West Midlands born Daniel Martin has been announced in Cannondale-Garmin's team for the 102nd Tour De France.
Martin, who rides as an Irish citizen and won a stage in 2013's race, is part of a nine man team that includes U.S. National Time Trial Champion, Andrew Talansky, 2012 Giro d'Italia winner Ryder Hesjedal along with Jack Bauer, Kristjian Koren, Sebastian Langeveld who will be the team's road captain, Ramunas Navardauskas, Dylan Van Baarle and Nathan Hass.
“We are going into the Tour de France with three leaders, all who have very different riding styles, and those styles compliment each other. Andrew, Dan and Ryder have shown they work well together, and that will translate to the roads of the Tour,” said former British rider Charles Wegelius, the team's Sporting Director.
“Supporting them is a strong bunch. Ramunas showed his strength with a stage win last year, and Jack Bauer will be looking for redemption after coming so close to a win in 2014. Sebastian is our road captain and his leadership and experience will be invaluable in the wind in Holland, over the Cobbles and thought the entire race. Kristjian is skilled at moving around the peloton and helping riders maintain and keep their position. Dylan and Nathan will be riding their first Tour de France and will support and learn from the more senior riders on the team. Each rider is capable of stage wins, and working together we expect them to make the race exciting.”
“We have a very talented group of riders and by bringing three top guys: Andrew, Dan and Ryder, we’re going to make things very interesting. These three, and the team as whole, will work seamlessly and selflessly together to shake things up and create opportunities,” said Jonathan Vaughters, CEO, Slipstream Sports and Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling. “You’ll see a lot of creativity from us at this Tour.”
The team will be giving an airing to the new SuperSix EVO Hi-MOD bike and a limited edition team kit for the 2015 Tour de France.
