Tour de France team time trial could cause damaging time gaps in GC, says Mitchelton-Scott director

Matt White predicts a number of overall contenders could be out of the general classification reckoning before race hits the high mountains

Mitchelton-Scott on stage one of the 2018 Tirreno-Adriatico. Photo: Yuzuru Sunada

(Image credit: Yuzuru Sunada)

Matt White believes this year's Tour de France route is effectively two different bike races in one, thanks to the inclusion of the stage three team time trial and stage nine run in to Roubaix over the iconic pavé.

The Michelton-Scott director predicts that these two stages could end some general classification contenders assault on the yellow jersey before the race reaches the Alps.

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Paul Knott is a fitness and features writer, who has also presented Cycling Weekly videos as well as contributing to the print magazine as well as online articles.  In 2020 he published his first book, The Official Tour de France Road Cycling Training Guid