Tadej Pogacar will start his bid for a 3rd straight Tour de France title later this week alongside four of the same team-mates who helped him to final 12 months’s yellow jersey.
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The Slovenian was unsurprisingly on Monday named within the UAE Team Emirates line-up for the race, which gets underway in Copenhagen on Friday, 1 July.
Switzerland’s Marc Hirschi was a notable omission, however Polish climber Rafal Majka, Mikkel Bjerg, Brandon McNulty and Vegard Stake Laengen all made the lower.
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New Zealander George Bennett and Spain’s Marc Soler, each signed within the low season, are within the crew, as is Italian sprinter Matteo Trentin.
Tadej Pogacar is a large favorite for victory
“We’ve worked very hard all year as a team to prepare for this,” mentioned the 23-year-old Pogacar.
“So far this year has been positive for the team and we hope to continue this momentum.”
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Pogacar is a powerful favorite for the Tour after one other spectacular season which has seen him win the one-day Strade Bianche and two stage races.
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UAE Team Emirates crew:
Tadej Pogacar (SLO), George Bennett (NZL), Mikkel Bjerg (DEN), Vegard Stake Laengen (NOR), Rafal Majka (POL), Brandon McNulty (USA), Marc Soler (ESP), Matteo Trentin (ITA)
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By Garrin Lambley © Agence France-Presse
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