Team dsm-firmenich PostNL coach Joey van Rhee: “Alpes Isère Tour is our next stage race with our Development program. It is a beautiful race around the area of Lyon, with the last stage in the Alps. The first days include a lot of undulating roads with short ascents and climbs that are quite manageable. The last stage is a proper queen stage with four mountains and a finish at the bottom of Alpe d’Huez. We have five climbers with us and one puncher so we can look for different options in the stages depending on how the race unfolds, but the most important thing for us here is to make the next steps in development and not a focus on results.”