FDJ's first five for the 2018 Tour Down Under
French WorldTour team FDJ have announced their first five riders for next month's Tour Down Under in Adelaide, South Australia. A further two riders will be announced in the comings weeks. New FDJ recruits Austrian Georg Preidler and Canadian Antoine Duchesne will debut for the team at the WorldTour opener.
From 2018 the team will also be known as Groupama-FDJ, with their new kit likely to debut at the Tour Down Under.
Steve Morabito returns to the race for the first time since finishing ninth overall in 2015. The Swiss veteran will make his sixth appearance at the race in 2018.
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Norweigan Daniel Hoelgaard and Frenchman Anthony Roux have also been named on the provisional roster.
In recent years, FDJ have taken a young and predominately French team to Adelaide for the WorldTour opener. With the first five riders on the roster representing five different nationalities, the team could potentially continue the trend when their final team is announced.
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