Julian Alaphilippe (31 years old)
The French public can’t wait to find someone who is not around due to a serious decline in 2022. Bobos has known others since then. But form returns, admiring his partner and France Télévisions advisor Marion Rousse: “I’m impressed that he’s always so motivated despite the pitfalls. “I’m sure the double world champion running with the Soudal Quick-Step team will see him wearing the first yellow jersey of 2023 tonight in Bilbao.
Romain Bardet (32 years old)
We always look forward to a lot from Auvergnat, which has been on the Tour podium twice, 2nd in 2016 and 3rd in 2017. Three weeks ago he entered the Tour de Suisse to get the “final percentages” he didn’t have. to make the most of a very mountainous Tour of 2023. During the attack in the Pyrenees on Wednesday, July 5th, we will find out if the physical preparation of this Team DSM driver was successful.
Christophe Laporte (30 years old)
Varois won two stages, wore the yellow jersey for three days and recently won the green jersey as the best sprinter at the Critérium du Dauphiné. Enough to whet his appetite in the Tour, where he will be a key teammate for Dane Jonas Vingegaard (team Jumbo-Visma), the winner of 2022 and the big favorite of his own successor.
Thibaut Pinot (33 years old)
After long hesitation, Marc Madiot, general manager of the Groupama-FDJ team, finally decided to take on the 5th-placed Thibaut Pinot in the Giro in May. In his final Tour before retiring, Franc-Comtois (3rd overall in 2014) has the opportunity to repeat brilliant hits such as his spectacular victory at the top of Tourmalet in 2019 ahead of Julian Alaphilippe.
David Gaudu (26 years old)
His 30th place in the final Critérium du Dauphiné and Pinot’s pick reshuffled the cards for this Breton, who finished 4th in Tour 2022. Within Groupama-FDJ, he will have to share leadership with Pinot. Is it aligned with its goals? “The goal is to get on the podium. Behind the two big favourites, Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard, there are a lot of foreigners. And I’m in this group.”
Guillaume Martin (30 years old)
Damn covid! The driver of Cofidis, who tested positive halfway through the 2022 Tour, had to leave Grande Boucle. In February, the virus struck him again, putting him in a state of performance-incompatible asthenia for more than a month. For the Parisian, who finished 6th in the Critérium du Dauphiné, it’s just a bad memory: “I have the impression that I’m slowly getting closer to the best. “Enough to do better than the 8th place standings when he got to the Champs-Élysées in 2021?
Tour de France: to be watched on Saturday 1 July at 12:00 on France 2
FREDERIC LOHEZIC
Source: Programme Television
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