Bauke Mollema will lead Trek Factory Racing at the Tour de France. Currently competing in the Critérium du Dauphiné, the Dutch rider hopes that Fabian Cancellara can recover in time for the Tour de Suisse. Spartacus suffered from a throat infection.

"It’s really important he recovers and is in the team. He’s a big leader and a really important guy. I really hope that he can do the Tour de Suisse and that he recovers in time for the Tour de France. We really, really need him in the Tour for cobbles, the team time trial and for all his experience in the race", Mollema told according to Cyclingnews.

During the team time trial in the Dauphiné, Trek Factory Racing finished in 17th place. But we have to say that they are not racing with their Tour line-up. "We’re not here with the Tour de France team. Teams like BMC and Astana have almost their entire Tour teams where while we miss Cancellara, Jungles, maybe our best two time triallists."

During this winter, Mollema joined Trek Factory Racing. He built his season in order to be at the top for the Tour de France. He told about the Critérium du Dauphiné, his first entry. 

"It’s going to be a hard week", he added. "The most important thing is to find my form a bit more. I’m not especially focused on GC, especially after yesterday’s stage but I hope to hope something by going for a stage. I need this race to make the last step before the Tour. After this I’ll head back to altitude for more training."

"My schedule has been a bit different this year because in previous years I’ve done Tour de Suisse, so this is my first time here. Last two years I was good in Suisse with second and third. Maybe I was a bit too good in that race because in the last week of the Tour I had some difficulties. The plan here is to stay under the radar because it’s still five or six weeks until the end of the Tour. I’m on schedule."