After losing their big name rider Peter Sagan at the end of the 2023 season,
TotalEnergies have been searching for a new superstar to lead them into the coming years. Having missed out on main target
Julian Alaphilippe though, the French team are concerned about their prospects.
"We believed in it. Julian Alaphilippe would have been an accelerator for invitations," explains team manager Jean-Rene Bernaudeau in conversation with
Centre Presse. Having been present at the
Tour de France since 2000 under their former guises Bonjour and Europcar, are the French-based outfit now at risk of missing out on wildcard selection for the 2025 edition of their home Grand Tour?