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“Never has Romain approached a Grand Tour in such good conditions. This optimistic declaration is signed by his friend and former teammate at AG2R Clément Chevrier. And it is true that Romain Bardet will present himself at the start of the 105th Tour of Italy full of ambitions. He will not trumpet them because, in the Auvergnat, we prefer to climb the passes than to raise our voices and proclaim our objectives. But it is not incongruous to say that in view of his first part of the season, the DSM rider has the means to succeed John Gadret, the last Frenchman to have taken place on the Giro podium, in 2011.