The Belgian cycling team Intermarché-Wanty runs with two German professionals to the Tour de France, which started on July 5.
The strong all -rounders Jonas Rutsch (Erbach) and Georg Zimmermann (Augsburg) are part of the eight -member line -up of the Equipe, which is led by sprint star Biniam Girmay. The Eritrean had surprisingly won three stages and the green jersey last year.
Zimmermann 2023 almost stage winner
It is the third tour for the 27-year-old year, in 2021 and 2022 he made it to Paris in the jersey of the EF-Education team. The carpenter of the same age is there for the fifth time in the tour, in 2023 he had just missed victory on the tenth stage as the second behind the Spaniard Pello Bilbao.
The contingent of Intermarché-Wanty for the 112nd Tour de France (5th to 27th July): Louis Barré (France), Vito Braet (Belgium), Biniam Girmay (Eritrea), Hugo Page (France), Laurenz Rex (Belgium), Jonas Rutsch (Erbach), Roel van Sintmaartensdijk (Netherlands), Georg Zimmermann (Augsburg).