David Moncoutié and Rik Verbrugghe will lead the Cofidis team for this year's Tour de France, which starts in Strasbourg on July 1. Team manager Eric Boyer told AFP that he was relying on the duo to go for stage wins during the three-week race. "This is a team of warriors, of irregulars, who have already won at the highest level," he said of Moncoutié and Verbrugghe's previous stage victories in grand tours.
The Cofidis squad will contain the first British rider to start the Tour since 2003 as Bradley Wiggins goes for a win in the prologue. Sylvain Chavanel will also go for stage wins, but will not have any special ambition for the general classification.
