Former Vuelta a España champion Remco Evenepoel will lead Soudal-Quick Step at the Tour de France 2024, which starts June 29, the Belgian team announced Tuesday.

Evenepoel, 24, will be supported by Basque rider Mikel Landa in the mountains of the three-week race that's set to begin in Florence, Italy, as well as Czech veteran Jan Hirt.

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The Belgian will make his first appearance at the Tour de France, having won the 2022 Vuelta and finished 12th in last year's edition of the Spanish race.

"Riding the Tour de France is the dream of every kid who falls in love with cycling," Evenepoel said in a team statement. "It's something I, too, have dreamed about since the moment I rode my bike.

"I would like to have a good Tour and get some nice results, but let's not forget it's my debut in this hard and beautiful event, which is unlike any other, so the plan is to discover the race, take it one day at a time and see where this leads us."

Evenepoel, the 2022 world road race champion, also is joined on the team by compatriots Louis Vervaeke, Yves Lampaert and Ilan Van Wilder as well as Italian Gianni Moscon and Dane Casper Pedersen.

Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe misses out to focus on the Paris Olympics.

French team Arkea-B&B Hotels also announced their team for the Grand Tour, with sprinter Arnaud Demare leading their hopes for a stage win on home soil.

Demare's fellow Frenchmen Kevin Vauquelin and Clement Champoussin also are on the team, as well as Spaniards Crisitan Rodriguez and Raul Pierna Garcia, Italian Luca Mozzato, Belgian Amaury Capiot and Briton Daniel McLay.

The Tour begins in Florence, before ending in Nice on July 21, with Paris, the regular location for the final stage, unavailable due to the Olympics.

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