Kuss and Van Baarle in Jumbo-Visma Tour de France squad as Roglic takes break

JumboVisma teams Belgian rider Wout Van Aert wearing the sprinters green jersey L JumboVisma teams Danish rider Jonas Vingegaard wearing the overall leaders yellow jersey C and JumboVisma teams American rider Sepp Kuss holding the bib number of his absent teammate JumboVisma teams Slovenian rider Primoz Roglic R cycle during the 21st and final stage of the 109th edition of the Tour de France cycling race 1156 km between La Defense Arena in Nanterre outside Paris and the ChampsElysees in Paris France on July 24 2022 Photo by Marco BERTORELLO AFP Photo by MARCO BERTORELLOAFP via Getty Images

The Jumbo-Visma team for the Tour de France will include 2022 winner Jonas Vinegegaard, Wout Van Aert, Dylan van Baarle and the USA’s Sepp Kuss. However senior directeur sportif Merijn Zeeman has indicated that Giro d’Italia winner Primož Roglič will not be part of the final eight-rider squad and is likely to focus on the Vuelta a Espana and/or Il Lombardia after taking a break from racing in July.    

Roglič has sent mixed messages since winning the Giro d’Italia a week ago. He reaffirmed that the Tour ‘is missing from my palmares” last Sunday, then during a visit to the Netherlands to celebrate his Giro d’Italia victory, when asked about riding this year’s Tour, said:   "No. Maybe. I don't know.”