Bauke Mollema not surprised to miss out on Tour de France selection: "My Giro was not good and I know it"

Bauke Mollema has been a Tour de France regular over the years, competing at the race in no fewer than 12 years. In 2023 however, this will not be the case.

“I saw it coming,” he said on the Het Wiel podcast. “I didn't have a good spring and there were great riders in the team's shortlist. Mads Pedersen is a fast man who receives a lot of help from the team, the overall will be done by Skjelmose and also joined by Ciccone, who initially would not go."

Another reason behind Mollema's absence is a poor Giro d'Italia performance according to the man himself. “I would have liked to go, but my Giro was not good and I know it," he confesses. "I also know that I was on my way to find that way. I will continue training because I know I am in reserve."