Cycling: Ten days before the start of the Tour de France, the first teams announced their line-up. The teams Katusha-Alpecin and Bora-hansgrohe will each send three German drivers to the start in Düsseldorf. The Kazakh team Astana has also published the nine nominated drivers.
Peter Sagan & Rafal Majka should achieve top results for Bora-hansgrohe
With the German team Bora, hansgrohe It has been clear for months that the team at the Tour de France will be built around Rafal Majka and Peter Sagan. Peter Sagan will ride for stage wins and the green jersey. Rafal Majka is said to attack the mountain jersey again and be an option for the general classification. The captains are supported by Maciej Bodnar, Jay McCarthy, Pawel Poljanski, Juraj Sagan and the three Germans Emanuel Buchmann, Marcus Burghardt and Rüdiger Selig. With the Swiss team Katusha Alpecin the full line-up has not yet been decided. What is certain, however, is that the Norwegian Alexander Kristoff will be chasing the stages and the three Germans Tony Martin, Rick Zabel and Nils Politt will be at the start. This marks Rick Zabel's Tour de France debut in Düsseldorf. Jakob Fuglsang and Fabio Aru lead the squad from the team Astana
The Bora-hansgrohe squad for the Tour de France
Peter Sagan (Slovakia)
Rafal Majka (Poland)
Maciej Bodnar (Poland)
Jay McCarthy (Australia)
Pawel Poljanski (Poland)
Juraj Sagan (Slovakia)
Emanuel Buchmann (Germany)
Marcus Burghardt (Germany)
Rudiger Selig (Germany)
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