Bardet, Degenkolb lead DSM's Tour squad as departing Soren Kragh Andersen misses out

LIENZ AUSTRIA APRIL 22 Romain Bardet of France and Team DSM final overall race winner celebrates after the 45th Tour of the Alps 2022 Stage 5 a 1145km stage from Lienz to Lienz TouroftheAlps on April 22 2022 in Lienz Austria Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images
Romain Bardet (Team DSM) at the Tour of the Alps (Image credit: Tim de Waele/Getty Images)

Team DSM have announced their squad for the upcoming Tour de France, with French climber Romain Bardet set to lead the way in his first race back following his Giro d'Italia abandon in May.

After a year away from the race in 2021, Bardet will return for his ninth start at the Tour in Copenhagen on July 1. The 31-year-old has two podium spots to his name as well as three stage wins, the mountains classification, and the combativity prize.

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