The New Zealand cyclist Jack Bauer has been confirmed in the Australian Mitchelton-Scott team for next month's Tour de France.
Jack Bauer Photo: Twitter / Jack Bauer
It will be his fifth Tour de France ride.
Bauer will be supporting team-leader Adam Yates of Great Britain for general classification success.
Mitchelton-Scott has finished in the top ten overall in the past two years, 4th in 2016 and 7th in 2017.
This year's Tour starts on July 7th.
The team's young sprinter Caleb Ewan missed out on a place in the squad after the team changed its focus to concentrate entirely on the general classification with climber Adam Yates.
Ewan was considered a shoo-in for a place in the eight-man squad, and was expected to share leadership status with Yates.
But team management have decided to build the squad around the 25-year-old Briton, who is the twin brother of Simon Yates, who led this year's Giro d'Italia before cracking spectacularly on stage 19, which was won by Team Sky's Chris Froome, who in turn went on to win the overall title.
