The Team Manager of Bora-Argon 18, Ralph Denk, has outlined that Sam Bennett will be one of the leader’s for their team in the forthcoming Tour de France. Denk has announced a long list of 13 riders for the race, with the final nine being announced within the next ten days.

Bennett has taken stage victories in the Tour of Qatar and Bayern Rundfahrt this season, as well as multiple top ten placings. He has shown that he is capable of beating the other top sprinters, and it will be interesting to see how he gets on in his first Grand Tour.

“We will start with a dual leadership in this year’s Tour de France. Therefore, we decided already on the key positions in our squad. After the very successful first half of the season, Sam Bennett will make his debut in a Grand Tour. He is one of the fastest men in the peloton and he deserves to compete with the best sprinters in the biggest race of the world”, says Ralph Denk.

“In addition, Dominik Nerz is our man for the general classification. We work with him very hard on his preparation since the beginning of the year. After a setback in the winter by an illness, we are now completely on schedule”, continues Denk.

“In accordance with this, we’ll add riders to our tour line-up who support Sam in the sprint preparation and are helpful for Dominik in the mountains. The squad further will be completed with riders who can achieve a result at selected stages, such as Jan Barta in the time trial”, Denk concludes.

Long list BORA – ARGON 18 for the Tour de France 2015:
Jan Barta (30, CZE), Cesare Benedetti (27, ITA), Sam Bennett (24, IRL), Emanuel Buchmann (22, GER), Zakkari Dempster (27, AUS), Bartosz Huzarski (34, POL), Patrick Konrad (23, AUT), Jose Mendes (30, POR), Dominik Nerz (25, GER), Cristiano Salerno (30, ITA), Andreas Schillinger (31, GER), Björn Thurau (26, GER), Paul Voss (29, GER)

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