While David Gaudu and Stefan Küng are missing the call, the Groupama-FDJ team will notably align Romain Grégoire and Guillaume Martin to carry his ambitions on the Tour de France.
The Groupama-FDJ team intends to end six years without victory on the Tour de France. Indeed, since Thibaut Pinot at the top of the Col du Tourmalet in 2019, the training led by Marc Madiot has no longer known this thrill. In order to remedy it,
She will trust the vice-champion of France Romain GrégoireWho put himself forward during the recent Tour of Switzerland, but also to the experienced Guillaume Martin with the latter who will have the opportunity to play his card in the general classification after having finished there twice in 2021 then in 2023.
While David Gaudu has given up the big loop for lack of form, Stefan Küng is not in the list of eight runners unveiled this Monday. Indeed, the Swiss roller was the victim of a fall in training last week and skips the July meeting. Valentin Madouas, on the other hand, will be a weight support for the Leaders duo of the Groupama-FDJ team.
Stage victory as the sole objective
Lewis Askey and Paul Penhoët will also be at the start of the Tour de France just like Cyril Barthe and Quentin Pacher while Clément Russo will bring his experience. The sports director Philippe Maudu does not hide that his team approaches the large loop “with a collective turned towards a single priority objective: a stage victory”. “” The eight men at the start are physically ready, fully turned towards this objectivehe added in a press release it will also be necessary to be intelligent tactically to concretize and this is what makes the strength of this group, in a Tour de France where it is increasingly difficult to stand out. »»
To achieve this objective, the Groupama-FDJ training relies on “varied and complementary profiles for all stages” by affirming to count on the collective more than on individuality. “” We have fully confidence in this group to succeed in raising our arms “Concludes Philippe Maudu. It will be up to runners to justify the confidence in their leaders.
