TDF: Bbox Bouygues Telecom

Bbox Bouygues Telecom is bringing an average roster to this year's Tour, but there are a few bright spots. They shouldn't expect to do much in the long term hunt though they could win a stage. The person many on this team will be turning to do so is Nicolas Vogondy.

Vogondy is a good french rider who specialises in winning individual stages. He has quite a few international stages to his credit and has come close a few times in the tour. He is not afraid to join any breakaway he could get himself into and will take the opportunity whenever presented to him. He is also the french time trial champion. The other rider Bbox will be looking to possibly take a stage is Thomas Voeckler.

Voeckler is an expert climber, and could become active as the field moves into the mountains of France. I would envision that the most likely way for Voeckler to grab a win is to get into a breakaway in a more mountainous stage and then break away from that breakaway. He has the power in his legs to do something like that, though he will have fallen far enough out of contention by the time the field reaches the mountains. The other good climber Bbox has is Cyril Gautier, who can take a stage win home in a similar fashion to Voeckler. The rest of the squad is mainly riders to protect the ones who attempt to win a stage.

Full Roster:

Nicolas Vogondy

Thomas Voeckler

Cyril Gautier

Mathieu Sprick

Anthony Charteau

Pierrick Fedrigo

Pierre Rolland

Yukiya Arashiro

Sebastien Turgot