Vingegaard Teams Up With Van Aert For Tour de France Defense
Vingegaard Teams Up With Van Aert For Tour de France Defense
Jonas Vingegaard will be supported by last year's green jersey winner Wout Van Aert in Jumbo-Visma for the Tour de France defense.
Jonas Vingegaard will be supported by last year's green jersey winner Wout Van Aert in the Jumbo-Visma team as the Danish rider begins the defense of his Tour de France title this weekend.
Vingegaard can count on five of the team-mates who helped him triumph a year ago, with Christophe Laporte, Tiesj Benoot, Sepp Kuss and Nathan Van Hooydonck also named Monday in the Jumbo-Visma squad.
Only Primoz Roglic, who is resting after winning the Giro d'Italia in May, and Steven Kruijswijk are missing from the 2022 line-up. Kruijswijk crashed heavily at last month's Criterium du Dauphine.
The pair will be replaced by last year's Paris-Roubaix winner and Dutch national champion Dylan van Baarle, and Wilco Kelderman for the July 1-23 race which begins in the Basque port of Bilbao.
Jumbo-Visma won six stages of the 2022 Tour de France, with Vingegaard taking overall victory as well as the king of the mountains title. Van Aert won the green points jersey for best sprinter.
"We exceeded our wildest dreams last year with six stage victories, the polka dot jersey, and most importantly, the green and yellow jersey," said sporting director Merijn Zeeman.
"This year we are dreaming big too. Our ambition is to bring the yellow jersey back to Paris."
The Tour de France 2023 Jumbo-Visma Team
Jonas Vingegaard (DEN), Tiesj Benoot (BEL), Sepp Kuss (USA), Christophe Laporte (FRA), Wout Van Aert (BEL), Nathan Van Hooydonck (BEL), Dylan van Baarle (NED), Wilco Kelderman (NED)
When Does Tour de France 2023 Start?
The Tour de France is a 21 day event starting on July 1 through July 23. Every day the cyclists start together to complete the stage of a race. Every stage varies in distance and physical demand.
Here is the complete schedule for the Tour de France 2023 Route
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