Three Brits in Team Sky's line-up for Tour de Suisse
Owain Doull, Tao Geoghegan Hart and Jon Dibben are the three British riders in Team Sky's line-up for the Tour de Suisse (June 10-18)
Three British riders form part of Team Sky's eight-man team for the Tour de Suisse, which begins on Saturday (June 10).
Tao Geoghegan Hart, Owain Doull and Jon Dibben are the trio of Britons who are lining up for Sky for the nine-stage tour of Switzerland.
Climbers Sebastián Henao, Mikel Nieve and Geoghegan Hart will be Sky's men in the mountains on the four climb-heavy days.
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There isn't, however, a stand out leader for Sky. Irishman Philip Deignan, Italian Salvatore Puccio and Dutch sprinter Danny van Poppel are the remaining three riders.
Sky's best result at the race was Geraint Thomas' second-place in 2015.
The race has a strong line-up this year: GC riders include Giro d'Italia winner Tom Dumoulin (Team Sunweb), reigning champion Miguel Ángel López (Astana) and Steven Kruijswijk (LottoNL-Jumbo).
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Meanwhile, Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing) renew their rivalry.
Team Sky: Philip Deignan, Jon Dibben, Owain Doull, Tao Geoghegan Hart, Sebastián Henao, Mikel Nieve, Salvatore Puccio, Danny van Poppel.
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A freelance sports journalist and podcaster, you'll mostly find Chris's byline attached to news scoops, profile interviews and feature writing across a variety of different publications. He has been writing regularly for Cycling Weekly since 2013.
Previously a ski, hiking and cycling guide in a number of places, but mostly in the Canadian Rockies and Spanish Pyrenees, he almost certainly holds the record for the most number of interviews conducted from snowy mountains.
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