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Tejay van Garderen (BMC)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Tejay van Garderen (BMC)
Chris Froome leads Nairo Quintana, T😼ejay van Garderen and Vincenzo Nibali.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Tejay van Garderen tr꧟ies to limit his losses during🀅 stage 14.(Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Tejay van Garderen pushes the BMC team 🅠to the line
BMC were the first team to hold their press conference on the second rest day of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France in Gap, with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tejay van Garderen looking relaxed and confident as he spoke to a small gathering of media in his team hotel after breakfast and just before the▨ team’s training ride.
Van Garderen slipped to third overall on stage 14 to Mende after losing time to both 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Chris Froome (Team Sky) and Nairo Quintana (Movistar). He is targeting a place on the final podium in Paris but accepted tꦐhat he will also have to watch out for the likes of Alberto Contador and Alejandro Valverde as they try to take his prestigious podium spot.
“They say there’s never an easy day on the Tour de France and that’s certainly true after the tough first week and the even tougher second week. But I feel like I’m recovering well every day, the team is strong every day and we always have strength in numbers in the final. I expect that to continue all the way to Paris,” van Garderen said in reply to questions from Cyclingnews.
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