Due to his stage victories in the Tour of the Algarve and the Tour of Valencia, Dutchman Fabio Jakobsen seemed to be the favorite to start as a sprinter for the team.
“I know Jakobsen said at the beginning of January that he would normally go, but I have a list of more names,” Lefevere told the Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad in the United Arab Emirates. There Cavendish won the bunch sprint in the second stage.
Last year, Sam Bennett was supposed to go to the Tour on behalf of Quick Step, but a knee injury and a bad working relationship allowed Cavendish to show up. With success: the Briton won four stages and won the points classification. ,,So much can still happen”, says Lefevere. ,,Just look at last year. I am happy that my two sprinters are performing so well.”
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