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French rider Nacer Bouhanni was named yesterday as team leader of Cofidis for the Tour de France. The announcement comes a day after Bouhanni was forced to pull out of the French national championships after injuring his hand in a fight the night before.
Bouhanni’s Cofidis team said in a statement afterwards that the 25-year-old had been “assaulted by drunken people”. The 2012 French champion was visibly struggling with his hand injury but Cofidis said his Tour de France participation was not in doubt.
The Grand Boucle begins on Saturday at Mont St Michel with a flat stage expected to end in a bunch sprint, in which Bouhanni would be one of the favourites. It will be a third Tour de France for Bouhanni after 2013 and 2015, as he bids for a first stage win in the race.
Cofidis team : Nacer Bouhanni (FRA), Borut Bozic (SLO), Jerome Cousin (FRA), Arnold Jeannesson (FRA), Christophe Laporte (FRA), Cyril Lemoine (FRA), Luis Angel Mate (ESP), Daniel Navarro (ESP), Geoffrey Soupe (FRA)
Two Eritreans join Cavendish in Dimension’s Tour team
Sprinter Mark Cavendish will be joined by two Eritreans in South African team Dimension Data’s Tour de France outfit. Cavendish, 31, has won 26 stages on the Tour de France as well as 15 on the Giro d’Italia and can count on usual teammates Bernhard Eisel of Austria and Australian Mark Renshaw, who also signed for the South African team in the offseason. Two other former Tour stage winners are included in the shape of Norwegian champion Edvald Boasson Hagen and Briton Steve Cummings.
Eritrean Daniel Teklehaimanot, who last year wore the jersey for best climber, will line up with compatriot Natnael Berhane, making his Tour debut. South African Reinardt Janse van Rensburg completes the line-up.
Dimension Data team: Natnael Berhane (ERI), Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR), Mark Cavendish (GBR), Steve Cummings (GBR), Bernhard Eisel (AUT), Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (RSA), Serge Pauwels (BEL), Mark Renshaw (AUS), Daniel Teklehaimanot (ERI)
Quintana headlines Movistar’s Tour team
Colombian Nairo Quintana will headline the Movistar team in his bid for the Tour de France’s yellow jersey after two second-places in 2013 and 2015.
Spaniard Alejandro Valverde, who was third in 2015, is also included in the team but has said he has no personal ambitions on the Tour. Colombian climber Winner Anacona, Portugal’s time-trial champion Nelson Oliveira, and four other Spaniards, including Ion Izagirre and Dani Moreno, make up the team.
Movistar team: Nairo Quintana (COL), Winner Anacona (COL), Imanol Erviti (ESP), Jesus Herrada (ESP), Gorka Izagirre (ESP), Ion Izagirre (ESP), Dani Moreno (ESP), Nelson Oliveira (POR), Alejandro Valverde (ESP)
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