In 2014, Canadian Svein Tuft had the chance to wear the pink jersey after the team time trial winning by Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team. But this year, he can not be present at the start of the three-week race. Indeed, he crashed during the Tour de Romandie and suffered serious injuries.

"I don't normally get too upset about this sort of stuff. I've always said there's plenty of racing during a season. But for me, as far as my career goes, this is a huge letdown," Tuft explained according to Cyclingnews. "This race has always been a really big part of my season and something that I've always done. It sets up the rest of your year, but also the experiences you have during it… We always try and send a really good team and this year would be, and will be, one of our best showings. I really wanted to be apart of that whole crew that's going."

"The problem, it's my chest. My wrist fractured, but breaks are sort of normal. The chest injury was scary because it was right above my heart. The thorax, my doctor reckons, it's fractured but those things are so hard to pick up... breathing is painful."

Tuft hopes his team will win again the team time trial. "I'm excited to watch the team time trial on Saturday. It will be very hard to watch but I'm really excited for those guys."