Ben O'Connor has been confirmed at the first Australian overall contender to lead a team from his country at the Tour de France.
Jayco AlUla have announced their eight-rider line-up for the three-week Grand Tour, which starts next Saturday night (AEST) at Lille in northern France.
The Australian team, originally known as GreenEDGE, first contested the Tour de France in 2012 and has had several general classification (GC) hopes since in the three-week Grand Tours - the Tour, the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a Espana.