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The FDJ team has announced their nine-man line-up for the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Giro d'Italia, with a large contingent of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Thibaut Pinot's 201ꦺ6 Tour de France teammates joining the Frenchman as he turns his attentions to the Italian Grand Tour.

The Swiss duo of Sebastien Reichenbach and Steve Morabito wi♚ll be Pinot's key domestiques on the important mountain stages, many of which are crammed into the third week of the race.

Also part of last year's Tour de France line-up were Jeremy Roy, William Bonnet, and Mathieu Ladag𒊎nous – a trio that will bring experience to the team with a combined age of 99 and a combined Grand Tour count of 36.

Indeed, experience is a theme, and the team has an average age of just over 30, driven up by 35-year-old Benoit Vaugrenard, who rode the 2015 Tour with Pinot. The quartet of Vaugrenard, Roy, Bonnet, and Ladagnous ꦿis billed by the team as a unit that Pinot "knows by heart", with Roy having shared 328 race days with his le♉ader and the others around 150 each. 

Completing the line-up are two new signings, Tobias Ludvigsson and Rudy Molard. The former has joined from the Su🔴nweb team and will add horsepower on the flat, while the latter is something of an all-rounder who has thrived so far in his first season away from Cofidis.

"Thibaut is super motivated. He's in great form and he's surrounded by a great team. The level is 🐷high but the competition doesn't frighten him," said directeur sportif, Martial Gayant. "For sure we're going into this Giro full of ambition, but I will leave Marc Madiot and Thibaut to speak about the objectives of the team during the pre-race press conference."

FDJ for the Giro d'Italia: Thibaut Pinot, Steve Morabito, Sébastien Reichenbach, Rudy Molard, Tobias Ludvigsson, William Bonꦯnet, Matthieu Ladagnous, Jérémy Roy and Benoit Vaugrenard.

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