Soudal - Quick-Step is one of the teams that's heading to the
Tour de France with high ambitions and they are spearheaded by two great leaders:
Remco Evenepoel and
Tim Merlier, who each have got a few support men heading into the Grand Boucle.
“The race can be divided in two parts. A hectic first half, without a proper mountain stage, but with a flat individual time trial where gaps can be made, and plenty of opportunities for the sprinters and the puncheurs. Tim and Remco will have a couple of chances, but important will be that everybody makes it through those ten stages safely," team DS Tom Steels said in a
press release issued by the team.
"The many mountain stages and the uphill time trial that come in the second part will make for an incredibly hard race, but also the last stage in Paris should play a role in the general classification. We have a strong and experienced team, capable of some nice things this summer, and so we start with a lot of confidence”