AG2R La Mondiale's Nance Peters is once again able to train on French roads now that the French coronavirus blockade has been partially lifted, and is committed to making the team for the Tour de France scheduled for the end of August He is now focusing all his energy on making the team for the Tour de France scheduled for the end of August.

Peters took a memorable solo stage win at last season's Giro d'Italia. This was his first Italian race and the second three-week race of his career after running the 2018 Vuelta a España.

"It's the biggest race in the world and the dream of every professional cyclist," the 26-year-old Frenchman said in an interview with L'Equipe published Wednesday.

"The competition within the team is tougher than ever because of the changes in the race program this year. But that's my goal."

Peters, who rose from the "feeder team" of the Chambéry Cyclisme formation and turned pro with AG2R La Mondiale in 2017, took a Giro stage win (his first pro win) on stage 17 from Conmezzadura to Anterselva.

"The Giro is what everyone talks about to me. It was my first win, and it was my first Grand Tour win.

"I was in really good shape. I slipped into the breakaway and got the white jersey. I had already finished the Giro, so I tried to attack from a distance on this stage. It worked," he recalled of his victory, which came with 15 kilometers to go when he left his companions behind in an 18-man breakaway.

Arturas Caspitis, AG2R's sporting director, later revealed that Peters had conducted a reconnaissance of the final stages prior to the Giro and was confident that it had paid off. Earlier this week, AG2R posted a video on Twitter of Peters' reconnaissance ride of stage 4 of the 2020 Tour de France.

This, along with his stage win in last year's Giro, and the fact that Peters signed a three-year contract extension with the French WorldTour team at the end of last season that will keep him with Lavenu's team at least until the end of 2022, all contribute to this year's rescheduled Tour, all of which suggests that his goal of competing in this year's rescheduled Tour is certainly realistic.

"A stage win in the Tour de France would be out of this world, the pinnacle of anyone's career. Of course, it's still a pipe dream.

"I don't know if it's going to be 100 percent freedom or if it's also the aspect of working in the overall classification for the team," Peters said, perhaps referring to team leader Romain Bardet's goal.

"Perhaps he is referring to team leader Romain Bardet's goals.

Peters hopes to be part of AG2R's plans for the Tour, but the race, and the planned season, must actually happen, and there are still major uncertainties amid concerns about the coronavirus epidemic.

"I sincerely hope that the end of the season as announced by the UCI will take place," Peters said. 'I hope the situation improves. For us cyclists - to fulfill our work and passion - and for everyone."