from Lille on Saturday July 5, the Israeli training unveiled a selection capable of shining on all terrains, with the experienced climber at the head of the climber Michael Woodswinner in 2023 at Puy de Dôme, the sprinter Pascal Ackermann or the stage winner on the Dauphiné criterium, Jake Stewart. Another runner to have already raised his arms on the Large loopau Mont Aigoual in 2020, Alexey Lutsenko will discover the event for the first time with another jersey than that ofAstana.
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Matîs Louvel only French representative
And for the first time since 2020, there will be a Frenchman in the team's departure eight, in this case Matos Louvelwhich thus succeeds Hugo Hofstetter. On hilly and demanding terrains, Latvian Neiland will once again be a very precious card to play the victory in escape. Also pay attention to the winner of Tour of the future 2024the Briton Joe Blackmoreexcellent puncturer-gimber who will try to shine on his very first big career round, at 22 years old. The Canadian Guillaume Boivin will have him an all -terrain teammate and completes this very international composition.
The sports director Steve Bauer returned to the clear ambitions of his team for these three weeks of competition. “”It's simple, but difficult to achieve: we want to win a step. We have brought together the best team among our current workforce, already in great shape, in order to achieve this goal. It is a common goal of all teams, and this is where the challenge lies at the highest level of our sport. We must be sharpened from the first day and, in particular, during the first ten days, we will analyze how we can have a chance at almost every step, because we cannot allow ourselves to let any opportunity pass. We have the runners who can be in the spot to win. Our daily tactic will be very important, as is our management of runners“.
The Israel-Prime Tech selection for the Tour de France (July 5-27)
– Pascal Ackermann (GER)
– Joe Blackmore (GBR)
– Guillaume Boivin (CAN)
– Matos Louvel (fra)
– Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz)
– Christ Neiland (LAT)
– Jake Stewart (GBR)
– Michael Woods (CAN)
