Jumbo Visma made the bold decision to announce its team months before the Tour de France. The rest of the team will consist of Tony Martin, Wout van Aert, Sepp Kuss, Robert Gesink, and Laurens de Plus.

Dylan Groenewegen, a four-time Tour de France stage winner, will not be selected for the 2020 edition and will debut at the Giro d'Italia in May. Grunewegen will be joined by George Bennett.

Earlier this week, the team announced that Kruijswijk will lead the team at the Vuelta a España. Roglic and Dumoulin will skip the Giro and focus on the Tour de France before heading to the Tokyo Olympics.

The Tour de France lineup ensures the best chance to beat Team Ineos, which has won every year since 2012.

Dumoulin finished second in the 2018 Tour, while Kruijswijk finished third in 2019. Roglic's status within the Tour team has improved a bit after winning this year's Vuelta a España and finishing third in the Giro d'Italia.

For Dumoulin, the idea of shared leadership was a key factor in his decision to join the team from Team Sunweb. Speaking exclusively to Cycling News at the Jumbo Visma training camp in Girona earlier this week, the 2017 Giro d'Italia winner said: "I came here because I didn't want to be the only leader anymore. I think I can only grow in a group of riders who are all aiming for the same goal together. That's what I plan to do in the Tour."

"The last couple of years I got a little bit of a cold before the Tour and I didn't want it all to be my fault. It would be very nice to have the whole team working just for me, but I never wanted that kind of structure. But that's what happened at Sunweb, and it brought me a lot of success. I am ready to take a new approach. Now we all have a chance

"Of course Primozh is in his prime and it was great to see him win the Vuelta this year and be ranked number one in the world. He is definitely stepping up in the hierarchy, starting with three leaders and trying not to lose time. Ultimately, the cards have to be decided somewhere in the final week. The idea of shared leadership was first brought up in October when team leaders, including Dumoulin, were asked to attend a closed dinner in the Netherlands. Groenewegen, Roglic, Kruijswijk, and van Aart attended and each spoke about their goals for the coming year. Dumoulin was quick to point out to those around him that he did not want to disrupt the team with his arrival and that the best way to ensure success in the Tour de France was to build a strong team in a group.

Groenewegen made it clear to his colleagues at the same dinner that he wanted to win stages in all three grand tours during his career and that he was willing to pursue success in the Giro and Vuelta (the latter starting with a team time trial in the Netherlands in 2020).

"I never wanted to be the sole leader of the team," Dumoulin told Cycling News, "going with three fresh leaders is our best chance. If you want to put all the cards on the table to win the Tour, this is the best way to do it."

For Roglic, the chance to lead at the Tour is an important step in his career, but like others around him, he believes that overall strength will be key when it comes to competing for the yellow jersey. Jumbo-Visma has the closest Team Ineos in 2019, but the British team still finished first and second in Paris. However, unlike Dumoulin, Roglic is arguably the most dangerous opponent to face Egan Bernal and Geraint Thomas, given that he recently entered the new season with a Grand Tour victory under his belt.

"I was really happy when I found out that Tom was coming to the team," said Roglic.

"I don't think the team will be complicated. We all want to win, but we also want to be on a winning team. I have no problem working for him and he has no problem working for me. I think his coming will raise the level of the other players on the team."

Roglic's perception of "depth of layers" does not only apply to team leadership. He also praised the fact that the team is completely focused on GC without being distracted by sprints or the green jersey.

"The Tour lineup is not just about the leaders. '' said Roglic. Everyone dreams about it, but I want to be part of the winning team. Maybe we could do worse and still win. But I need to be the best of the players there. I just want it to be simple."

On paper, Kruijswijk probably starts as the third candidate for leader, especially considering that the team has already announced that his personal focus will be on the Vuelta later in the season. However, this experienced all-rounder could contribute to Jumbo Visma's overall success at the Tour de France in July.

The 32-year-old is third in the 2019 race (his best result in a Grand Tour) and will have a typical Tour buildup for July. Like Dumoulin and Roglic, he stressed the need for collective strength.

"It looks pretty promising. We're going with the three of us, and they're going to build a team around us. And with Primosch, we have the best riders in the world this year. He's a big threat, but I proved it with my third place in the Tour, and then there's Tom. We have joint leadership, but the most important thing is to get the yellow jersey in Paris," he told Cycling News.