Stetina forms key bond with van Garderen ahead of Tour de France

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BMC riders building form at the Critérium du Dauphiné

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Pete Stetina swapped Garmin-Sharp argyle for BMC red and black (Image credit: BMC)

Peter Stetina has faith that his BMC team leader Tejay van Garderen will turn his form around for the Tour de France. Van Garderen lost time on the first mountain stage of this year’s Critérium du Dauphiné on stage 2 but revealed to Cyclingnews that he had suffered a small fracture in his hip in a fall at the Tour of Romandie.

Daniel Benson
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.