BMC riding for Porte, but Van Avermaet hoping to have his chance on cobbles

"We'll try to do both," replied Greg Van Avermaet when the current leader of this year's Tour de France was asked how his BMC squad were likely to handle both Van Avermaet's ambitions to keep the yellow jersey and possibly win stage 9, and how they'll look after team leader Richie Porte's hopes to be wearing that yellow jersey in Paris.

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