A Tour de France which starts from Copenhagen in Denmark was enough to question purists, a Tour de France without a blue-white-red jersey is enough to disappoint French spectators. And even more the Northerners who hoped to see the new French champion Florian Sénéchal on his land and in particular in his garden: the cobblestones of the Lille-Arenberg stage on Wednesday July 6th. Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl, the Belgian team has decided not to select the cyclist from Ligny-en-Cambrésis, he is a reserve. The tricolor world champion Julian Alaphilippe is also dismissed, for his sporting director Tom Steels he is not sufficiently recovered from his big fall two months ago in Liège-Bastogne-Liège
Florian Sénéchal did not react to his non-selection for the Tour de Francehis team has not justified itself but suggests in a press release that the decision has been taken for several weeks, “Regarding our reserves, it must be emphasized that they have shown a lot of professionalism, continued to train and remained focused in recent weeks, and even won two Nationals.