French rider Romain Bardet (Team DSM) announced on Twitter on Monday his participation in the next Tour de France which starts on July 1 from Copenhagen, Denmark. The runner, originally from Haute-Loire, says he is impatient and excited by this news. He has already shone twice on the podium of the big loop, he finished 2nd in 2016 and 3rd in 2017. He will therefore be at the start of the Tour, three weeks after his retirement during the 13th stage of the Tour of Italy when he was in 4th place in the Giro. He had won the Tour of the Alps a few weeks earlier, in April.