Sees Boll leads Sunweb's hopes for a postponed group sprint at this year's Tour de France, which begins in Nice on August 29. Teammate Tiesj Benoot said that this year's field is made up of "freelancers."

Sunweb sprinter Michael Matthews' omission from the Tour roster came as a surprise to him, as it did to others, but the 29-year-old Australian has been told by team management that this year's races will include Milan-San Remo (August 8), Il Lombardia (August 15 ) and the Giro d'Italia (October 3-25).

The 24-year-old Boll, who just debuted at La Gran Bucle last year, will have a lot of responsibility at the Tour.

However, Boll said his selection to represent the Tour was not a complete surprise.

"Of course, there was already some talk," he told the Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad earlier this week. "But it's great to be able to take part. The Tour is very special and I'll be there to give my best in the sprint."

"There is a bit of pressure, but no one is saying you have to win a stage," Boll said. Of course we would like to, but there are plenty of opportunities for the team, even if the stages are a little tougher for us."

Boll is currently at his first career high-altitude training camp with all of his Sunweb teammates at the Kütter ski resort in Austria.

"The first few days don't count because it takes time to get used to the altitude.

"For Corona, the teams are divided into groups," Boll explained. For example, the Tour team eats in a separate room from the other groups." For example, the Tour team eats in a separate room from the other groups. We have to limit the risk as much as possible, and in positive cases we don't need to isolate everyone right away."

He is likely to restart the season with Matthews in Milan-San Remo, but Bol has already tasted victory this season at the Volta Ao Algarve in Portugal in February, where he was joined by Alpecin Phoenix's Sacha Modolo and He won the third stage from Faro to Tivera, outpacing Fabio Jacobsen of Deceuninck-Quickstep. He then finished in the top five on two stages in Paris-Nice in March, when the competition was suspended due to a coronavirus outbreak.

A week before the start of the Tour, Boll said he might return to the Netherlands for the national championship road race.

"If the safety measures regarding Corona are not 100%, it might be too risky. I would love to run there, but I won't risk my entry in the Tour."