The 2018 King of the Mountains Warren Barguil is back with the aim of playing a free role like last year. “I’m super happy, motivated and ready for my fourth Tour”, the Frenchman from Fortuneo-Samsic declared. “I will be hard to do just as well as last year. I won’t be racing for GC at all. I might do it next year but I’m giving myself one more year of racing with freedom. Nobody talks to me about my eighth place overall at La Vuelta but many people remember that I won two stages as a neo pro. I’m targeting one mountain stage win. I’ve had a difficult early part of the season but I didn’t give up and I won’t give up until the very last day of my cycling career. It will be hard to stay quiet during the stages in Brittany but my team-mates will be on the offensive. We are keen to do well on home soil. I can potentially ride well on the cobblestones but on stage 9 it’ll depend on whether or not I’ll need to lose more time in the overall ranking to be able to attack in the Alps the day after. I dream of winning another stage. It would confirm that I worship the Tour.”
