It's official: Vingegaard and Van Aert confirmed for the Tour

The news of the past few weeks and the photos from the training camp that the team is carrying out at the Tignes station in the Alps pointed to Visma-Lease a Bike aligning all its leaders in the Tour de France. Today, the team has officially announced the 8 riders who will try to defend the yellow jersey achieved in the last two editions by Jonas Vingegaard, who, despite doubts, will be at the start in Florence.

Visma-Lease a Bike announces its lineup for the Tour de France and presents its jersey for this event

A day of announcements for Visma-Lease a Bike, which has put an end to all speculations about its lineup and who will lead the Dutch team in the next edition of the Tour de France starting in Florence on June 29.

And the news is that yes, Jonas Vingegaard has managed to recover in time after the fall he suffered in the Itzulia and will have the opportunity to defend his yellow jersey and try to achieve his third title.

Also part of the lineup will be Wout van Aert, who is also recovering from the fall he suffered in Dwars door Vlaanderen and had not competed until he reappeared a few weeks ago, more as training than competition, in the Tour of Norway. In the case of the Belgian cyclist, the question was not whether he would be ready for the Tour de France, but rather if participating in the French race would be the best approach towards Van Aert's main goal: the road race at the Paris Olympics.

The lineup is completed by two luxury lieutenants like Sepp Kuss and Matteo Jorgenson, who have already shown that they are capable of taking on the team leadership if necessary. They will have to do the dirty work for cyclists of the caliber of Wilco Kelderman, Tiesj Benoot, Jan Tratnik, and Christophe Laporte, who complete a lineup of true luxury and will surely make Visma-Lease a Bike a highly competitive team.

Visma-Lease a Bike has taken advantage of the day to present the jersey that will be used in the Tour de France due to the impossibility of using their usual colors because of the similarity with the yellow jersey of the leader. The new kit has green as its main color and features a pattern that reproduces the fleur-de-lis and a design that alludes to the Renaissance, clearly referencing the start of the Tour de France in the beautiful city of Florence.