The day after his national triumph over the online race of French Championshipsthe team Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale revealed its selection this Monday for the next Tour de France (July 5-27). If we already knew that the French champion Dorian godon would not appear, the starting eight does not include a major surprise and will be organized around Felix Gall. The Austrian climber remains on a last mixed edition (general 14th) and less successful than that of 2023, when he was revealed with an 8th final place and his prestigious success in Courchevel. Lee of the last Switzerland Tour will of course be the main leader in order to play a good general classification … But above all a stage victory, a priority objective targeted by the French Worldteam. It will go through a “offensive strategy“And escaped, with an adapted composition accordingly.
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With French runners like Aurélien Paret-Peintre, Bruno Armirail, Clément Berthet or Bastien Tronchonthe team led by Dominique Serieys will be armed in adventurers who can shine on many grounds to play victory in escape. Swiss ruller Stefan Bisseggerthe right Australian climber Callum Scotson and the usual Belgian road captain Oliver naesen Complete this selection which will be supervised by three sports directors: Sébastien Joly, Cyril Dessel et Nicolas Guillé. The history Julien Jurdie will not be part of the staff this year …
Felix Gall :
“The first stages of the always nervous and tracking sound tower. With a solid team around me, the first goal will be to spend the first week without incident. We will take the race day after day, we will see where we will be before the mountain and we will adjust. The general classification will not be my first objective, a stage victory will be my main motivation during these 3 weeks. The stage of the Col de la Loze reminds me of very good memories, it is clearly a step which has a particular flavor for me. I feel really good, I did an excellent internship internship at Arc 1950. I gained confidence in the Tour de Switzerland (4th), I feel ready.”
Sébastien Joly :
“The big departure of Lille is an important event for the team, with three of our partners from this region (Decathlon, Van Rysel and La Mondiale), we will be expected. The goal is to adopt an offensive strategy in order to seek a stage victory. To do this, we can count on our Punchers in the first week, then on our best climbers when approaching the Pyrenees and then the Alps. Unlike last year, where we have run in a defensive way, we want a good place to General de Felix Gall comes from his attempts to escape. Felix is one of the best climbers in the peloton, he is confident and wants to repeat his 2023 performance.”
