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“We are confident, he’s already won three times and he was one time second. I think he is one of the fastest guys and we are confident that he will win on Sunday,”

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26.07.2015 @ 08:43 Posted by Joseph Doherty

Having headed onto the Champs-Elysees today as the dominant sprinter in the Tour de France with three stage wins, Lotto-Soudal are backing Andre Greipel to make it four and take a famous win in sprinting’s biggest race.

 

“We are confident, he’s already won three times and he was one time second. I think he is one of the fastest guys and we are confident that he will win on Sunday,” Greipel’s Lotto-Soudal teammate Thomas de Gendt told Cyclingnews. “Of course you have Cavendish and on a finish like that he is really fast but you also have Alexander Kristoff who is really fast and Sagan has also been very strong in this Tour but he has been in a lot of attacks, so maybe he is a little bit more tired than André.”

 

Despite Greg Henderson sitting at home after he abandoned, Greipel has three guys for the leadout and four to control the race, even if De Gendt and Adam Hansen are injured.

 

“Henderson is quite an important guy for André in the sprint and with him out we had a few problems but we still managed to win one stage without Henderson and Hansen’s injuries are going ok. Also my injuries are going ok for the moment,” said De Gendt. “He [Hansen] had a lot of problems in the cobbled stage with his shoulder. I was lucky that I broke my rib the day after. If I had the same as he did I don’t think that I would have pulled through. I know he is still fighting so I will do my best to get to the finish.”

 

“It’s only 80 kilometres that we have to race and we still have eight guys. We can use three or four guys to control the race and then the other guys can do the last lap.”

 

Should Greipel win, he would take his fourth stage of the race, a record for him. It would also be a sixth German win this Tour. His best result on the Champs-Elysees is second in 2013 behind Marcel Kittel.

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