Primoz Roglic, Remco Evenepoel confirmed for Criterium du Dauphine, Jonas Vingegaard absent

Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-Quick Step) and Primoz Roglic (Bora-hansgrohe) will both appear at the forthcoming Criterium du Dauphine, organisers confirmed on Friday.

Absent from the list however is Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike).

All three riders were involved in a crash at Itzulia Basque Country, but for now only the former two riders are ready to return to competitive action.

Providing British interest will be Chris Froome (Israel Premier Tech) and Tao Geoghegan Hart (Lidl-Trek), among others.

Huge intrigue surrounds the form and fitness of the main Tour contenders this season, with the aforementioned trio of Roglic, Evenepoel and Vingegaard all in various states of recovery, while Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) continues to tear it up at the Giro d'Italia.

Pogacar is aiming to do a Giro-Tour double this year, and looks to have the first part of it all but sewn up, with a huge GC advantage ahead of Friday's Stage 19.

Froome, meanwhile, is eyeing simply another Tour experience, as he battles his advancing years and injuries.

Speaking recently to Eurosport, the four-time Tour winner said: “I'm still contracted for this year and for next year, and for now I think that would take me until being 40 years old.

"I think that, for me, is quite a good goal — to reach 40 and still be racing.

“I would be really happy with that, but I mean in terms of actual goals, getting back to the Tour de France and fighting for even a stage win would be for me an amazing way to end my career — with at least a few more battles in the mountains."

The Tour starts on June 2 in Florence.

BORA-hansgrohe: Roglic (Slo), Hindley (Aus), Vlasov
Team Jayco AlUla: Durbridge, Harper (Aus)
Bahrain-Victorious: Buitrago (Col), Haig (Aus), Tiberi (Ita)
Soudal-Quick Step: Evenepoel, Van Wilder (Bel), Landa (Esp), Masnada (Ita)
Lotto Dstny: Kron (Dan), De Gendt (Bel)
Alpecin-Deceuninck: Laurance (Fra), Boven (Hol)
Intermarche-Wanty: Meintjes (Afs), Zimmermann (All)
UAE Team Emirates: Ayuso, Soler (Esp), Sivakov (Fra), Politt (All)
Movistar Team: Formolo (Ita), Garcia Cortina (Esp)
EF Education-Easypost: Uran (Col), Doull (Gbr)
Lidl-Trek: Geoghegan Hart (Gbr), Ciccone (Ita), Pedersen (Dan), Skujins (Let)
Décathlon - AG2R La Mondiale: Gall (Aut), Bennett (Irl), Godon (Fra)
Groupama-FDJ: Gaudu, Madouas, Gregoire (Fra)
Cofidis: Martin, Elissonde (Fra)
Team Arkea-B&B Hotels: Champoussin, Senechal (Fra), Cr.Rodriguez (Esp)
Ineos Grenadiers: Ca.Rodriguez, Fraile (Esp), Tarling (Gbr)
Israel-Premier Tech: Froome (Gbr), Fuglsang (Dan), Teuns (Bel)
Astana-Qazaqstan Team: Tejada (Col), Charmig (Dan)
Uno-X Mobility: T.Johannessen (Nor)
Visma | Lease a Bike: Kuss, Jorgenson (Usa), Benoot (Bel)
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL: Barguil (Fra), Poole (Gbr)
Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team : Donovan (Gbr), Ludvigsson (Sue)

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