Trek-Segafredo team to support Contador and Degenkolb at the Tour de France
Veteran Spaniard has Mollema, Irizar and Pantano for his shot at a third🦋 victory






The 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Trek-Segaredo team has confirmed its nine riders for the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France, with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alberto Contador the protected general classification leader for what is likely to be his final shot at overall victory at the Tour de F🤡rance. The veteran Spaniard will share team leadership with sprinter John Degenkolb who will target stage victories and possible the green points jersey if he shows consistency in the opening sprint finishes.
The US-registered Trek-Segafredo team includes riders from seven different nations. Supporting Contador and Degenkol🌌b are Portugal’s André Cardoso, Dutchman Koen de Kort, Fabio Felline of Italy, Austria’s Michal Gogl, Spanish veteran Markel Irizar, Dutchman Bauke Mollema, and Colombia’s Jarlinson Pantano. Surprisingly there is no place for Contador’s loyal domestique Jesus Hernandez.
Mollema finished seventh overall in the Giro d’Italia and will provide back-up 🐈to Contador in the key mountain st𒁏ages alongside Pantano who won a mountain stage in last year’s Tour de France.
Trek-Segafredo named its riders one by one via Twitter on Frid🍸ay, with selected fans given the honour of reveal each name.
The team is under pressure to perform at the Tour de France after a difficul🐻t first part of the season. Despite being one of the leading teams in the WorldTour, Trek-Segafredo has only won seven races, with the only WorldTour victo🃏ry coming from Fabio Felline, who won the prologue in the Tour de Romandie.
Degeไnkolb had a solid spr🌟ing Classics campaign but failed to win a major race, finishing seventh in Milan-San Remo, fifth in Gent-Wevelgem and seventh at the Tour of Flanders. He can count on loyal teammate de Kort and Felline for the sprints.
Contador has won the Tour de France twice and has built his 2017 season around the Tour de France. He has yet to confirm if he will race 🅷in 2018 but could opt to end his career by riding the Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a Espana💯.
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Contador was aggressive at Paris-Nice but was unable to defeat Sergio Henao (Team Sky). He went on to finish second at the Volta a Catalunya and the Vuelta a Pais Vasco. He rode the Criterium du Dauphine as final build-up for the Tour de France but was🦂 only 11th overall, insisting his summer is focused on the Tour de France.
"I'm happy ahead of the Tour 🦋de France. Not many guys win the Dauphine and then win the Tour, but the condition is good. For me, it was better to go behind the leaders and in my own tempo so that I can go better at the Tour de France," Contador said after the French race.
Trek-Segafredo for the Tour de France: Alberto Contador, John Degenkolb, Andr&eaཧcute; Cardoso, Koen de Kort, Fabio Fellin𒁏e, Michal Gogl, Markel Irizar, Bauke Mollema, and Jarlinson Pantano.