Team Picnic PostNL coach Phil West: “After a good Giro d’Italia, we’re looking forward to the next stage race on the calendar – the Critérium du Dauphiné. We have three riders coming out of the Giro d’Italia, where the team worked really well together, so we are motivated to continue that in France. Max and Romain both finished that race in a really strong way, so we will support them as our finishers here; where we will target day results and have an eye on the overall GC. A mix of high mountains and some generally difficult and fatiguing stages give us the chance to do something every day, so we’re looking forward to getting stuck in, in what will be a nice and special send-off race for Romain who ends his road career.”