The Welsh Geraint Thomas, winner of the 2018 edition, the Colombian Daniel Felipe Martínez and the British Adam Yates It will be the trident that the Ineos Grenadiers stage in the 109th edition of the Tour de France that begins this Friday in Copenhagen.
There will be three tricks for the general within a team that complete Jonathan Castroviejo, Filippo Ganna, Tom Pidcock, Luke Rowe, and Dylan van Baarle.
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Two-time world time trial champion Ganna and Pidcock are making their Tour de France debuts, while the backbone of the formation will be provided by Castroviejo, Rowe and the winner of the Paris-Roubaix, Van Baarle.
Team manager Sir Dave Brailsford commented on the difficulty of this edition, in which “anything can happen”.
“The competition this year is tougher than ever and that’s a great thing for the sport, the Tour and the fans. But we all know that anything can happen in cycling, especially during three weeks of hard racing in different terrain and weather conditions. We are eager to start competing,” said the manager.
According to Rod Ellingworth, one of the team’s directors, Ineos has potential that can give it a leading role. “Yates, Martínez and Geraint Thomas are three heavyweights for the general classification, They have shown their form throughout the season and come to Copenhagen in great shape.”
What Daniel has done
Martínez, for his part, has options to reach higher than his compatriot. The Ineos runner can fight for the podium and according to the conditions of the race, whatever happens, because he can aspire to the podium and even the definitive victory.
His year has been exceptional, since he was third in the Tour of the Algarve, he is the national time trial champion, third in Paris Nice, 29th in the Grand Prix de Denain – Porte du Hainaut, won the Tour of the Basque Country, one stage, he was fifth in the Walloon Fleche and fourth in the Liège Bastogne Liège and finished eighth in the Tour of Switzerland.
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