Groupama - FDJ take young team to Giro d'Italia - Laurence Pithie makes Grand Tour debut after stunning spring

Laurence Pithie was one of the big breakthrough riders of the season and he gets his reward from Groupama-FDJ. The French team heads to the Giro d'Italia with a young lineup and the 21-year old is the absolute leader.

Pithie was the winner of the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race earlier this year. He finished seventh at Paris-Roubaix, led Paris-Nice for a day and featured in big attacks together with the likes of Wout van Aert and Mathieu van der Poel respectively at Kuurne - Bruxelles - Kuurne and Gent-Wevelgem. His talent as a classics rider is apparent, but he also packs a strong sprint which makes him an outsider for many days at the Corsa Rosa.

The team may back him, or Lewis Askey in the pure bunch sprints. The rest of the lineup will be focused on assisting the duo on the sprints and chasing breakaways, featuring also Cyril Barthe, Clément Davy, Lorenzo Germani, Olivier Le Gac, Fabien Lienhard and Enzo Paleni.

Groupama - FDJ for Giro d'Italia:

Laurence Pithie
Lewis Askey
Cyril Barthe
Clément Davy
Lorenzo Germani
Olivier Le Gac
Fabien Lienhard
Enzo Paleni