And of course for the mountains Sepp Kuss and
Simon Yates, the latter having just come from a Giro d'Italia victory. Most likely, he will be showing his best legs towards the end of the race after a very fatiguing few months. “Wout and Simon knew up front they’d do both Grand Tours, so we took that into account. For Affini and Wout, it’s not a problem. Simon was more fatigued, so he needed more time, but he recovered, and he feels ready," Heijboer assures.
It is a team with a lot of quality but the team is certain that bringing Yates to the Tour as initially planned is the right decision: “We’re confident about the decision, but we’ll only know in Paris. But like every year, we see cycling as a team sport and we try to beat Pogacar and the other opponents with Visma | Lease a Bike and Jonas.”