Nacer Bouhanni and Arnaud Demare will lead France at the World Championships road race in Qatar next month, giving the team two strong options but also a potential leadership headache.
Bryan Coquard, who won 11 races in the first half of the season, does not make the nine-man team, announced on Monday, but is at the top of the list of substitutes.
Aside from Coquard's Direct Energie teammate Adrien Petit, the line-up is composed evenly of trade teammates of Bouhanni and Demare. From Bouhanni's Cofidis leadout train come Christophe Laporte, Geoffrey Soupe, and Cyril Lemoine, while Yoann Offredo, William Bonnet, and Marc Sarreau are all part of Demare's FDJ team.
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"I based the decision on experience, results, and performances at the highest level, both in the so-called Classics that have the possibility of echelons, and those races that demand experience in the sprints," said head coach Bernard Bourreau of his selection.
"Also based on the teams which have squads who are still out there at the big WorldTour races, like the Eneco Tour which just finished this weekend."
While the high-profile German leadership tussle between Andre Greipel and Marcel Kittel has grabbed most of the headlines, the French's is no less intriguing, with past tensions between Bouhanni and Demare well documented.
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