Having already selected six riders for the team, Bretagne has now finalized the roster for their Tour de France debut. Sprinter Romain Feillu will lead the team in the flat stages while Brice Feillu and Florian Guillou are expected to shine in the mountains for a team that has unfortunately lost GC captain Eduardo Sepulveda due to injury.

After several years, Bretagne will finally make their debut in the Tour de France later this week and the team has now named the 9 riders that will try to put the jersey in the spotlight during the three weeks. Earlier this month, the first six riders were selected and yesterday the final three riders got the call-up.

Unfortunately, the team will be without its GC rider Eduardo Sepulveda who rode exceptionally well in the Tour de San Luis and Tour Med earlier this year. The Argentine crashed in the Bayern Rundfahrt and during his recon of the cobbles and a knee injury has forced him to postpone his debut in the world's biggest race.

Hence, the team will line up with no focus on the GC and the aim will be to win a stage. For the mountain stages, the team has Brice Feillu who was among the first six riders to be selected and who won the big stage to Andorra in his debut in 2009. Since then he has had a harder time but has shown good condition in recent weeks. He can count on support from another climbr, Florian Guillou, who was one of the final three riders to get selected.

Brice's brother Romain is also a late call-up to the team. The sprinter has been suffering since his magnificent 2011 season and so was a surprise omission when the first six riders were named. However, he recently broke his drought in the Ronde de l'Oise and that performance has apparently earned him a spot.

Another sprinter on the team is Armindo Fonseca who is likely to target the sprints in the harder stages. His good climbing skills will allow him to go on the attack as it is the case for another fast finisher, Florian Vachon.

Rouleurs Anthony Delaplace and Arnaud Gerard will be attackers on the team and may both target the stage 20 time trial as well. The final two spots have been taken by Jean-Marc Bideau and Benoit Jarrier, the latter being the third rider to be announced yesterday.

Bretagne for the Tour de France:

Brice Feillu, Romain Feillu, Florian Guillou, Arnaud Gerard, Anthony Delaplace, Benoit Jarrier, Armindo Fonseca, Florian Vachon and Jean-Marc Bideau