Afterwards, Matthias Kessler, apparently the new strong man on the team, told Olaf Ludwig that the team had decided to ride the Tour, and how it would ride the Tour.

• 当被问及兰蒂斯是否可以在明年卫冕时，勒布兰表示：“当然可以，现在我们已经没有了阿姆斯特朗，也没有了乌尔里希，只有克罗登还在。”