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Team DSM have confirmed their 'eight' for the Tour de France, it does not include surprises but instead two leaders in Romain Bardet and Sam Welsford and a lineup capable of supporting the ambitions of both.
Bardet, a two-time podium finisher in the past, comes in with ambitions to target the overall classification after finishing sixth last year. This year's route heavily favours the pure climbers and also features a summit finish at the Puy de Dôme near his home region, enough reasons to see the 32-year old motivated to perform.
He will be supported in the mountains by Chris Hamilton and Kevin Vermaerke, very modest support but the Dutch team is not expected to go on the attack with the field level that is expected at the race. Bardet himself may refocus on stage wins or the KOM jersey depending on how the race evolves.
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Sam Welsford perhaps delivers more confidence of netting a stage win, the Australian sprinter has shown quite a lot of speed this year, but he hasn't however won since early March. Nevertheless, having twice consecutively beaten the likes of Fabio Jakobsen, Sam Bennett and Fernando Gaviria at the Vuelta a San Juan, a stage win could be in the making. John Degenkolb, Alex Edmonson and Nils Eekhoff will be his powerful leadout, whilst Matthew Dinham completes the lineup.
Team DSM for Tour de France:
Romain Bardet, John Degenkolb, Matthew Dinham, Alex Edmonson, Nils Eekhoff, Chris Hamilton, Kevin Vermaerke and Sam Welsford.
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