Eritrean Biniam Girmay, who will make his Tour de France debut on July 1, will be the leader of Intermarché-Circus with the aim of winning a stage, the Belgian formation announced on Friday June 23. ” Girmay, his mission will be to aim for the stage victory in the sprint. To put all the chances on our side (…), we have been working on the sprint train since winter said Aike Visbeek, team performance manager. The winner of Ghent-Wevelgem 2022, 23, had participated in a first grand tour last year, winning a stage on the Giro. Intermarché also aims to ” get a top 10 in the final standings “. The South African Louis ” Meintjes, with his seventh place last year, had achieved the first top 10 in our history on the Grande Boucle. He has our full support to repeat this achievement on this edition. “, continued Aike Visbeek. The team will also rely on the experience of Portuguese Rui Costa, former world champion, supervised in particular by two Frenchmen, Lilian Calmejane and Adrien Petit, but no Belgian rider.
