Laurent Jalabert — French Athlete born on November 30, 1968,

Laurent Jalabert is a French former professional road racing cyclist, from 1989 to 2002... (wikipedia)

Especially with the signing of riders with climbing abilities and the new arrival of Tyler Hamilton, who has the strength and ability to become a great leader for the big tours. All in all, I feel this is a very complete team.
It's true that this year, following my accident in the pre-season, I kind of lost morale and I felt like quitting at the end of this year. But today I can say that I want to be a professional bike rider in the year 2003 as well.
We certainly will prepare consciously and professionally, but still you cannot predict the future.
I'm very aware that to reach the same level and have the same amount of success will be extremely difficult.
Also, for a team as strong as like ours, the Tour will always remain the biggest goal of the whole year, and personally I will certainly concentrate most of my energy on this race.