Orica-Scott has announced their nine-man roster for the Tour de France with Simon Yates and Esteban Chaves set to lead the team`s overall ambitions. There is no spot for a pure sprinter on the squad - despite favourable terrain in the opening ten days, with the Australian team built around their GC ambitions. Simon Gerrans also misses out on a spot in the Tour de France, with the team deciding to select Daryl Impey, Mat Hayman and Michael Albasini for their experience. The team of nine riders includes Esteban Chaves, Simon Yates, Mat Hayman, Daryl Impey, Michael Albasini, Roman Kreuziger, Damien Howson, Jens Keukeleire and Luke Durbridge.ADVERTISEMENT Simon Yates will target the white jersey - won last by his brother Adam, while Chaves will go into the race looking to target the general classficiation after returning from a long-standing knee injury at the Criterium du Dauphine. `Nothing has changed over the last month in that we have two different goals for the Tour. We`re going there with the aim of taking the white jersey with Simon Yates. It`s going to be a very competitive fight for that jersey, with Louis Meintjes and Emanuel Buchmann and then I`m sure that who ever finishes with the white jersey is going to finish in the top ten,` Orica Scott directeur sportif Matt White told Cyclingnews. `With Esteban nothing has changed since he got back on the bike in the sense that this is his first Tour de France and the goal is to ride GC. We`re going to see how things progress. He`s ready to do the Tour, he`s never done it before, and we`ll support him 100 per cent. If we have to adapt our plans during the race then so be it.` Gerrans misses out
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