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FDJ sprinter Arnaud Démare has revealed that he is going to miss this year’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France and will focus instead on the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Giro d’Italia.

The Frenchman believes he has more chance of tasting success in Italy’s national tour despite a strong sprint presence set to be headed byꦍ Marcel Kittel and André Greipel.

Speaking to L’Équipe during his team’s ongoing training camp in Calpe, Spain, D&eℱacute;mare said he made the decision following a disappointing 2015 season in terms of victories. The 24-year-old Frenchman claimed just two wins after hitting double figures in the two previous seasons.

“I had good cards to play but I couldn’t put them on the table,” Démare said of his 2015 campaign, adding that there is little point in heading back to the Tour when FDJ are committed to backing Thibaut Pinot’s general classification ambitꦰions.

“Rather than doing the Tour, I will go to the Giro with a team built around me. I’ve tried the Tour twice and I’ve lost out there twice,” explained Démare, who failed to win a stage 𝔍in his national tour in 2014 and 2015. 

“I’ve got no desire to go🥃 back there to get another kicking. If you do༒n’t have a team designed to put a sprinter in the best possible position, like Lotto who have eight riders lined out to ensure that André Greipel can save his energy before making his effort, it’s not possible to win. That isn’t likely to happen on this team as its focus is on the general classification with Thibaut,” said Démare.

The Frenchman said he has been training hard over the winter with the a🔜im of winning from the off when the European season gets under way. “I am more demanding of my teammates and myself," Démare admitted. "I’ve told them: ‘At Bessèges, we all need to 🔴be ready.’” 

Bolstered by his coach, Julien Pinot, who has told Dé🃏mare he did progress in 2015 even though his results might suggest otherwise, the FDJ rider says he has become obsessed with seeing thatꦇ advance translate into victories.

“I want to💎 be ahead of the competition,” he said. “2014 was [Alexander] Kristoff’s season, 2015 wa💙s [John] Degenkolb’s. I don’t know when it will happen, but I will have a season like that too,” Démare stated.