Benoot plays down talk of leadership role at Tour de France

Sunweb’s Tiesj Benoot finishes the seventh and final stage of the 2020 Paris-Nice to sew up the green jersey as points winner and second place on the general classification
Sunweb’s Tiesj Benoot finishes the seventh and final stage of the 2020 Paris-Nice to sew up the green jersey as points winner and second place on the general classification (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

On Wednesday, Tiesj Benoot was announced among the eight riders who will represent Team Sunweb at this year's Tour de France, which has been rescheduled for August 29-September 20. On the back of his stage win and second place overall at Paris-Nice in March, it seemed reasonable to expect that Benoot would be the leader of the team, and possibly target a high finish in the GC. However, the 26-year-old has told the Belgian media that he isn't the leader of the team, and won't be targeting the overall classification.

"That's what you made of it," he told Sporza.be, "but I didn't read that anywhere in our team's announcement."

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