Team dsm-firmenich PostNL coach Albert Timmer: “We have performed well in the first two editions of the Tour de France Femmes and we are aiming to continue that this year. For us as a team it is exciting to be able to start on home Dutch soil and we will be targeting those opening sprint stages with Charlotte as our finisher. We have a really strong lead-out group to support and position her for those finales, to give us the best chance possible in the all-out efforts to the line. Like last year, we also have the combined goal of going for a top GC result with Juliette as our finisher. We’ve performed consistently on that front this year and with good climbing support, we believe that we can do so once again at the Tour. In the more transitional stages, we will ride smartly and if an opportunity presents itself then we will also continue our aggressive and attacking approach to hunt for those stage results, before we tackle the high mountains in the final weekend. We will need to ride well as a team throughout the week, but everyone is looking forward to taking to the start line in Rotterdam.”