White: Orica-BikeExchange to focus on 2017 Tour de France GC

Deep down Matt White will already have a hunch as to which of his young GC riders - Esteban Chaves, Adam Yates or Simon Yates - will be unleashed at the 2017 Tour de France, but at the route unveiling in Paris the Orica-BikeExchange director erred on the side of caution, choosing to see the full deck of Grand Tour routes before deciding the team's next move.

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.