Greg van Avermaet, who is doing a great season with three victories (a stage win at Tirreno-Adriatico, a stage win and the overall classification at Baloise Belgium Tour), would be selected to ride the Tour de France. But with his partner Ellen, they are expecting their first child. The Belgian rider would like to be present but Allan Peiper explained that the team may not have a rider for the first week of the race as a result.

"He has already shown that his condition is very good. He may be our best man in the first ten days, but we must be sure is that he stays in the Tour. Greg would like to ride the Tour, but he also wants to be home for the baby," says Peiper. "We must of course know how long it is, as the team time trial [stage 10] will be very important for the standings. But Greg is a key man for the team."

"Our Tour selection is largely fixed, there should only be a few places to fill. The strong performance of Tejay van Garderen, we tend to opt for an extra man to help Tejay. We still have some time to think about it," he added.