DSM-Firmenich PostNL have introduced their eight-man roster for the upcoming Tour de France, with sprinter Fabio Jakobsen and climber Romain Bardet their headline riders as they chase stage wins.
It’s been a tricky season for former Tour stage winner Jakobsen after becoming a member of from Soudal Fast-Step on the finish of 2023, having solely managed one win in 2024.
His Grand Tour debut for DSM-Firmenich-PostNL additionally went poorly ultimately month’s Giro d’Italia and finally ended with an abandon after a crash on stage 11, with out exhibiting a lot type.
“I’m actually excited to tackle my first Tour de France with Crew dsm-firmenich PostNL. We deliver a extremely sturdy group to the race that may go for stage success on each terrain. I’ve a pleasant group round me to focus on the dash phases, however with Warren, Frank, Oscar, and Romain, we even have actually sturdy riders for the hilly and mountainous phases,” mentioned Jakobsen in a crew launch.
“We goal to indicate sturdy teamwork and actually battle for one another, and if we carry out at a excessive stage, I consider we will have an excellent race collectively. I can’t wait to get began.”
Main out the Jakobsen, 27, within the six or seven dash alternatives would be the skilled John Degenkolb, additionally a former stage winner on the Tour in 2018, debutant Bram Welten and Nils Eekhoff, who returns for his fourth Tour.
Twice a podium finisher on the Tour de France, Bardet will journey his eleventh and last house Grand Tour after asserting that he would retire from highway racing after subsequent 12 months’s Critérium du Dauphiné final week.
Bardet gained’t be going for GC and is as an alternative set to chase stage wins. He’ll be helped on the uphill terrain by two-time Tour stage winner and former KOM jersey Warren Barguil, alongside Tour debutants Frank van den Broek and Oscar Onley.
“This 12 months we are available in with the only focus of going for day outcomes, whether or not that be within the dash finishes, within the mountains or on the rolling terrain in between,” mentioned coach Matt Winston.
“We consider everybody within the crew can play a job within the finale on the appropriate stage and in the appropriate circumstances. We might want to present good teamwork from the off as we will anticipate a tough begin on the climbs in Italy, earlier than some dash alternatives after that.”
DSM-Firmenich PostNL 2024 Tour de France squad
- Romain Bardet
- Fabio Jakobsen
- Warren Barguil
- John Degenlolb
- Nils Eekhoff
- Oscar Onley
- Frank van den Broek
- Bram Welten
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