“Louis Meintjes finished the Tour de France very strongly, gaining momentum in the third week. We hope he continues his progression and reaches the top 10 of the final classification.
Lorenzo Rota,
Kobe Goossens and Rein Taaramäe are three riders capable of achieving a stage victory, on the offensive on the many hilly profiles.” The many hilly days provide plenty opportunities for breakaways and the team will deposit it's main hopes there - however, Meintjes has won a stage and conquered the KOM classification earlier in the year at the Itzulia Basque Country which provides hopes that he may do the same without hindering his prime ambition.
Intermarché is one of the few teams also puitting some focus in the sprints and will be supporting
Arne Marit: “For the sprints, we will play the Arne Marit card. We are delighted that he is back to his level after a long injury.
Tom Paquot and
Simone Petilli are the valuable support riders. Simone brings his experience while Tom is one of our two Belgian newcomers in a Grand Tour, with
Vito Braet. Vito is evolving to become an important support rider for the team. He is ready for the next step in his career, in the event of a bunch sprint with a difficult profile for Arne, we have another card to play with Vito. Our two newcomers will lead Arne Marit for our all-Belgian sprint train," Visbeek explained.