Jasper Philipsen and Mathieu van der Poel will be able to count on strong support for the Tour de France this July, with Alpecin-Premier Tech announcing a formidable line-up to back their co-leaders at the biggest stage race of the season.
Philipsen, 28, emerged from the chaos of the windswept first day of last year's Tour to take the opening yellow jersey and add a tenth stage win to his palmarès, only to crash out two days later when leading the points competition.
