Sergeant: No team time trial should open Tour field

Lotto team manager Marc Sergeant has said that with no team time trial in the 2010 Tour de France route, there could be a possible chink in Alberto Contador's armour, with the Spaniard aiming to defend his second Tour de France title next July.

Daniel Benson

Daniel Benson was the Editor in Chief at Cyclingnews.com between 2008 and 2022. Based in the UK, he joined the Cyclingnews team in 2008 as the site's first UK-based Managing Editor. In that time, he reported on over a dozen editions of the Tour de France, several World Championships, the Tour Down Under, Spring Classics, and the London 2012 Olympic Games. With the help of the excellent editorial team, he ran the coverage on Cyclingnews and has interviewed leading figures in the sport including UCI Presidents and Tour de France winners.