Ineos Grenadiers see more opportunity than risk in Tour de France cobbles stage

ROUBAIX FRANCE APRIL 17 Dylan Van Baarle of Netherlands and Team INEOS Grenadiers celebrates winning in the Roubaix Velodrome Vlodrome Andr Ptrieux during the 119th ParisRoubaix 2022 Mens Elite a 2572km one day race from Compigne to Roubaix ParisRoubaix WorldTour on April 17 2022 in Roubaix France Photo by Bas CzerwinskiGetty Images
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Ineos Grenadiers see Wednesday’s Tour de France stage across the infamous cobbles of Paris-Roubaix as an opportunity to gain time on their rivals rather than as a day to view with trepidation.

The British super team have Paris-Roubaix winner Dylan van Baarle, Under-23 Paris-Roubaix winner Filippo Ganna and experienced Classics road captain Luke Rowe in their eight-rider squad at the Tour. They will be expected to protect, guide and help team leaders Adam Yates, Dani Martínez and Geraint Thomas survive on the eleven sectors and 19.4km of cobbles that fill the final 77km of the stage.

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