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The top two teams Ineos (formerly Sky) and Jumbo-Visma are the big favorites in the race for overall victory at this year’s “Grande Boucle”. But both crew chiefs are injured. Egan Bernal (23, Col.), the defending champion, complains of back pain and had to leave the Dauphiné tour early. Primoz Roglic (30 years old, Slo) who is considered the Colombian’s greatest challenger, fell on the 4th stage of the Dauphiné tour. It remains to be seen how well the Slovenian recovered from this fall. Bernals’ noble aide Richard Carapaz (27, ecu) it could intervene in the gap if the previous year’s winner weakens. If Roglic is not 100 percent up to date, the Jumbo Visma team can still climb Tom Dumoulin (29, Ned) counting. The French hope of Thibaut Pinot (30, Fra) of the Groupma FDJ troop. As a good climber, this year’s tour with many mountain stages could suit the teammates of the two Swiss Stefan Küng (26) and Sébastien Reichenbach (31). However, Pinot has had to give up four times at the beginning of seven appearances on the tour.
