Lotto Soudal is hoping that Australian sprinter Caleb Yuan will once again win the Tour de France in July, and also take "revenge."

Thanks to future lead sponsor Dstny, the Belgian team will wear a fresh new look for the Tour, with teal on the kit, and a complete Grande Pearl for Ewan, who left last year's race after crashing in the sprint for the stage 3 final He brings a complete lead-out.

"If I had to sum up my goal for the Tour in one word, it would be winning," Lelangue told the media at Wednesday's pre-race press conference. Last year at the Tour, Caleb fell in the first group sprint and got his revenge."

"With four or five chances to sprint, I'm confident we can succeed with this train. I believe Caleb is the fastest man in the peloton. He has already proven that

"This year we bring a very balanced team to the start. We are completely focused on the stage win, not the overall."

Ewan went into last year's race hoping that it would be the second stage win in each Grand Tour, but that didn't happen as he broke his collarbone in Pontivy.

This time in Copenhagen, he enjoyed a strong spring with five wins, including a stage win at Tirreno-Adriatico, but it was also the "Giro from Hell" where he fell victim to multiple crashes and bad luck.

In the Giro d'Italia, he was paired with regulars Roger Kluge and Rüdiger Selig, but in the Tour, in addition to Frederik Frisson, Brent van Moer, and Florian Vermeersch, Reinhard Janse van Rensburg New appointments.

Juan, however, said he did not need his teammates to quickly form a quick-step-like lead-out and take him to the final sprint. Instead, he is content to be dropped with 1km to go and freelance on the wheels of the rest of the field.

"They are very strong," he said. 'But we have to change our tactics a little bit,' he said. The most important thing my teammates have to do is put me in a good position with one kilometer to go to the finish.

"So they don't necessarily have to drop me with 200 meters to go. If I can avoid the wind in the last 10 km and keep a good position under the flamme rouge, I can finish the race myself."

Ewan has not finished any of the last three Grand Tours, with his last two victories coming in the 2020 Tour. He said he hopes to finish the same way this July and, of course, contend for the win on the Champs-Elysées.

"I haven't finished a Grand Tour since 2020, so it would be nice to finish for my legs. I've been focusing on the climbs to really finish the race." If I can stay healthy, I definitely want to go to Paris. Any sprinter would love to be first."