Laurens ten Dam is suffering from a cold and therefore he is not quite fit for the start of the Tour de France. The experienced Belkin rider sits on antibiotics he told NIS. 

The Dutchman got the cold after the national championships on the road. "I have a little cold, a little gurgle. I will not go into too raunchy details there. I'm a little asthmatic, it is my weak point. There's some junk in my lungs, but that's going to leave me by the Tour’s second week. "

Ten Dam, therefore, is not particularly worried. "We don’t need to make too much drama about it. If you sit on the bike you forget all about it. I’m only bothered if I sit still or lie in my bed."