Omaha Beach, Normandy, France - 29th June, 2016

1. 00:00 Various of presentation of Tour de France riders from Giant-Alpecin team

2. 00:54 John Degenkolb during interview

3. 01:00 SOUNDBITE: (English) John Degenkolb, Giant-Alpecin sprinter

(about his recovery after January's accident):

"I am good, recovered, you could say. It was a really long way. It was hard work with a lot of dedication and sacrifice to come again in shape. It was the longest break in my whole career. It has also a big impact on your body so it takes a lot of time. I am happy to make first the selection for the Tour and also I think my shape is pretty okay. And I hope I can fight for stages during the Tour."

4. 01:41 Team rider

5. 01:47 SOUNDBITE: (German) John Degenkolb, Giant-Alpecin sprinter:

"I think it is very interesting. Our team is more divided in two parts than it was in the past. So we also focus more on the general classification and on the climbing stages. And also of course on the sprint stages. We will combine a little bit with each other. I think we have really good chances in all parts to win stages. The whole team will try to support a rider every day."

6. 02:22 Cutaway

7. 02:28 SOUNDBITE: (German) John Degenkolb, Giant-Alpecin sprinter:

"For my most important goal is the Tour de France. My biggest goal was to be compete here. And after the Tour I am going to look forward to the classics like Hamburg and also the world championship of course. Those will be my biggest goals. I think after the crash at the beginning of the season could help me to have a good last part of the season because I am more fresh than everybody else."

8. 03:00 Cutaway

9. 03:06 Warren Barguil, Giant-Alpecin climber during media meeting

10. 03:12 SOUNDBITE: (French) Warren Barguil, Giant Alpecin climber:

"I don't feel pressure at all. If it works then it is okay and if it doesn't it's not a problem. It is a pleasure and a joy to ride. There is no pressure because this is my game."

11. 03:30 Cutaway

12. 03:36 SOUNDBITE: (French) Warren Barguil, Giant-Alpecin climber:

"We have several goals. The general with me and sprint with John (Degenkolb). We want to win as many stages as we can."

13. 03:50 Tom Dumoulin during interview

14. 03:56 SOUNDBITE: (English) Tom Dumoulin, Giant-Alpecin all-rounder:

"We have almost the same team than we had last year here during the Tour de France. Only Georg (Preidler) and Koen de Kort switched places. And I think the atmosphere is good. We've known each other already for years. Same team already for years together. That is going to be a good thing."

15. 04:23 Cutaway

16. 04:28 SOUNDBITE: (English) Tom Dumoulin, Giant-Alpecin all-rounder:

"I am going into this Tour with a little bit of free role. So I will look for day opportunities. For day stages. Also days that I will help the team. Help Warren (Barguil) in the mountains. That is actually my role. And also in the back of my mind Rio de Janeiro which is after the Tour. So that will be my targets here."

17. 04:59 Cutaway

SOURCE: SNTV

DURATION: 05:09

German team Giant-Alpecin presented on Wednesday (June 29th) the riders that will participate in the 103rd edition of the Tour de France.

SCRIPTING INFORMATION:

The nine riders were introduced to the media at a hotel in Omaha Beach, one of the locations for the World War II Normandy Invasion that will be the arrival point of the first stage on July 2.

The 103rd Tour will visit three neighbouring countries - Spain, Andorra and Switzerland - and pass through 16 sites and stage cities unseen in previous runnings.

Security will be tight, with France in a state of emergency since attacks on Paris in November killed 130 people.

The Tour will be protected by an unprecedented force of 23-thousand police officers, including SWAT-like intervention squads.

The Tour will also hope to attract overlapping audiences from the European Championship soccer tournament hosted by France, which ends July 10.