Aranburu and Izagirre will be with the Cofidis on the way out of the Tour with the aim of achieving stage victory
In addition to the two Guipuzcoans, the Cofidis will be made up of Milan Fretin, Jenthe Biermans, Piet Allegaert, Benjamin Thomas, Hugo Page and Alex Kirsch.
Alex Aranburu E and Ion Izagirre of Ezkio-Itsaso and Ormaiztegi, respectively, will take part in the 113th edition of the Tour de France, which starts next Saturday in Barcelona, by the French team Cofidis. For Izagirre it will be their thirteenth Tour , while for Aranburu it will be their fifth.
In addition, the Ormaiztegiarra cyclist has already won two stage wins on the Tour de France, in 2016 and 2023.
Cofidis arrives at the Tour without the pressure of the general and will seek stage victories this year, for which the northern French team will have three key runners: Milan Fretin to enter the sprint fight, and the Guipuzcoanos Alex Aranburu and Ion Izagirre for escapes and mountain stages, respectively.
The Cofidis will be composed of Alex Aranburu, Ion Izagirre , Milan Fretin, Jenthe Biermans, Piet Allegaert, Benjamin Thomas, Hugo Page and Alex Kirsch .
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