JEAN DELATOUR (Goubert)
STEPHEN: One of the French teams that gets an invite for merely being
French. Goubert actually did pretty well last year, as did Brochard, who parlayed it into a better gig with AG2R. Halgand won a stage, and that was nice, he can tell his kids one day. This teams blows, Goubert should be helping someone else win the yellow, but instead he’s riding for himself, supported by a bunch of guys who will be out of the sport in a few years.

JASON: An utterly underwhelming team. When Halgand won an early stage last year and took the early (i.e. before the mountains) King of the
Mountains jersey it was their only hardware for the whole Tour. In fact, that’s how they got a rider in dots the previous year too. So that’s what this team is good for–they get someone to wear the King of the Mountains jersey before the race gets to the mountains. Yippie!

STEPHEN: Not just any rider, it was Halgand both times. So he's worn the dots in two straight Tours. I think he makes it three!