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Tour de France 2022: full team-by-team guide

Our in-depth look at every team, the main riders to watch and the cast of characters racing through France this summer

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Ag2R Citroën

Stalwart French battlers celebrated for wearing brown shorts who hired a host of multinational talent after their stalwart Romain Bardet left for DSM. This paid off last year when Ben O’Connor won the stage to Tignes and placed fourth overall. Behind the Aussie, however, they lack strength in depth.

Team Geoffrey Bouchard, Mikaël Cherel, Benoît Cosnefroy, Stan Dewulf, Bob Jungels, Oliver Naesen, Ben O’Connor, Aurélien Paret-Peintre.

Main man Ben O’Connor – talented climber who must prove last year’s fourth was no fluke.

Alpecin-Deceuninck

Second-division Dutch squad who punch far above their budget, thanks to the no-holds-barred racing style of Mathieu van der Poel, the most popular cyclist on the circuit. They won two of the first three stages and held the yellow jersey in 2021; this year, they bring sprinter Jasper Philipsen alongside MVDP.

Team Mathieu van der Poel, Silvan Dillier, Michael Gogl, Alexander Krieger, Jasper Philipsen, Edward Planckaert, Kristian Sbaragli, Guillaume van Keirsbulck.

Main man Mathieu van der Poel – a stage win and yellow last year. Great things expected 12 months on.

Arkéa-Samsic

This French division two team has plenty of potential for a stage win, with the former King of the Mountains Warren Barguil, the evergreen Colombian champion Nairo Quintana and the Belgian sprinter Amaury Capiot. The British strongman Connor Swift will support his leaders on the flat and probably infiltrate a break somewhere in his own right.

Team Warren Barguil, Maxime Bouet, Amaury Capiot, Hugo Hofstetter, Matîs Louvel, Lukasz Owsian, Nairo Quintana, Connor Swift.

Main man Nairo Quintana – the 2015 Giro winner is long in the tooth but can still shine in the mountains.

Astana Qazaqstan

The squad flying the Kazakh flag produced one of the worst team raps ever over the winter, and changed the spelling of its name by substituting Qs for Ks. That’s as exciting as this squad gets; they will figure in breaks and hope for a stage win from Joe Dombrowski or Alexey Lutsenko but don’t expect any drama.

Team Joe Dombrowski, Fabio Felline, Dimitri Gruzdev, Alexei Lutsenko, Gianni Moscon, Alexei Riabushenko, Simone Velasco, Andrey Zeits.

Main man Alexey Lutsenko – the Kazakh came a stealthy seventh last year and could make the top 10 again.

Bahrain Victorious

Several potential stage winners here – Damiano Caruso, Jack Haig, Matej Mohoric, Dylan Teuns and Fred Wright – but the big question is whether Caruso can replicate his form at last year’s Giro, where he came second and won a stage. Haig is a talented climber, while Mohoric and Teuns have landed Tour stages in the past, and Wright is due a major win.

Team Damiano Caruso, Kamil Gradek, Jack Haig, Matej Mohoric, Luis León Sánchez, Dylan Teuns, Jan Tratnik, Fred Wright.

Main man Damiano Caruso – consistent Italian climber who finished second in last year’s Giro d’Italia, and 10th in the 2020 Tour.

B&B Hotels-KTM

Flyweight French team whose poor results this season earned them the hairdryer treatment from management recently. That doesn’t bode well for the Tour, where they will figure in breaks and vie for the mountains prize when the big boys aren’t too bothered. A stage win would be a miracle but the race visits Lourdes so they can hope.

Team Cyril Barthe, Franck Bonnamour, Alexis Gougeard, Jérémy Lecroq, Cyril Lemoine, Luca Mozzato, Pierre Rolland, Sebastian Schönberger.

Main man Pierre Rolland. Ageing climber and non-stop attacker who is in decent form and will target the mountains prize.

BikeExchange-Jayco

Australian flagship deep in the WorldTour relegation quagmire, and without top climber Simon Yates. If Dylan Groenewegen can secure a fifth career stage win in a sprint and Michael Matthews gets moving in the hills, they are looking at a good Tour. If either of the pair has issues, however, there is little firepower to fall back on.

Team Jack Bauer, Luke Durbridge, Dylan Groenewegen, Amund Grøndahl Jansen, Christopher Juul Jensen, Michael Matthews, Luka Mezgec, Nick Schultz.

Main man Dylan Groenewegen – Dutch sprinter back from a ban in 2020-21, now flat stage favourite.

Bora-Hansgrohe

Last-minute decision to drop the former green jersey winner Sam Bennett in favour of a full-on GC challenge with dark horse Russian Aleksandr Vlasov – riding the Tour as a neutral – has raised eyebrows, especially as Vlasov is getting over Covid. The decision is inspired by Bora’s perfectly calculated Giro win with Jai Hindley; they are thinking medium term about preparing to launch the Aussie on the Tour. Schachmann, Konrad and Kämna are all capable of stage wins as well as support roles.

Team Marco Haller, Lennard Kämna, Patrick Konrad, Felix Großschartner, Nils Politt, Max Schachmann, Danny van Poppel, Aleksandr Vlasov.

Main man Aleksandr Vlasov. Winner of the Tours of Valencia and Romandie this season, and could well have won Switzerland had he stayed Covid free.

Guillaume Martin is a potential top 10 finisher, while there are several outside hopes for stage wins – Lafay, Thomas, Walscheid – even with Bryan Coquard out due to Covid. Plenty of individual talent for the flat and the mountains but it will take careful management to ensure they work in unison. If there isn’t goal clarity and role clarity, it could all get rather tense.

Team Pierre-Luc Périchon, Simon Geschke, Ion Izagirre, Victor Lafay, Guillaume Martin, Anthony Perez, Benjamin Thomas, Max Walscheid.

Main man Guillaume Martin – consistent French climber who now needs to make the jump from top 10 to top six.

The German team shone in 2020 with three stage wins but fell apart in 2021. Their best chance for a stage win is Romain Bardet, who was a contender in the Giro but dropped out with illness. They have a strong lineup behind the Frenchman, so will target their days and try to ensure they get several riders in the key moves.

Team Romain Bardet, Alberto Dainese, John Degenkolb, Nils Eekhoff, Chris Hamilton, Andreas Leknessund, Martijn Tusvveld, Kevin Vermaerke.

Main man Romain Bardet – French former podium finisher back to his best and looking for a stage.

EF Education-EasyPost

Multiple stage win hopes for America’s finest, beginning on Friday with time trialist Stephen Bissegger. Rigoberto Urán’s past Grand Tour record makes him the nominal leader but Powless is the man in form. Cort nailed three stages in the Vuelta last year while past Giro stage winners Guerriero and Bettiol could also get their chance.

Team Alberto Bettiol, Stephen Bissegger, Magnus Cort, Owain Doull, Ruben Guerriero, Neilson Powless, Jonas Rutsch, Rigoberto Urán.

Main man Rigoberto Urán – it’s five years since the Colombian finished second in the Tour; a stage win will suffice.

Groupama-FDJ

Uber French team run by mercurial Marc Madiot have sidelined sprinter Arnaud Démare and pinned their hopes on young climber David Gaudu backed by the fragile but talented Thibaut Pinot. Half of France will reckon this is a cunning plan to take the pressure off Pinot, finally back at the Tour after a nightmare in 2020.

Team Antoine Duchesne, David Gaudu, Kevin Geniets, Olivier le Gac, Stefan Küng, Valentin Madouas, Thibaut Pinot, Michael Storer.

Main man David Gaudu – supported Pinot in 2019 and finally gets his chance.

Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert

Belgian squad that has progressed from plucky underdogs to mid-table contenders in four Tours. Quadruple sprint stage winner Kristoff will relish stage two if the wind howls out of the north, while Meintjes has the climbing ability to finish in the top 10 and Van der Hoorn can win out of a break.

Team Sven-Erik Bystrøm, Kobe Goossens, Alexander Kristoff, Louis Meintjes, Andrea Pasqualon, Adrien Petit, Taco van der Hoorn, Georg Zimmerman.

Main man Alexander Kristoff – veteran Norwegian sprinter at his best on tough windy days.

Ineos Grenadiers

Big budget, big ambitions, but it’s hard to see them winning the Tour this year. Their three leaders, Geraint Thomas, Dani Martínez and Adam Yates, are all strong and talented but none of them is a match for Pogacar head to head. They need to catch the Slovenian napping, using their biggest asset – the incredible talent supporting the lead trio. Riders like Filippo Ganna, Tom Pidcock and Dylan Van Baarle can turn the race on its head if brought into play at the right moment.

Team Jonathan Castroviejo, Filippo Ganna, Dani Martínez, Tom Pidcock, Luke Rowe, Geraint Thomas, Dylan van Baarle, Adam Yates.

Main man Geraint Thomas – the last chance for the Welshman but age is not on his side.

Israel-Premier Tech

A stage-hunting lineup for the hilly days, headed by Danish Classic winner Jakob Fuglsang and Canadian mountain man Michael Woods; the others will be tasked with showing their faces in the breaks when they can, while four-times winner Chris Froome’s potential as he rebuilds after his serious crash in 2019 is impossible to read.

Team Simon Clarke, Chris Froome, Jakob Fuglsang, Guillaume Boivin, Hugo Houle, Guy Niv, Krists Neilands, Michael Woods.

Main man Michael Woods – winner of the Route d’Occitanie in mid-June which bodes well for both GC and stages.

Jumbo-Visma

The strongest team in the Tour. They have a host of potential stage winners, the strongest all rounder in the world in Wout van Aert – winner of three stages last year – and two overall contenders in Primoz Roglic and Jonas Vingegaard, who came second in 2021 after Roglic crashed out of the race. Can the Jumbo juggernaut flatten Pogacar? Perhaps, but only if all the key men stay in one piece and everyone plays the team game to perfection.

Team Tiesj Benoot, Steven Kruijswijk, Sepp Kuss, Christophe Laporte, Primoz Roglic, Jonas Vingegaard, Wout van Aert, Nathan van Hooydonck.

Main man Primoz Roglic – Time is running out for Slovenia’s No 2 to finally win the Tour.

Lotto Soudal

The Belgian squad is heavily involved in the relegation battle, they need sprinter Caleb Ewan to add at least a sixth Tour stage to his tally, preferably more. If he flops, Philippe Gilbert remains talented in spite of his advanced age, while Andreas Kron can finish in the top 15. Realistically though, it’s Ewan or the void.

Team Caleb Ewan, Frederik Frison, Philippe Gilbert, Reinardt Janse van Rensburg, Andreas Kron, Brent van Moer, Florian Vermeersch, Tim Wellens.

Main man Caleb Ewan – accident-prone Australian who can deliver multiple stages if he stays upright.

Past flirtations with multiple leaders have never worked so Spain’s finest are focussed on one man, Enric Mas, who looks to improve on his fifth and sixth places in 2020 and 2021. It’s hard to see him getting near Pogacar, but if he survives the first five days he will fancy his chances for the podium.

Team Imanol Erviti, Gorka Izagirre, Matteo Jorgenson, Enric Mas, Gregor Mühlberger, Nelson Oliveira, Albert Torres, Carlos Verona.

Main man Enric Mas. Young Spaniard with a good deal to do to match Movistar’s stars of the past.

Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl

Eyebrows were raised when Mark Cavendish was refused the chance to break Eddy Merckx’s Tour stage win record, in favour of young Dutch sprinter Fabio Jakobsen, the team’s man for the long(er) term. World champion Julian Alaphilippe didn’t make the cut as he is short of fitness following a serious crash, while French champion Florian Sénéchal was called in late for “Tractor” Tim Declercq. Apart from Jakobsen, Italian Mattia Cattaneo will want to build on his 12 th place overall of last year.

Team Kasper Asgreen, Andrea Bagioli, Mattia Cattaneo, Yves Lampaert, Mikkel Honoré, Fabio Jakobsen, Michael Mørkøv, Florian Sénéchal.

Main man Fabio Jakobsen. Dutch sprinter back after a life-threatening crash who is making his Tour debut.

TotalEnergies

The marquee signing Peter Sagan started winning again this June which will have put team manager Jean-René Bernaudeau’s mind at rest. The multiple world champion and Tour points winner will have strong backing from the likes of Daniel Oss, Maciej Bodnar and Anthony Turgis, and if Sagan crosses the line first even once at the Tour, JRB’s decision to splash the cash will be justified.

Team Edvald Boasson Hagen, Maciej Bodnar, Mathieu Burgaudeau, Pierre Latour, Daniel Oss, Peter Sagan, Anthony Turgis, Alexis Vuillermoz.

Main man Peter Sagan – ageing Slovak superstar who may be coming to form at just the right time.

Trek-Segafredo

A multinational multitalented squad, headed by strong Dutchman Bauke Mollema, who climbs like a nodding dog but is a reliable stage winner. Mads Pedersen will figure in the sprints, Jasper Stuyven, Toms Skuijns and Giulio Ciccone are strong riders for a break, while the young American Quinn Simmons is capable of pretty much anything on any terrain.

Team Giulio Ciccone, Tony Gallopin, Alex Kirsch, Bauke Mollema, Mads Pedersen, Quinn Simmons, Toms Skuijns, Jasper Stuyven.

Main man Bauke Mollema – a seasoned, cunning stage hunter who will have chances aplenty in the hills.

UAE Team Emirates

There has been serious investment since Pogacar won his first Tour in 2020 and UAE can now field a team that’s stronger than Ineos, and only behind Jumbo-Visma because they are focused on one individual while the Dutch have three leaders. George Bennett, Rafal Majka, Marc Soler and Brandon McNulty will be a force in the mountains while Marc Bjerg, Marc Hirschi and Vegard Stake Laengen can shepherd the young prodigy on the flat. If they all stay healthy, “Pog” has every chance of sweeping to his third Tour win.

Team George Bennett, Mikkel Bjerg, Marc Hirschi, Vegard Stake Laengen, Rafal Majka, Brandon McNulty, Tadej Pogacar, Marc Soler.

Main man Tadej Pogacar. Flying Slovenian who is hot favourite for a Tour hat-trick at just 23.

The relegation issue

With only the best 18 teams in the UCI’s rankings set to receive a coveted WorldTour licence in 2023 – guaranteeing them entry to major races including the Tour – a raft of squads will start this year’s Tour knowing that a good race will save their bacon and a poor Tour could mean disaster. As of 21 June, there were six teams involved in cycling’s first relegation battle: Israel-Premier Tech, Lotto Soudal, BikeExchange, EF Education, Movistar and Cofidis; Lotto Soudal and Israel-Premier Tech were in the “relegation zone” in 19th and 20th place.

With, for example, 125 points available for 12th overall in the Tour, that could mean in the final week of the race teams may start to become more interested in consolidating their position in the UCI’s team rankings, to guarantee they take home a certain number of points, than in taking risks which might compromise their future. That in turn could make for more conservative racing. What’s certain is that it will be weighing on many minds and putting pressure on riders and management alike.

* This article was amended on 30 June to reflect Alpecin-Fenix’s name change to Alpecin-Deceuninck

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The Team-by-Team Guide to Who Will Win the 2022 Tour de France

From Ag2r to UAE, here are all the ways the 22 teams in this year’s edition will stuff up a chance for victory.

Someone’s gotta win the 2022 Tour de France, right? But that means 175 guys, and 21 teams, won’t. It turns out the Tour is really hard to win. You’ve gotta get everything right for 21 days: no major crashes or injuries; no bonks or bad days; and of course no badly timed mechanical failures except inside three kilometers to go on flat stages, where mechanicals and mishaps do get mulligans.

And not every team in the Tour is here to win it. They understand that the math of ultimate victory just kind of sucks. So they have other objectives: stage wins, other jersey competitions, or just getting in the break. That doesn’t make for a boring race. In fact, it can make it even crazier as some overall contender’s best laid plans get put on their ear by a team that doesn’t even give a damn about Paris. Here are all 22 teams in this year’s race, what they’re here for, and why despite months of training and prep, they’re still gonna manage to ball it up.

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Ineos grenadiers.

Top Riders : Dani Martinez, Geraint Thomas, Adam Yates

Why They’re Here : To bring back the glory days

What To Watch For: Triple threat! Start with Thomas, the 2018 Tour winner who’s freshly back on good form; Yates, fourth at last year’s Tour of Spain; and Martinez, who had his best spring ever, capped by a win at Itzulia Basque Country. Bench? Super deep: from young talents Tom Pidcock and Ethan Hayter to rouleurs like Filippo Ganna and Dylan van Baarle. With the biggest budget in the WorldTour, these guys come to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and they’re all outta bubblegum.

Why They’ll Lose : Unfortunately they may be all outta kick ass too. Ineos is bike racing’s equivalent of an ‘80s super group: went triple platinum, had its own display at Tower Records, sold-out stadium shows everywhere. Now they’re opening for Winger at HairNation in Cleveland. A triple threat GC strategy is what you do when you don’t have a true leader, and they pretty much never work. Thomas is 36, that 2018 Tour win a golden, glorious outlier. Yates? No one is afraid of a Yates. Martinez is intriguing but has exactly one high overall finish in a Grand Tour to his name. Super group? Maybe a really good cover band.

Jumbo-Visma

Top Riders : Primož Roglič, Jonas Vingegaard, Wout van Aert

Why They’re Here : Revenge for Omi and Opi

What To Watch For : With all the hype around Rog v. Pog, it’s a little astounding that the two top stage racers in the sport have only ever faced off to the finish in two multi-day events, the first being Pog’s come-from-behind stunner in the 2020 Tour. Last year, of course, Roglič was all primed to avenge that crazy loss until he ran into (literally) the infamous fan holding the Opi-Omi sign on Stage One and abandoned later with injuries. That, of course, did open the door for Vingegaard’s debutante ball and van Aert’s Ventoux heroics. More recently, Jumbo was looking good, Billy Ray, with a 1-2 finish by Rog and Jonas at the Criterium du Dauphiné and a pile of stage wins by van Aert.

Why They’ll Lose : Roglič has three straight Vuelta a España titles but Tour Troubles live rent-free in his head. Short of major trouble early, team brass will hold Vingegaard back, and he’s a Good Boy so he’ll comply. Elsewhere, van Aert picked up a mysterious knee injury in training camp, and the whole Tour de Suisse team had to bail with COVID. Just the kind of relaxing few weeks you want pre-Tour.

UAE Team Emirates

Top Riders : All about Tadej Pogačar

Why They’re Here : Win No. 3

What To Watch For : Pog’s first win was via surprise; in taking the lead only in the Stage 20 TT, his team was never tested. Last season it was and passed. Barely. But this offseason was like the scene from The Matrix Reloaded where Neo fights three Agents and stops for a moment to observe, “Hmm. Upgrades.” UAE picked up a bunch of new climber-support guys that significantly boosts team depth. They’re made, and paid, to defend.

Why They’ll Lose : I mean, probably not? But luck has a funny way of evening things out, and the first week of this year’s race holds plenty of chances for the bad kind. Stage 2’s crosswind potential recalls 2020, when Pog lost time on Stage 7 in a similar situation. Stage 5 has cobbles. Roubaix cobbles. Pog has never raced them. He’s a fine bike handler and had fun at the Ronde van Vlaanderen last spring. But Roubaix cobbles are…different.

Outside GC Contenders

Outside of the top three teams, there are several others that have a legitimate shot at a yellow jersey. All have flaws that the Big 3 don’t: they lack depth, or have unproved leaders, or some other issue. Everything has to go right for one of them to get the upset win. But never say never.

Ag2r-Citroën

Top Riders : Ben O’Connor

Why They’re Here : To get on the Tour podium

What To Watch For : A lot of observers wrote off O’Connor’s fourth-place finish last year as a fluke, since it was sparked by a winning break on Stage 9 that gave him big time on the chase. But that ignores the 26-year-old Aussie’s steady rise as a stage racer. He was the best not-Jumbo guy at the Dauphiné, for example. Not only can he climb, he’s durable, with just two DNFs in stage races the past two and a half seasons.

Why They’ll Lose : Three things hold O’Connor back. One: Ineos, Jumbo, and UAE would take Ag2r apart if O’Connor has to defend yellow. Second, almost zero experience on cobbles: his last race on them was six years ago, on Flanders cobbles, not the Roubaix kind. Sure, he reconned the stage, but with Ag2r leaving former Paris-Roubaix winner Greg van Avermaet home, O’Connor loses an incomparable cobbles pilot for a crucial stage where he’s openly praying for dry weather . Last, Rog and Pog don’t fear O’Connor in any TT, much less the 40km monster at the end of this race.

Bora-Hansgrohe

Top Riders : Aleksandr Vlasov

Why They’re Here : To add to that Grand Tour win streak

What To Watch For : Peter who? Bora has moved on from the Sagan era to become maybe the odds-on fave to challenge the UAE-Jumbo-Ineos triumvirate in stage racing (see: Jai Hindley, 2022 Giro d’Italia). Next up: Vlasov, who was scary good at the Tour de Suisse. With climbing support from Max Schachmann, Patrick Konrad, and Lennard Kämna, they could be a sleeper threat.

Why They’ll Lose : In Grand Tours, Vlasov’s either top 10 or a DNF, no in-betweens. After getting COVID at Suisse, his form is a question mark, bold, in 48-point type. And Vlasov—a Russian—in yellow would be a PR disaster for a sport that’s been almost capriciously inconsistent with its response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. If he takes the lead, the press conferences could be more vicious than the road.

Bahrain Victorious

Top Riders : Jack Haig, Matej Mohorič, Damiano Caruso

Why They’re Here : A sneaky yellow jersey push?

What To Watch For : Bahrain’s my other pick for an outside challenge to Pogačar’s third title. Usually they’re stage hunters at the Tour, and damn good ones too: three last year alone. And they usually have not one, but two riders up high in the overall in Grand Tours. Here it’ll be the Caruso-Haig pair, backed by Dylan Teuns. And there’s always Mohorič for stages if things go pear-shaped early.

Why They’ll Lose : Bahrain can’t close the deal in a GT. Never has. “The road will decide” is a dumb strategy in week three of a Grand Tour, as each co-leader rides for himself. That dynamic could easily play out here, with 34-year-old Caruso, always the lieutenant, looking for that one breakthrough result to cap his career, and 28-year-old Haig looking to confirm that he’s the team’s immediate future. Add to that a pre-Tour police raid , and it’s worth wondering whether Bahrain cracks up well before Paris.

Groupama-FDJ

Top Riders : Thibaut Pinot, David Gaudu

Why They’re Here : A fresh strategy for success?

What To Watch For : Who doesn’t cheer for Pinot? One of France’s best stage racers in a generation, and a disarmingly honest, refreshingly down-to-earth human (his Instagram features pictures of him with his goats as much as racing). And just in time, he’s looking like a threat, with a stage win at the Tour de Suisse. Gaudu got another at the Dauphiné, and they have Valentin Madouas and Michael Storer for support. Could this be Thibaut’s year?

Why They’ll Lose : Nope, it could not. No one has a more complicated relationship with the Tour than Pinot, who’s had more than his fair share of heartache; who could forget that wrenching DNF in 2019 from a freak knee injury, just as he looked ready to rip the race apart? Pinot’s a pure climber, so week one and the final TT will be his undoing. This lineup would be far better off focusing on stage wins, and the team’s been cagey about whether its goals are GC or stages. Good plan.

Top Riders : Romain Bardet

Why They’re Here : A mulligan from the Giro

What To Watch For : Bardet, a serious Grand Tours rider by any measure, was sitting fourth overall at the Giro when illness knocked him out near the end of the second week. The Tour is a second chance, and the form he had at the Giro, combined with the break from not having to go deep in the arduous third week there, could make him a serious threat here.

Why They’ll Lose : Bardet’s best Grand Tour results are behind him. He sucks at flat time trials. DSM isn’t deep enough to support him, partly because they keep losing good riders due to their inflexible management style. To paraphrase Tolstoy, all dysfunctional teams are unhappy in their own way, and DSM—which is leaving Soren Kragh Andersen, one of its best stage hunters, home because he’s switching teams next year—is a particularly miserable outfit.

Surefire Stage Winners

Not every team is here to chase the podium in Paris. Many teams are hunting stage wins, the coin of the realm for non-GC relevance at the Tour. We’ve divided them into two groups. The first consists of the teams that are almost guaranteed to win a stage. In fact, their Tour will be a disappointment if they don’t.

BikeExchange-Jayco

Top Riders : Dylan Groenewegen, Michael Matthews

Why They’re Here : To knock off as many Ws as possible

What To Watch For : The Groenewegen-Matthews tandem has seven Tour stage wins between them, plus Matthews’ green jersey in 2017. They’re the best shots for a stage win, and both have shown encouraging form lately. Past that, Nick Schultz is an outside shot for a climbing stage.

Why They’ll Lose : Their best rider, Simon Yates, is staying home after a mixed Giro campaign. Groenewegen looked to be a breakout star after his 2019 Tour but hasn’t been the same rider since getting DQ’d at the 2020 Tour of Poland for his role in the crash that almost ended Fabio Jakobsen’s career. Matthews is, and remains, a kind of mercurial mess: great talent, constantly top 5 or top 10, but rarely a winner at the Tour, where his last stage win was in 2017.

Intermarché-Wanty

Top Riders : Alexander Kristoff

Why They’re Here : Arrgh! It’s a pirate’s life for us!

What To Watch For : The most recent addition to the WorldTour ranks, Intermarché was supposed to just take up some space in the pack: get in the early break, vie for top fives in sprints, but generally be wallpaper. They didn’t get the memo: 13 wins already this year, including two Giro stages and Gent-Wevelgem. The center is sprinter Kristoff, a four-time Tour stage winner who can Classics a bit too. And then there’s breakaway specialist Taco van der Hoorn, who we love for his never-say-die attitude and because, whenever he’s in the break, we get to think about tacos for hours on end.

Why They’ll Lose : It was a great spring, but reversion to the mean is a bitch. There is no race harsher and more sharp-elbowed than the Tour, and without top riders Biniam Girmay and Jan Hirt (both of whom did the Giro), they’re pretty thin for the biggest race in the world. What about Louis Meintjes? What about him, indeed: likely racing defensively for another 12th place overall.

Alpecin-Deceuninck

Top Riders : Mathieu van der Poel, Jasper Philipsen

Why They’re Here : Sprints, baby

What To Watch For : Alpecin will give Quick-Step a run for best sprint team this Tour. That starts with Mathieu van der Poel, one of the most phenomenal, unclassifiable riders racing today. Van der Poel can win sprints, can win hilly courses, can handle a bike so beautifully it makes Danny MacAskill cry. He’s here for stages, not the green jersey, so he’ll be aggressive. Philipsen is a pure field sprinter. Can’t climb so much as a ladder, but point him in a straight line and there are few who can beat him.

Why They’ll Lose : Two sprinters? That’s a recipe for a mess. If Alpecin is smart, they’ll back Philipsen in sprints and van der Poel will go for breakaways and the Roubaix stage. But for all his talents and the hype, van der Poel has weaknesses, especially tactics. Philipsen is still searching for that breakout win/season that establishes him as one of the premier speedsters in the pack.

Trek-Segafredo

Top Riders : Bauke Mollema, Mads Pedersen, Jasper Stuyven

Why They’re Here : To win on the hardest of days

What To Watch For : Trek is a deep, experienced team of vets, and has no illusions about going for GC. Mollema just missed stage wins several times at the Giro, but last year’s win on the Tour’s Stage 14 was a virtuoso performance of strength and tactics on a wickedly hard day. That’s Trek’s sweet spot. Whether it’s medium mountain stages for Mollema, bad weather and long grinds for 2019 World Champion Pedersen, or cobbles and crosswinds for classics specialist Stuyven, they’re made for days when other guys just want to get to the finish.

Why They’ll Lose : It’s unknown how well Mollema will go in his second full GT this season. Pedersen is at his best on very long days: 200km plus, lumpy profile, and there simply aren’t many of those at this year’s Tour. Stuyven has always seemed One Big Win from a breakout. But when he gets them, like last year’s Milano-Sanremo, the streak never comes. At 30, he is who he is: talented but not transformative.

Quick-Step-Alpha Vinyl

Top Riders : Fabio Jakobsen, Kasper Asgreen

Why They’re Here : Stage wins galore

What To Watch For : Quick-Step is that friend who always marches to her own beat. They haven’t mounted a real GC attempt at the Tour in years, and they’re not starting now. They’re built for stage wins, starting with sprinter Jakobsen and the best leadout in bike racing, Michael Mørkøv. They’ve won at least one stage every year since 2012, and it’s the surest bet in the Tour that streak continues.

Why They’ll Lose : They’re limping into the Tour, almost literally. Classics star Kasper Asgreen is banged up from a Tour de Suisse crash. World Champion Julian Alaphilippe isn’t here at all, thanks to crash injuries. Plus there’s weird vibes: Yves Lampaert was disqualified from the Tour of Belgium for physically blocking another rider racing for the overall win. And how do you not bring Mark Cavendish to the Tour? If there’s any karma for those two outrages, QS will get goose-egged this year.

Wild Cards and Stage Hunters

One of the unifying factors among these teams is they don’t win that much at the WorldTour. Another is they’re typically among the lower-budget teams, unable to sign the big-name riders who would give them those headline victories. A third: several of them are fighting possible relegation from the sport’s top level. A Tour stage is far from assured, but would also help a lot in that competition.

Top Riders : Enric Mas, Carlos Verona

Why They’re Here : All about avoiding disaster

What To Watch For : As anyone who’s watched their Netflix documentary series The Most Unexpected Day can attest, no one does drama like Movistar. There’s always something going on and this year it’s relegation. New UCI rules will drop the two lowest-point teams out of the 2023 WorldTour, and Movistar—with a four-decade history in the sport—is on the bubble. So look for them to race with a certain desperation. Their best hope is Mas, a top climber. But Verona is in excellent form, and young American rider Matteo Jorgenson bears watching in his first Tour.

Why They’ll Lose : Mas was looking strong at the Dauphiné, but a bad crash knocked him out. Several of their top riders, like Alejandro Valverde, aren’t racing the Tour, which limits their potential. Movistar has never been a sprint team, so they’re mostly confined to breakaway hopes. Movistar has never been big on team cohesion, and if success doesn’t come in the first half of the race, the second could be a slog.

Arkea-Samsic

Top Riders : Nairo Quintana, Warren Barguil

Why They’re Here : To the mountains they must go

What To Watch For : Arkea needs to pick opportunities wisely. Its best shots will be with climbers Quintana and Barguil in the mountains. Both have a track record of success at the Grand Tours, and although Quintana is no longer the GC rider he was 5-10 years ago, he’s also not a guy you let build a big lead before a final climb.

Why They’ll Lose : As is his style the past few years, Quintana started the season hot and then fell off. Back through 2020, he hasn’t won a single race after May. The past 3-4 years Barguil has focused on GC at the Tour, which he really shouldn’t do, because it means he rides defensively when he should be attacking. There are a couple of other outside stage shots on Arkea, like the Classics rider Connor Swift. But they need to race smart, and instead, I expect to see them in every early break, no matter the chances.

Total Energies

Top Riders : Peter Sagan

Why They’re Here : Sagz and breaks

What To Watch For : Sagan’s move from Bora to Total Energies over the offseason basically re-made the team. Sagz doesn’t travel light, bringing three of his Bora teammates (including bestie Daniel Oss) and Specialized as a sponsor. For that, Sagan has given them a stage win at the recent Tour de Suisse, and hopes to add to his 12 Tour stages. Anthony Turgis, second at Milano-Sanremo, is maybe the most underrated Classics rider in the pack and could be a threat for the Roubaix stage.

Why They’ll Lose : If Sagan was supposed to raise TE’s game, it hasn’t worked out so far. Instead, he DNF’d out of Suisse with his third bout of COVID after reportedly fighting off long COVID from his second round with the disease. He hasn’t won a Tour stage in his last two outings. Turgis never seems to quite get over the hump with a big result. This is not a terribly deep team and if Sagan, their center, is not on good form they’ll struggle to adapt.

Lotto-Soudal

Top Riders : Caleb Ewan, Tim Wellens

Why They’re Here : Sprints and breaks

What To Watch For : Ewan, a five-time Tour stage winner, would like a mulligan for his unfortunate crash on Stage 1 of the Giro as he was fighting it out for the win. Wellens, a deeply experienced vet, was excellent at the Belgium Tour, losing the overall only due to foul play by Quick-Step. And in Florian Vermeersch and Philippe Gilbert they have two very good Classics riders, albeit at opposite ends of the age/experience spectrum.

Why They’ll Lose : Lotto’s leadout simply isn’t on par with Quick-Step or Alpecin. Ewan will be forced to freelance. He’s also usually an early DNF in Grand Tours. If he strikes out early, that might be it. For all of Wellens’ experience he attacks at weirdly inopportune moments (called “Wellensing”). Gilbert has a fabulous palmares but hasn’t added much to it the past few years. And Vermeersch, the breakout revelation of last year’s Paris-Roubaix, is almost anonymous this year, including a terrible Classics season.

B&B Hotels-KTM

Top Riders : Pierre Rolland

Why They’re Here : So you’re sayin’ there’s a chance!

What To Watch For : Among “wild cards,” Alpecin gets an automatic invite for leading the sport’s second division. TotalEnergies gets in because Sagan. That leaves B&B, which is in because they’re French. Their best shot is clearly Rolland, three times a top-10 finisher at the Tour and the team’s only Tour stage winner. Rolland, an old school race-by-feel guy, is definitely feeling it right now, barely missing a stage win at the Dauphiné and taking home the mountains jersey. He’s a solid pick for a win on one of those lumpy transitional courses, and there are several chances, including Stages 8 and 9, and 13 and 14.

Why They’ll Lose : Rolland is 35. In 16 seasons, he’s won 12 races, and just once in the last five seasons. Those GC campaigns were a long time ago now. And there’s a lot of pressure on him. This is a thin team, thanks to running on a meager budget compared to WorldTour teams. A stage win would be a fantastic triumph, but the team hasn’t won anything near this level in its six-year existence. Don’t bet on a breakthrough here.

Top Riders : Guillaume Martin, Bryan Coquard

Why They’re Here : To break a long winless streak

What To Watch For : After racing the full Giro d’Italia, Martin is likely at the Tour searching for stage wins rather than the overall. That’s a smart strategy for the peloton’s smartest rider (with a master’s in philosophy, he’s the only WorldTour rider we know of with an advanced degree). A number of medium mountain days are well-suited to him. Coquard, a kind of all-around sprinter/classics guy, could be one to watch for the first week.

Why They’ll Lose : Martin has a knack for getting in breaks that gain a lot of time. But he also sometimes uses his strength at odd, inopportune times. It shows in the results: just seven wins in seven seasons, none on the WorldTour. He’s a good climber, but a stage win will require luck, not just legs. Coquard is a conventionally successful racer with 47 wins, but also none on the WorldTour. Cofidis hasn’t won a Tour stage since 2008, despite being in the race every year. It’s the longest dry streak of any team here, and chances are it continues this Tour.

EF Education First-EasyPost

Top Riders: Rigoberto Uran

Why They’re Here : To get in the break almost every day

What To Watch For : There’s no harder team to puzzle out this year than EF. Uran, a former Grand Tour podium finisher, could be a GC threat. But more likely he's going for stage wins. The roster is built to compete on almost any day: Uran for the big mountains. Ruben Guerreiro for the medium ones. Magnus Cort and Alberto Bettiol for the lumpy transitional stuff. All of them could have success.

Why They’ll Lose : EF had an uneven lead-in to the Tour, with half its roster at Tour de Suisse going out with COVID (including Uran and Bettiol). Guerreiro won the recent Ventoux Challenge, a promising result, but against lesser competition than he'll face here. Cort, maybe the team’s best stage-win hope, hasn’t had the kind of season he hoped for so far. Watch American Neilson Powless, 4th overall at Suisse. With EF on the relegation bubble, they’ll race hard, but as we’ve said elsewhere, desperation often isn’t the best motivation for a victory.

Israel-Premier Tech

Top Riders : Michael Woods, Jakob Fuglsang

Why They’re Here : They got automatic entry. Somehow.

What To Watch For : Another WorldTour team on the relegation bubble, Israel-Premier Tech comes in search of results that will boost them to an assured spot in next year’s top tier of teams. Their best bets are Fuglsang, who turned in a strong Tour de Suisse performance (albeit against a COVID-decimated field) and Woods, who won a stage and the overall at the recent Route d’Occitanie.

Why They’ll Lose : There’s no team that’s mismanaged its roster and budget like IPT, sinking big money into riders whose best results are behind them. Just two riders here are under 30 and most of the rest are closer to 40. Four-time former Tour winner Chris Froome has never recovered from that awful 2019 crash that broke his femur. Woods and Fuglsang have both won lesser races this year, but it remains to be seen if they have what it takes against Tour-level competition.

Top Riders : Alexey Lutsenko

Why They’re Here : To rekindle past glories of Vino 4 Ever!

What To Watch For: Once upon a time, Astana was a feared GC team. Vincenzo Nibali at his mid-decade peak, or the heady Alberto Contador years, these guys were a badass bunch. These days they don’t merit much concern. Maybe Lutsenko get a mountain stage. Maybe Gianni Moscon makes news for something other than being a dick. Maybe I’ll wake up a billionaire tomorrow.

Why They’ll Lose : Because Astana is Team Hot Mess. Lutsenko? Wake me when he’s a legit top-5 threat. Moscon’s barely been seen since flatting out of the Paris-Roubaix lead last fall. And with near-constant issues paying staff and riders, and reported criminal investigations about fraud and money laundering, it’s honestly worth wondering how long this team survives, win or no.

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While the landscape of France in and of itself is enough to keep anyone pinned to the tellie, there are of course the teams and the bikes that make up the race which are for any tried-and-true bike geek as equally compelling.  Here are the teams and bike brands that will be mixing it up for the three valued weeks in July.

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Ag2r citroën—bmc.

Alpecin-Fenix—Canyon

Arkéa Samsic—Canyon

Astana Qazaqstan—Wilier-Trestina

B&B Hotels—KTM-KTM

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Tour de France

Participants list.

• Gorka Izagirre
• Imanol Erviti
• Nelson Oliveira
• Matteo Jorgenson
• Albert Torres
• Carlos Verona
• Gregor Mühlberger

Eurosport and GCN, as well as  France Télévisions,  have rights to broadcast the whole race, start-to finish, with national broadcasters then offering some stages in full and the second half of most of them.

All stages will end between 5 and 6pm CEST, with two exceptions: the inaugural ITT in Copenhagen and the final stage in Paris, which will finish after 7pm.

There will be  10-6-4″ at every road stage finish. There are no bonuses at the intermediate sprints.

Social Media

The race’s official Twitter account is  @letour ; the hashtag is  #TDF2022 .

Seven overall victories and 34 stage wins  are the legendary palmarès of the squads managed by José Miguel Echávarri and Eusebio Unzué at the Tour de France. The full list can be checked out in our website’s  History section .

• 01 Yves Lampaert Quick Step 15'17"
• 02 Wout Van Aert Jumbo – Visma +5"
• 03 Tadej Pogacar UAE Team Emirates +7"
• 38 Gorka Izagirre Movistar Team +46"
• 42 Matteo Jorgenson Movistar Team +48"
• 52 Nelson Oliveira Movistar Team +51"
• 68 Enric Mas Movistar Team +56"
• 72 Gregor Mühlberger Movistar Team +59"
• 106 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team +1'14"
• 154 Carlos Verona Movistar Team +1'44"
• 158 Albert Torres Movistar Team +1'48"
• 01 Fabio Jakobsen Quick Step 4h34'34"
• 02 Wout Van Aert Jumbo – Visma "
• 03 Mads Pedersen Trek-Segafredo "
• 70 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team "
• 71 Nelson Oliveira Movistar Team "
• 72 Albert Torres Movistar Team "
• 73 Gregor Mühlberger Movistar Team "
• 106 Gorka Izagirre Movistar Team "
• 110 Enric Mas Movistar Team "
• 122 Carlos Verona Movistar Team "
• 143 Matteo Jorgenson Movistar Team "
• 01 Dylan Groenewegen Team BikeExchange 4h11'33"
• 03 Jasper Philipsen Alpecin – Deceuninck "
• 35 Albert Torres Movistar Team "
• 58 Enric Mas Movistar Team "
• 103 Nelson Oliveira Movistar Team +39"
• 106 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team "
• 107 Gorka Izagirre Movistar Team "
• 121 Carlos Verona Movistar Team "
• 128 Matteo Jorgenson Movistar Team "
• 157 Gregor Mühlberger Movistar Team +3'27"
• 01 Wout Van Aert Jumbo – Visma 4h01'36"
• 02 Jasper Philipsen Alpecin – Deceuninck +8"
• 03 Christophe Laporte Jumbo – Visma "
• 38 Gregor Mühlberger Movistar Team "
• 42 Matteo Jorgenson Movistar Team "
• 52 Gorka Izagirre Movistar Team "
• 59 Nelson Oliveira Movistar Team "
• 66 Enric Mas Movistar Team "
• 135 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team +3'52"
• 145 Carlos Verona Movistar Team +4'53"
• 156 Albert Torres Movistar Team +5'25"
• 01 Simon Clarke Israel – Premier Tech 3h13'35"
• 02 Taco van der Hoorn Intermarché-Wanty Gobert "
• 03 Edvald Boasson Hagen Team TotalEnergies +2"
• 26 Nelson Oliveira Movistar Team +1'04"
• 21 Enric Mas Movistar Team "
• 64 Gorka Izagirre Movistar Team +2'59"
• 65 Matteo Jorgenson Movistar Team "
• 68 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team "
• 122 Gregor Mühlberger Movistar Team +9'24"
• 157 Albert Torres Movistar Team +14'40"
• 171 Carlos Verona Movistar Team +18'32"
• 01 Tadej Pogacar UAE Team Emirates 4h27'13"
• 02 Michael Matthews Team BikeExchange "
• 03 David Gaudu Groupama-FDJ "
• 11 Enric Mas Movistar Team "
• 66 Nelson Oliveira Movistar Team +4'04"
• 68 Matteo Jorgenson Movistar Team "
• 77 Carlos Verona Movistar Team +5'23"
• 85 Gorka Izagirre Movistar Team +5'37"
• 100 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team +7'14"
• 142 Gregor Mühlberger Movistar Team +10'15"
• 162 Albert Torres Movistar Team +11'28"
• 01 Tadej Pogacar UAE Team Emirates 3h58'40"
• 02 Jonas Vingegaard Jumbo – Visma "
• 03 Primoz Roglic Jumbo – Visma +12"
• 07 Enric Mas Movistar Team +21"
• 44 Carlos Verona Movistar Team +4'16"
• 66 Matteo Jorgenson Movistar Team +7'38"
• 69 Nelson Oliveira Movistar Team "
• 85 Gregor Mühlberger Movistar Team +9'47"
• 91 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team +10'48"
• 92 Gorka Izagirre Movistar Team "
• 144 Albert Torres Movistar Team +16'30"
• 01 Wout Van Aert Jumbo – Visma 4h13'06"
• 03 Tadej Pogacar UAE Team Emirates "
• 16 Enric Mas Movistar Team "
• 44 Matteo Jorgenson Movistar Team +1'21"
• 62 Gorka Izagirre Movistar Team +2'38"
• 91 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team +4'53"
• 92 Carlos Verona Movistar Team "
• 93 Nelson Oliveira Movistar Team "
• 96 Gregor Mühlberger Movistar Team "
• 149 Albert Torres Movistar Team +9'11"
• 01 Bob Jungels AG2R La Mondiale 4h46'39"
• 02 Jonathan Castroviejo INEOS Grenadiers +22"
• 03 Carlos Verona Movistar Team +26"
• 09 Enric Mas Movistar Team +52"
• 45 Matteo Jorgenson Movistar Team +12'02"
• 54 Gregor Mühlberger Movistar Team +14'13"
• 67 Gorka Izagirre Movistar Team +16'02"
• 83 Nelson Oliveira Movistar Team +22'56"
• 108 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team +27'35"
• 154 Albert Torres Movistar Team +34'45"
• 01 Magnus Cort EF Education First 3h18'50"
• 02 Nick Schultz Team BikeExchange "
• 03 Luis León Sánchez Bahrain Victorious +7"
• 04 Matteo Jorgenson Movistar Team +8"
• 22 Enric Mas Movistar Team +8'54"
• 56 Gorka Izagirre Movistar Team +9'40"
• 59 Carlos Verona Movistar Team "
• 62 Gregor Mühlberger Movistar Team +9'46"
• 105 Nelson Oliveira Movistar Team +21'19"
• 132 Albert Torres Movistar Team +26'22"
• 01 Jonas Vingegaard Jumbo – Visma 4h18'02"
• 02 Nairo Quintana Arkéa Samsic +59"
• 03 Romain Bardet Team DSM +1'10"
• 15 Enric Mas Movistar Team +8'08"
• 27 Carlos Verona Movistar Team +20'48"
• 47 Matteo Jorgenson Movistar Team +27'16"
• 57 Gorka Izagirre Movistar Team "
• 68 Nelson Oliveira Movistar Team +29'01"
• 71 Gregor Mühlberger Movistar Team +29'42"
• 74 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team "
• 137 Albert Torres Movistar Team +37'23"
• 01 Tom Pidcock INEOS Grenadiers 4h55'24"
• 02 Louis Meintjes Intermarché-Wanty Gobert +48"
• 03 Chris Froome Israel – Premier Tech +2'06"
• 08 Enric Mas Movistar Team +3'26"
• 23 Carlos Verona Movistar Team +10'06"
• 38 Gregor Mühlberger Movistar Team +14'48"
• 44 Gorka Izagirre Movistar Team +17'39"
• 55 Matteo Jorgenson Movistar Team +19'40"
• 58 Nelson Oliveira Movistar Team +22'17"
• 66 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team +25'48"
• 132 Albert Torres Movistar Team +33'59"
• 01 Mads Pedersen Trek-Segafredo 4h13'03"
• 02 Fred Wright Bahrain Victorious "
• 03 Hugo Houle Israel – Premier Tech "
• 05 Matteo Jorgenson Movistar Team +30"
• 39 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team +5'45"
• 40 Enric Mas Movistar Team "
• 47 Gregor Mühlberger Movistar Team "
• 66 Carlos Verona Movistar Team +6'03"
• 71 Nelson Oliveira Movistar Team +6'07"
• 95 Gorka Izagirre Movistar Team +6'17"
• 145 Albert Torres Movistar Team +20'05"
• 01 Michael Matthews Team BikeExchange 4h30'53"
• 02 Alberto Bettiol EF Education First +15"
• 03 Thibaut Pinot Groupama-FDJ +34"
• 14 Gregor Mühlberger Movistar Team +2'02"
• 31 Enric Mas Movistar Team +13'00"
• 42 Carlos Verona Movistar Team +16'06"
• 43 Matteo Jorgenson Movistar Team +16'27"
• 74 Nelson Oliveira Movistar Team +23'26"
• 90 Gorka Izagirre Movistar Team "
• 91 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team "
• 151 Albert Torres Movistar Team +28'00"
• 01 Jasper Philipsen Alpecin – Deceuninck 4h27'27"
• 35 Gorka Izagirre Movistar Team "
• 37 Enric Mas Movistar Team "
• 41 Matteo Jorgenson Movistar Team "
• 54 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team +24"
• 78 Carlos Verona Movistar Team +1'03"
• 90 Gregor Mühlberger Movistar Team +3'47"
• 123 Albert Torres Movistar Team +17'16"
• 01 Hugo Houle Israel – Premier Tech 4h23'47"
• 02 Valentin Madouas Groupama-FDJ +1'10"
• 03 Michael Woods Israel – Premier Tech "
• 04 Matteo Jorgenson Movistar Team +1'12"
• 31 Enric Mas Movistar Team +8'41"
• 38 Carlos Verona Movistar Team +9'37"
• 39 Gregor Mühlberger Movistar Team +14'03"
• 48 Gorka Izagirre Movistar Team +16'50"
• 61 Nelson Oliveira Movistar Team +20'45"
• 77 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team +24'56"
• 116 Albert Torres Movistar Team +31'21"
• 01 Tadej Pogacar UAE Team Emirates 3h25'51"
• 03 Brandon McNulty UAE Team Emirates +32"
• 12 Enric Mas Movistar Team +3'44"
• 32 Gorka Izagirre Movistar Team +11'09"
• 33 Gregor Mühlberger Movistar Team "
• 42 Matteo Jorgenson Movistar Team +19'00"
• 48 Nelson Oliveira Movistar Team +20'20"
• 70 Carlos Verona Movistar Team +25'08"
• 71 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team "
• 127 Albert Torres Movistar Team +32'03"
• 01 Jonas Vingegaard Jumbo – Visma 3h59'50"
• 02 Tadej Pogacar UAE Team Emirates +1'04"
• 03 Wout Van Aert Jumbo – Visma +2'10"
• 12 Carlos Verona Movistar Team +4'18"
• 18 Gregor Mühlberger Movistar Team +7'23"
• 19 Enric Mas Movistar Team "
• 29 Gorka Izagirre Movistar Team +14'27"
• 32 Matteo Jorgenson Movistar Team +15'44"
• 46 Nelson Oliveira Movistar Team +23'58"
• 128 Albert Torres Movistar Team +36'25"
• —  Imanol Erviti Movistar Team DNS
• 01 Christophe Laporte Jumbo – Visma 3h52'04"
• 02 Jasper Philipsen Alpecin – Deceuninck +1"
• 03 Alberto Dainese Team DSM "
• 25 Gregor Mühlberger Movistar Team "
• 33 Gorka Izagirre Movistar Team +21"
• 39 Matteo Jorgenson Movistar Team +25"
• 55 Carlos Verona Movistar Team +1'16"
• 74 Nelson Oliveira Movistar Team +2'26"
• 138 Albert Torres Movistar Team +10'47"
• —  Enric Mas Movistar Team DNS
• 01 Wout Van Aert Jumbo – Visma 47’59”
• 02 Jonas Vingegaard Jumbo – Visma +19”
• 03 Tadej Pogacar UAE Team Emirates +27”
• 28 Matteo Jorgenson Movistar Team +3’21”
• 56 Nelson Oliveira Movistar Team +4’48”
• 81 Carlos Verona Movistar Team +6’29”
• 99 Gregor Mühlberger Movistar Team +6’56”
• 120 Albert Torres Movistar Team +7’45”
• 131 Gorka Izagirre Movistar Team +8’12”
• 01 Jasper Philipsen Alpecin – Deceuninck 2h58'32"
• 02 Dylan Groenewegen Team BikeExchange "
• 03 Alexander Kristoff Intermarché-Wanty Gobert "
• 24 Matteo Jorgenson Movistar Team "
• 35 Gregor Mühlberger Movistar Team "
• 40 Nelson Oliveira Movistar Team "
• 74 Albert Torres Movistar Team +45"
• 99 Carlos Verona Movistar Team +1'12"

40 appearances in the Tour de France!  A historic achievement for the Abarca Sports organisation, which tackles, just like every year, the ‘Grande Boucle’ with the biggest excitement and anticipation. A race they made their debut at in 1983 and never missed since, the squad directed by ‘Chente’ and Patxi Vila in France will be facing a route as traditional as you can have,  with all main ingredients from previous editions and the main particularity of  its Grand Départ, the northernmost in its history, on Danish soil.

A 13km individual time trial in Copenhagen (Friday 1st) opens a three-day adventure where the wind and the stress will be key, the finishes otherwise suiting the sprinters in Nyborg (Saturday 2nd) and Sanderborg (Sunday 3rd). A first long transfer towards the Nord region and another coastal stage towards Calais (Tuesday 5th) will preceed a really crucial day in this year’s TDF: the  pavé stage, with  eleven cobbled sectors on day five (Wednesday 6th), finishing in Arenberg , even though not inside its famous Forest.

Following the longest stage of the race (Thursday 7th), over 220km and a torturous finish with  four tough hills in the last 20km -the finishing one has 1.6km at 6% average-, we will enter the first mountain block in the Vosges, the Jura and the Suisse Romande . Friday 8th, the riders will take on   La Super Planche des Belles Filles (Cat-1), 7km at 8.7% that end with max slopes of 24% and irregular pavement. Saturday 9th, the race will finish in Lausanne with the  Olympic Stadium  ascent (Cat-3; 5km at almost 5%). And on Sunday 10th, prior to the first real rest day, the  Pas de Morgins (Cat-1) will be crested right before the arrivée in Châtel.

The stage nine finish will already get us to Savoie, where the race, with the only respite of that ‘repos’, will kick off this year’s  Alps . Tuesday 12th will bring the ascent to Megève and its  Altiport (Cat-2), a quite irregular 20km at 4%. A day later, on Wednesday 13th, two legendary cols: the Galibier (HC), via the Télegraphe (Cat-1), and the 2,400m finish atop the  Granon (HC) , not to forget the picturesque  Lacets de Montvernier (Cat-2). The Alpine trio ends, no less than in ‘Quatorze Juillet’, with three Hors Categorie climbs: the  Galibier via the Lautaret, the Croix de Fer -both overcome at this year’s Critérium du Dauphiné- and the most famous finish of them all:  Alpe d’Huez .

Saturday 16th  will mark a brief incursion in the Massif Central, with five rated ascents and the classic finish in  Mende via the Croix-Neuve (Cat-2; 3km at 10%), before riding down to Carcassonne (Sunday 17th), enjoying the last rest day and starting the  Pyreneez . Tuesday 19th, the riders will take on  Lers (Cat-1) and  Mur de Péguère (Cat-1), a succession previously tackled in recent years; on Wednesday 20th , the  Aspin (Cat-1), Hourquette d’Ancizan (Cat-1), Val Louron (Cat-1) and the finish up  Peyragudes (Cat-1) ; and on Thursday 20th , for the final mountain day of the race, Aubisque (HC), Spandelles (Cat-1) and the finish in  Hautacam (HC).

Just 24 hours away from Paris (Saturday 23rd) , and bringing back the tradition of holding longer ITTs than in previous years, the last time trial will be held over 40 kilometers , with gentle ascents yet overall on a slight descent -thus really fast-, from Lacapelle-Marival to Rocamadour, ending with a 2km ascent at 5%. That will be the final hurdle before entering the Champs-Élysées and covering a 40th TDF finish – which will only be the start for the women’s Movistar Team, lining up that very same day at their first TDF Femmes, another huge milestone for our organisation.

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Tour de France 2022 standings: Who is leading the race?

Find out which rider is donning the yellow jersey at the Tour de France

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As stage 19 concluded in a sprint finish won by Christophe Laporte (Jumbo-Visma) , there would be minimal changes in the standings at the Tour de France 2022 . 

Tadej Pogačar finished fifth on the day to steal back four seconds on the Danish rider who still holds a strong advantage over the second-overall Slovenian.

Yesterday Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) cemented his overall lead of the Tour de France by winning stage 18 at Hautacam . 

The stage was the second of two summit finishes in the Pyrenees, finishing at Hautacam before the final three stages of the action this year.

By taking another stage victory this afternoon, Jumbo-Visma proved their huge strength in depth within the Dutch squad as Laporte got in on the action.

In the points classification, Wout Van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) has all but won the green jersey and will wear it in Paris unless he abandons the race. The Belgian leads the competition by more than 200 points, and has held the jersey for nearly the entire race. Despite the best efforts of Giulio Ciccone (Trek-Segafredo) yesterday, Jonas Vingegaard now leads in the King of the Mountains classification after winning the final mountain stage of the race. 

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Pogačar is firmly in control of the youth classification, with Tom Pidcock 30-05 behind. Barring disaster, he will retain the white jersey for the remainder of the Tour. 

Finally, Ineos Grenadiers continue to dominate the teams classification, aided by having three riders all within the top ten overall. 

Tour de France 2022 stage 19 results: Castelnau-Magnoac to Cahors (188km)

1. Christophe Laporte (Fra) Jumbo-Visma, in 3-52-04 2. Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Deceuninck, at 1s 3. Alberto Dainese (Ita) Team DSM, 4. Florian Senechal (Fra) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl, 5. Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates, 6. Amaury Capiot (Bel) Arkea-Samsic, 7. Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) BikeExchange-Jayco, 8. Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) Arkea-Samsic, 9. Luka Mezgec (Slo) BikeExchange-Jayco, 10. Caleb Ewan (Aus) Lotto Soudal, all at same time

Tour de France 2022 standings: General Classification after stage 19

1. Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Jumbo-Visma, in 71-53-34 2. Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates, at 3-21 3. Geraint Thomas (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers, at 8-00 4. David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ, at 11-05 5. Nairo Quintana (Col) Arkea-Samsic, at 13-35 6. Louis Meintjes (RSA) Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux, at 13-43 7. Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Bora-Hansgrohe, at 14-10 8. Romain Bardet (Fra) Team DSM, at 16-11 9. Aleksey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Qazaqstan, at 20-24 10. Adam Yates (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers, at 20-32 

Tour de France 2022: Green jersey after stage 19

1. Wout Van Aert (Bel) Jumbo-Visma, 460 pts 2. Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates, 236 pts 3. Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix, 235 pts 4. Christophe Laporte (Fra) Jumbo-Visma at 171 pts 5. Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo, 158 pts

Tour de France 2022: Mountains jersey after stage 19

1. Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Jumbo-Visma, 72 pts 2. Simon Geschke (Deu) Cofidis, 64pts 3. Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 61pts 4. Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates, 61 pts 5. Wout Van Aert (Bel) Jumbo-Visma, 59 pts

Tour de France 2022: Young rider jersey after stage 19

1. Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates, in 75-49-05 2. Tom Pidcock (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers, at 51-26 3. Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates, at 1-22-39

Tour de France 2022: Teams classification after stage 19

1. Ineos Grenadiers, in 227-39-23 2. Groupama-FDJ, at 32-37 3. Jumbo-Visma, at 42-16

Classifications at the Tour de France

Key riders at the Tour de France will be eyeing up a selection of brightly coloured jerseys . Namely, a yellow one (the General Classification leader), a spotty one (the King of the mountains), a green one (leading sprinter) and a white one (best young rider).

The yellow jersey is worn by the rider who has completed all of the stages - so far - in the shortest period of time. Therefore, after stage one, the winner will pull in the yellow jersey for stage two - but it's quite likely to change hands after that.

The King of the Mountains (KoM) will be picking up 'points' awarded at the top of key climbs - the number of points changes depending upon the classification of the climb. On HC climbs, first over the line gets 20 points, 1st Cat climbs it's 10, 3rd it's two, and 4th cat climbs earn just one point.

The Henri Desgrange and Jacques Godet prizes are awarded to the first rider over the race’s highest point (in 2022, that's Port d’Envalira on stage 15)  and the Col du Tourmalet (stage 18 in 2022) respectively. These are prizes of €5,000 and carry no extra points for the KoM jersey.

Points for the green jersey are awarded at the end of each stage and at the intermediate sprints. Race organisers ASO classify stages as either flat, hilly or mountainous and this impacts the points awarded, with more on offer for the flat stages to favour the sprinters. 

On flat stages, the winner gets 50 points. On hilly stages, it's 30, whilst on mountain stages, it's 20. There are also points for intermediate sprints, with the first-placed rider scooping up a further 20. 

In 2022, the young rider classification is open to riders born after January 1, 1997. The highest placed rider on GC wears the white jersey.

Finally, the team classification is calculated by adding the times of the three best riders on each team on every stage, and the leading team have the honour of wearing yellow race numbers.

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Tour de France bikes 2023: who’s riding what?

All the bikes and tech on display at the 2023 Tour De France

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The 2023 Tour de France covers 3,404km (2,115 miles) over its 21 stages. That’s 54km more than last year’s Tour.

However, the bigger news is that time trial kilometres are down from two time trials totalling 53km last year (including the Prologue) to just one at 22.4km this year. It finishes at 974m in altitude and has a 2.5km Cat 2 climb to the finish, with an average 9.4 per cent gradient.

For several years, there's been an individual time trial on the penultimate stage, but this year, it’s on the Tuesday of the final week.

Given how a time trial can upset the final result, as in the 2023 Giro d’Italia, or cement it, as in last year’s Tour, it’s a surprising move.

That means the teams’ road bikes are increasingly to the fore. As usual, there’s some very flashy tech on show and we can expect more to be announced in the run-up to the Grand Départ and probably to be unearthed by the sharp-eyed as the race proceeds.

Read on for a complete list of the bikes in this year’s Tour de France, along with the kit they’re fitted with, and our pick of some of the new bikes and tech to keep an eye out for at the 2023 Tour de France .

Also check out our guide to prize money in this year's race, our explainer on leaders jerseys , a comprehensive Tour de France jargon buster and our round-up of how to watch the Tour , wherever you are in the world.

Tour de France 2023 bike brands

The 2023 Tour de France peloton is made up of 22 teams of eight, 176 riders in total. The 18 WorldTour squads receive an automatic invitation to compete, while four second-tier Pro Continental teams get a wildcard invitation. Between them, 19 bike brands are represented.

That’s two up on last year’s Tour, although the majority of brands are the same as in last year’s race. Even Ridley and Factor, who saw their teams demoted to the UCI’s second division, are back this year thanks to wildcard invitations for Lotto-Dstny and Israel-Premier Tech respectively.

New bike brands this year are Bianchi, Look and Dare, while out this year is De Rosa. Specialized continues to sponsor three teams, as in 2022, but Canyon is down from three to two.

Bianchi was absent last year, but is back with Arkéa-Samsic. It had its first race win back in 1899 and its bikes were ridden by Fausto Coppi, Felice Gimondi and Marco Pantani as well as a who’s who of other top-drawer racers, so it’s a prestigious return for the brand. On the other hand, De Rosa is an equally famous name from cycling’s past that has departed the Tour.

Bike brands represented at the 2023 Tour de France:

• Bianchi : Team Arkéa-Samsic
• BMC : AG2R Citroën Team
• Cannondale : EF Education-EasyPost
• Canyon : Alpecin-Deceuninck, Movistar Team
• Cervélo : Jumbo-Visma
• Colnago : UAE Team Emirates
• Cube : Intermarché-Circus-Wanty
• Dare : Uno-X Pro Cycling
• Factor : Israel-Premier Tech
• Giant : Team Jayco-AlUla
• Lapierre : Groupama-FDJ
• Look : Cofidis
• Merida : Bahrain Victorious
• Pinarello : Ineos Grenadiers
• Ridley : Lotto-Dstny
• Scott : Team DSM-Firmenich
• Specialized : Bora-Hansgrohe, Soudal-QuickStep, TotalEnergies
• Trek : Lidl-Trek
• Wilier Triestina : Astana-Qazaqstan

Read on for more details of each team’s bikes, wheels and other kit.

What’s new in Tour de France tech?

New bike launches.

Since last year’s Tour, the Colnago Prototipo ridden to second place by Tadej Pogačar has finally become the Colnago V4Rs and been released for us to review – and anyone with deep enough pockets to buy.

Rather like the Colnago, the new Look 795 Blade RS ridden by Team Cofidis has been in plain sight for months, but was only officially launched earlier in June.

Its profile is similar to many other pro bikes with front-end integration, aero tubes and dropped seatstays, but is a departure from Look’s previous pro-level race bikes.

As per the usual playbook, Look says the new bike is stiffer and more aero.

There are more subtle changes to the Canyon Aeroad . Canyon has yet to announce details, but there are slight changes to the tube profiles and the seatpost clamp has moved from the rear of the seat tube to the top of the top tube.

The changes to the Cannondale SuperSix EVO are equally small but significant, with the fourth generation of the bike lighter and more aero – and in LAB71 format significantly more expensive.

Other new bikes bubbling under include an update to the Factor O2 VAM , BMC's new aero road bike and a new Ridley bike , also aero.

One thing all these bikes have in common is there's not a cable or brake hose in sight. In part, that's down to all the groupsets ridden now having wireless connections between the shifters and the derailleurs.

It's also due to the brake hoses running exclusively internally. Since they're invariably hydraulic, there's no loss of braking efficiency, however sharp the bends and no matter how convoluted the routing becomes.

Tubeless wheels and tyres have mostly taken over

Almost all teams are now running tubeless tyres in place of the pros’ favourite tubulars. There are good reasons for this beyond the lack of potentially carcinogenic and addictive solvents in the tub cement (more of an issue for the team mechanics than the riders).

Matej Mohorič of Bahrain Victorious has claimed tubeless tech can lower rolling resistance by up to 15 watts per tyre. Paired with the latest aero wheel designs, that’s a huge margin.

You’re also less likely to need a wheel swap at a crucial point in the race, with sealant helping to cope with punctures, although unlike tubs you can’t ride a flat tyre to the finish or while waiting for the team car to give you a wheel swap.

28mm tyres are also increasingly taking over from 25mm, even on the smooth tarmac generally enjoyed on the Tour. Riders often sub in time trial tyres for road tyres, due to their lighter weight, although they in general offer less puncture protection than the best road bike tyres .

One team that has remained on tubs is Astana-Qazaqstan, although it’s in the process of swapping from Corima wheels that don’t offer a tubeless rim, to HED which does.

Component choices

As in previous years, Shimano dominates the teams’ drivetrain choices, with just three teams on SRAM (Jumbo-Visma, Movistar, Lidl-Trek) and one (AG2R-Citroën) on Campagnolo – one down on 2022 with the defection of UAE Team Emirates to Shimano at the beginning of 2023.

There's more on Campagnolo Super Record below, but an unlaunched update to SRAM Red AXS has been spotted. With SRAM focusing on the launch of its updated Force AXS groupset earlier in 2023, it seems likely that a new version of Red AXS will be announced sooner rather than later.

We've seen an increasing acceptance of single chainrings in races earlier in the season, such as Paris-Roubaix , and that may extend to flatter stages in the Tour, when the small chainring is little used.

Expect 2x setups to take over in the mountains again though, yet even there Primož Roglič showed that a single ring with a wide-range cassette was a winning option.

There’s more variation in wheels than drivetrains, with the aforementioned Corima and HED, as well as Reserve, Vision, DT Swiss, Roval, Newmen, Black Inc, ENVE, Bontrager, Zipp and Cadex all represented.

Campagnolo goes wireless

Campagnolo is providing its Super Record groupset to just one team this year, AG2R Citroën. However, it has dispensed with wires, with the recent launch of the new Super Record Wireless groupset.

As with SRAM Red AXS , the consumer version of Super Record Wireless uses smaller chainrings paired to cassettes starting with a 10-tooth sprocket and rising to just 29 teeth as the largest sprocket option. However, the pros are likely to stick to closer ratios for all but the toughest stages.

There are a couple of interesting things to watch out for here: first, are all the riders using the latest Wireless groupset?

When Shimano Dura-Ace went 12-speed last year, there were still teams using the older 11-speed Dura-Ace long after the official launch, due in large part to the new groupset’s scarcity.

Will Campagnolo have got its manufacturing and distribution ducks in a row better than Shimano?

Second, with SRAM Red AXS, there are a series of chainring options designed specifically for the pros, which are larger than the chainrings on the complete cranksets available for consumer purchase.

That’s partly because pros like to push larger gears at their elevated riding speeds (winner Jonas Vingegaard averaged over 42kph throughout the entire Tour last year).

It’s also because the chainline and the degree of curvature of the chain as it passes over the jockey wheels and cassette make small, but significant, differences in drivetrain friction. Therefore, riding in a larger sprocket nearer the middle of the cassette is an easy marginal gain. It’s also the reason why OSPW systems are used by the pros.

Will we see AG2R Citroën riders using larger chainrings, perhaps borrowed from the previous generation of Super Record, with Campagnolo Super Record Wireless at the Tour?

Tour de France 2023 bikes

All 18 WorldTour teams ride the Tour de France and every one of them gets the pick of the best bikes from their sponsors’ ranges. That includes all teams using 12-speed wireless/semi-wireless electronic groupsets on their road bikes and a choice of top-spec carbon wheels.

The invited Pro Continental teams (Israel-Premier Tech, Lotto-Dstny, TotalEnergies, Uno X) too are on top-spec bikes and equipment – there’s no second best here.

Read on for a breakdown of who’s riding what.

AG2R Citroën Team (ACT)

• Framesets: BMC Teammachine SLR01/Timemachine Road/Timemachine (TT)
• Drivetrain: Campagnolo Super Record Wireless
• Wheels: Campagnolo Bora WTO/WTO Ultra
• Finishing kit: BMC, Power2Max, Look, Pirelli, Fizik, Elite, Wahoo

Alpecin-Deceuninck (ADC)

• Bikes: Canyon Ultimate CFR/Aeroad CFR/ Speedmax CFR Disc (TT)
• Groupset: Shimano Dura-Ace
• Wheels: Shimano
• Finishing kit: Canyon, Shimano, Vittoria, Selle Italia, Elite, Wahoo

Astana-Qazaqstan (AST)

• Bikes: Wilier Triestina Filante SLR/0 SLR/Turbine (TT)
• Groupset: Shimano Dura-Ace/SLF Motion jockey wheels and bottom bracket
• Wheels: Corima/HED
• Finishing kit: Wilier, Look, Vittoria, Prologo, Tacx, Garmin

Bahrain Victorious (TBV)

• Bikes: Merida Scultura Disc Team/Reacto Disc Team/Time Warp (TT)
• Wheels: Vision Metron
• Finishing kit: FSA/Vision, Continental, Prologo, Elite

Bora-Hansgrohe (BOH)

• Bikes: Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL7/Shiv (TT)
• Wheels: Roval
• Finishing kit: Roval, Specialized, Wahoo

Cofidis (COF)

• Bikes: Look 795 Blade RS/796 Monoblade RS (TT)
• Wheels: Corima
• Finishing kit: Look, SRM, Michelin, Selle Italia, Elite, Wahoo

EF Education-EasyPost (EFE)

• Bikes: Cannondale SuperSix EVO/SystemSix/SuperSlice (TT)
• Finishing kit: FSA/Vision, Wahoo Speedplay, Vittoria, Prologo, FSA, Tacx, Wahoo

Groupama-FDJ (GFC)

• Bikes: Lapierre Xelius SL 10.0/Aircode DRS/Aérostorm DRS (TT)
• Wheels: Shimano Dura-Ace / PRO
• Finishing kit: PRO, Continental, Prologo, Elite, Garmin

Ineos Grenadiers (IGD)

• Bikes: Pinarello Dogma F/Bolide (TT)
• Wheels: Shimano Dura-Ace/Princeton Carbonworks
• Finishing kit: MOST, Continental, Fizik, Elite, Garmin

Intermarché-Circus-Wanty (ICW)

• Bikes: Cube Litening C:68X Pro/Aerium (TT)
• Wheels: Newmen Advanced SL
• Finishing kit: Cube, Look, Continental, Prologo, Elite, CeramicSpeed, Bryton

Israel-Premier Tech (IPT)

• Bikes: Factor Ostro VAM / O2 VAM / Hanzo (TT)
• Groupset: Shimano Dura-Ace/FSA chainset
• Wheels: Black Inc
• Finishing kit: Black Inc, Rotor, Maxxis, Selle Italia, CeramicSpeed, SwissStop, Elite, Hammerhead

Jumbo-Visma (TJV)

• Bikes: Cervélo R5 Disc/S5/P5 (TT)
• Groupset: SRAM Red eTap AXS
• Wheels: Reserve 52/63
• Finishing kit: Cervélo, Wahoo Speedplay, Vittoria, Fizik, Tacx, Garmin

Lidl-Trek (LTK)

• Bikes: Trek Émonda SLR/Madone SLR/Speed Concept (TT)
• Wheels: Bontrager Aeolus
• Finishing kit: Bontrager, Time, Pirelli, Wahoo

Lotto-Dstny (LTD)

• Bikes: Ridley Noah Fast Disc/Helium SLX Disc/Dean Fast (TT)
• Groupset: Shimano Dura-Ace/Cema bearings
• Wheels: DT Swiss
• Finishing kit: Deda, 4iiii, Vittoria, Selle Italia, Tacx, Garmin

Movistar Team (MOV)

• Bikes: Canyon Aeroad CFR/Speedmax CF SLX (TT)
• Wheels: Zipp
• Finishing kit: Canyon, Look, Continental, Fizik, Lizard Skins, Garmin

Soudal-QuickStep (SOQ)

• Bikes: Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL7/Roubaix/Shiv (TT)
• Finishing kit: Roval, Specialized, CeramicSpeed, Tacx, Supercaz, Garmin

Team Arkéa-Samsic (ARK)

• Bikes: Bianchi Specialissima/Oltre RC/Aquila (TT)
• Finishing kit: Bianchi, Continental, Selle Italia, Elite, Wahoo

Team DSM-Firmenich (DSM)

• Bikes: Scott Foil RC/Plasma 5 (TT)
• Wheels: Shimano Dura-Ace
• Finishing kit: Syncros, Vittoria, Elite, Wahoo

Team Jayco-AlUla (JAY)

• Bikes: Giant Propel Advanced Disc/TCR Advanced SL Disc/Trinity Advanced Pro (TT)
• Wheels: Cadex 36, 42, 65
• Finishing kit: Cadex, Giant

TotalEnergies (TEN)

• Finishing kit: Roval, Specialized, Tacx, Garmin

UAE Team Emirates (UAD)

• Bikes: Colnago V4Rs/K.one (TT)
• Wheels: ENVE
• Finishing kit: Colnago, Look, Continental, Prologo, Elite, Wahoo

Uno-X Pro Cycling (UXT)

• Bikes : Dare VSRu/TSRf (TT)
• Finishing kit: Dare, Schwalbe, Pro, CeramicSpeed, Elite, Garmin

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Tour de France Femmes stage 8 - How it happened

After eight gruelling days of racing, Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar) etched her name into the history books as the winner of the 2022 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, overcoming illness in the early stages of the race to deliver a dominant victory at the top of La Super Planche des Belles Filles.

A powerful show of climbing force on stage 7 left Van Vleuten in yellow and heading into the stage 8 finale with over three minutes on Demi Vollering (SD Worx). The SD Worx rider and her team tried everything they could to take over the top spot, from using the strength of the team to trying to exploit any weakness on the descent, but Van Vleuten's climbing prowess simply couldn’t be challenged. 

Van Vleuten came through the gravel near the top of the La Super Planche des Belles Filles and onto the steep finishing ramp solo, with plenty of time to savour a final victory in the yellow jersey of the race leader. 

Vollering was again Van Vleuten's closest competitor, taking second on the stage 30 seconds back, which also secured the runner-up position on the overall podium. Silvia Persico (Valcar Travel & Service) took third on the stage, leading in Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM) who finished third on the overall. 

"It's actually a dream that comes true - winning in yellow at the top," Van Vleuten said. "It was not an easy stage, it was not an easy week. It was a super big rollercoaster for me. To finish in yellow solo - the best way."

Results powered by FirstCycling

• Stage 7: Van Vleuten goes on mountain rampage to win stage 7 of Tour de France Femmes
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• Stage 5: Lorena Wiebes strikes a second time and wins stage 5 of Tour de France Femmes
• Stage 4: Reusser wins gravel-strewn stage 4 of Tour de France Femmes
• Stage 3: Uttrup Ludwig wins in Épernay on Tour de France Femmes stage 3
• Stage 2: Marianne Vos prevails in Provins on Tour de France Femmes stage 2
• Stage 1: Wiebes beats Vos to claim stage 1 win and yellow jersey at Tour de France Femmes

Tour de France Femmes 2022 Information

• Tour de France Femmes – Analysing the contenders
• Adieu to La Course as women's peloton welcomed into Tour de France - Preview
• Tour de France Femmes 2022 - The definitive guide to the route's key stages

Tour de France Femmes: 5 key climbs

• Tour de France Femmes: La Super Planche des Belles Filles
• How to watch the 2022 Tour de France Femmes – live TV and streaming

Tour de France Femmes 2022 Route

ASO along with newly appointed race director Marion Rousse revealed the route for the eight-day race at the  Palais des Congrès  on October 14 in Paris. The eight-day race is set to start at Eiffel Tower on July 24 and end atop La Super Planche des Belles Filles on July 31.

The Tour de France Femmes will cover 1,029 kilometres and include back-to-back mountain stages, two stages for the puncheurs, a stage packed with gravel sectors, and four flat stages that could either end in bunch sprints or breakaway wins. 

To preview our Tour de France Femmes 2022 - The definitive guide to the route's key stages .

• Stage 1: Paris Eiffel Tower to Paris Champs-Élysées, 82km
• Stage 2: Meaux to Provins, 135km
• Stage 3: Reims to Épernay, 133km
• Stage 4: Troyes to Bar-sur-Aube, 126km
• Stage 5: Bar-le-Duc to Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, 175km
• Stage 6: Saint-Dié-des-Vosges to Rosheim, 128km
• Stage 7: Sélestat to Le Markstein, 127km
• Stage 8: Lure to Super Planche des Belles Filles, 123km

Tour de France Femmes 2022 Features

• Inspiring the next generation - Marion Rousse on the Tour de France Femmes
• Marianne Vos: It's very special to wear the yellow jersey
• Nostalgia and celebration - Women's Tour de France pioneers reunite in Paris
• Marianne Vos: Tour de France is bigger than sports
• Worth the fight - Niewiadoma on being part of progress at Tour de France Femmes
• To race or to train? Vollering and Kopecky testing different approaches to Tour de France Femmes
• Aussies on Tour: 8 Australian riders to watch at the Tour de France Femmes
• French riders ready to make history at Tour de France Femmes
• La Grande Boucle, La Course and the return of the women's Tour de France
• In conversation - Christian Prudhomme on resurrecting the women's Tour de France
• Marianne Martin: Remembering the magic of the 1984 women's Tour de France
• Marion Rousse: Leading a lasting Tour de France Femmes
• Tour de France Femmes: A jewel that we must cherish, says Marion Rousse
• A closer look reveals the inequity at Tour de France Femmes
• Marianne Martin inducted into US Bicycling Hall of Fame 37 years after women's Tour de France win
• Philippa York: The journey to a Tour de France Femmes
• Battle Royale: How the next chapter of women's cycling could change everything
• One day ahead: Donnons des Elles au Velo J-1 and the Tour de France
• Women's Giro d'Italia and Tour de France confirmed for July on 2022 Women's WorldTour calendar
• Christian Prudhomme confirms women's Tour de France in 2022

Tour de France Femmes 2022 News

• Inside the mass crash that shook the peloton at Tour de France Femmes
• Emma Norsgaard abandons Tour de France Femmes after dramatic crash
• FDJ boss calls for Frain's removal from Tour de France Femmes after Cavalli crash
• The Tour de France Femmes is different to any other races’ - Rachel Hedderman
• Crashes wreak havoc at Tour de France Femmes opener on Champs-Élysées
• Disappointment in Paris - Vos, Kopecky, Balsamo miss out on yellow at Tour de France Femmes
• Lorena Wiebes: This was my aim from the beginning of the season

Pre-race news

• Cavalli out of Tour de France Femmes after horror crash on tough day for FDJ
• 'She will be gone' - Team DSM respect Wiebes' decision to leave
• Lorena Wiebes set to leave Team DSM for SD Worx in 2023
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• SD Worx all in for Vollering in Tour de France Femmes
• World champion Balsamo ready for 'different scenarios' at Tour de France
• Faulkner expects Tour de France to be the 'most iconic race of my life'
• Tour de France Femmes: a pivotal moment for Uttrup Ludwig and FDJ
• Cavalli not racing to fight against Van Vleuten at Tour de France Femmes
• Cordon-Ragot: Trek-Segafredo team goals come first at Tour de France Femmes
• Tiffany Cromwell: We’re going into the Tour de France Femmes with an open plan
• FDJ-SUEZ-Futuroscope can take Tour de France Femmes yellow jersey, says Le Net
• Movistar back van Vleuten’s Tour de France Femmes ambitions
• Sarah Storey looks ahead to the Tour de France Femmes
• Niewiadoma leads Canyon-SRAM at Tour de France Femmes, Dygert continues Epstein-Barr recovery
• Longo Borghini: Tour de France Femmes is just a bike race
• Van Vleuten: Tour de France is my big goal, Giro and Vuelta need to 'step up'
• Demi Vollering knows what it will take to win the Tour de France Femmes
• Balsamo to help Longo Borghini win yellow jersey at Tour de France Femmes
• Lorena Wiebes eyes green jersey at the Tour de France Femmes
• Giro Donne and Tour de France Femmes on same level, says Deignan
• FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope prepare to win 'game-changing' Tour de France Femmes in 2022
• Moolman-Pasio: Tour de France Femmes opportunity to inspire girls to become great cyclists
• Audrey Cordon-Ragot: La Course has finally become the stepping stone to the Tour de France
• Record €250,000 prize fund for Tour de France Femmes
• Tour de France Femmes 2022 route revealed
• Marion Rousse appointed as director of Tour de France Femmes Zwift to sponsor new women’s Tour de France in 2022
• Annemiek van Vleuten blog: A connection between the Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes
• Niewiadoma: I wasn't sure I would ever have a chance to race the Tour de France
• Tour de France Femmes: I feel happy ASO took it seriously, says Annemiek van Vleuten
• Uttrup Ludwig: Racing Tour de France Femmes will make us part of history
• Vos: Varied Tour de France Femmes route with welcome ‘Strade Bianche’ stage

Tour de France Femmes History

The women's peloton raced their  first official launch of the women's Tour de France  until 1984 won by American Marianne Martin. It was an 18-day race held simultaneously as the men's event and along much of the same but shortened routes with shared finish lines. The Société du Tour de France, which later became part of ASO in 1992, managed both men's and women's events. 

The women's Tour de France ended in 1989, and while ASO went on to organise women's one-day races like La Flèche Wallonne, Liège-Bastogne-Liège, La Course, and the inaugural Paris-Roubaix Femmes (in 2021), the women's peloton had not been included as part of the official Tour de France for the past 30 years.

Other women's stage races in France, not run by ASO, took place including the Tour Cycliste Féminin, which had started in 1992, and the re-named Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale, until it came to an end in 2009. 

Tour de France men's race director Christian Prudhomme, last year, made a  long-awaited confirmation  that Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) will launch a women's Tour de France avec Zwift in 2022. Zwift was announced that it will become the title sponsor of the  Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift .

The eight-day race begins on the Champs-Élysées in Paris in conjunction with the final stage 21 of the men's Tour de France and ends on La Super Planche des Belles Filles. 

The event is set to become the richest race in the women's peloton next year, with a total of €250,000 up for grabs over the course of the eight-day race and €50,000 in prize money for the winner.

La Course: A stepping stone

ASO's marquee men's Tour de France has thrived over a hundred years but the organisation had been repeatedly criticised for not offering an official women's Tour de France since the original stage race was cancelled in 1989.

La Course by La Tour de France was created in 2014 following a petition to ASO calling for a women's Tour de France. Le Tour Entier's petition was led by Kathryn Bertine, Marianne Vos, Emma Pooley and Chrissie Wellington and secured 97,307 signatures. 

The  inaugural La Course  was held as a circuit race on the Champs Elysees on the final day of the Tour de France. The sprinter-friendly format saw victories for Marianne Vos, Anna van der Breggen and Chloe Hosking in the first three editions.

Organisers shifted to a  two-day experiment in 2017 , which saw a summit finish on the Col d'Izoard, held on the same day as stage 18 of the men's race, followed by a handicapped time trial in Marseille. Annemiek van Vleuten won both stages and the overall title.

The race then shifted back to just  one day in 2018 , as a mountainous road race that linked Annecy and Le Grand-Bornand. Van Vleuten won that edition as well, which was held in conjunction with stage 10 of the Tour de France. The race remained a one-day event held on  circuits in Pau in 2019  won by Vos and a  hilly circuit race in 2020  in Nice won by Lizzie Deignan. 

The eighth and final edition of La Course by Le Tour de France was held as a 107.4km race from Brest to the finish line atop the Côte de la Fosse aux Loups in Landerneau.

Despite its controversy, La Course had become one of the most showcased events on the Women's WorldTour,  and although  the wait was longer than anyone anticipated, it finally became the stepping stone to the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift.

Cyclingnews will have live coverage of all eight stages of the Tour de France Femmes along with race reports, galleries, results, and exclusive features and news.

Tour de France Femmes 2022 Teams

• Canyon-Sram Racing
• EF Education-TIBCO-SVB
• FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
• Human Powered Health Women
• Liv Racing Xstra
• Movistar Team Women
• Roland Cogeas Edelweiss Squad
• BikeExchange-Jayco Women
• Team DSM Women
• Jumbo-Visma
• Trek-Segafredo Women
• UAE Team ADQ
• Uno-X Pro Cycling Women
• Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
• Parkhotel Valkenburg
• Valcar-Travel & Service
• AG Insurance-NXTG
• Arkéa Pro Cycling Team
• Cofidis Women Team
• Le Col Wahoo
• Plantur-Pura
• Stade Rochelais Charente Maritime
• St Michel-Auber 93

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Reading time: 0 min Published on 4 January 2023, updated on 16 April 2024

The final sprint of the Tour de France always takes place on Paris’ famous avenue. On 18 July, as it has every year since 1975, the last stage of the famous cycling race will end on the Champs-Élysées.

With 3,383 kilometres for the legs to tackle and some 403,000 pedal strokes over three weeks, taking part in the Tour de France is no easy task.

In view of the conclusion of the 21st and final stage of the Grand Boucle , the peloton will give it all they’ve got. Before parading in the capital, the riders will have sweated to climb the 30 passes of the 2021 race, rising in their saddles to pick up momentum and clenching their teeth in the vertiginous descents.

The Champs-Élysées in all its majesty

From Brittany to the Alps, from the Occitanie to the Pyrenees, the riders will have been so focused on their performance that they won’t have soaked up much of the photogenic landscapes of France, broadcast across 100 TV channels.

But by the end of the efforts, what a reward: the majestic Champs-Élysées, with the blue-white-red wake of the famous Patrouille de France fly-past. Nobody else has such a claim on the famous avenue except the French football team, winner of the World Cup in 2018.

Standing on the podium at the bottom of the famous Parisian avenue, with the setting sun at the Arc de Triomphe and Grande Arche de la Défense as a backdrop, the winner of the Tour will have – like all his fellow riders – accomplished the Parisian ritual.

Established in 1975, this involves riding up and down the Champs-Élysées eight times, totalling 1,910 legendary metres separating the obelisk of the Place de la Concorde from the star of the Place Charles-de-Gaulle.

A ride beside the Louvre Pyramid

Seen from above, the spectacle of the peloton winding like a long ribbon decorated around the Arc de Triomphe is magical. From the pavements lining the route of this final sprint, the enthusiasm of the public pushes the riders on through the Quai des Tuileries, Place des Pyramides and Rue de Rivoli in Paris.

Will they take a look as they go past? Not sure. Almost lying on their handlebars, they traditionally take this last stage at a crazy pace, overlooking the cobblestones and prestigious landmarks around. Louis Vuitton, Guerlain, Ladurée and even, recently, the Galeries Lafayette, make up the exclusive backdrop of the peloton’s arrival on the Champs-Élysées.

Among the live support or behind your TV screen, it’s you who will enjoy all these beauties... happy as a spectator of the Tour!

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Tour de france stage 12: the breakaway riders versus the sprinters, gc riders to try to stay out of trouble as long-distance breaks seek to evade recapture..

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Stage 12 — Thursday, July 11 Aurillac to Villeneuve-sur-Lot Distance: 204km (127 miles) Profile: Undulating stage

Stage 12: GC riders to try to stay out of trouble as long-distance breaks seek to evade recapture

Gradually downhill from Aurillac to Villeneuve-sur-Lot, the undulating opener of stage 12 looks designed to enable aggressive, ambitious riders to steal a march on the bunch. 204km in length, several uncategorized hills are packed in early on.

These are followed by the Côte d’Autorie (2.7km at 5.9 percent) and the Côte de Rocamadour (2 kilometers at 5.8 percent), both coming within the first 85km.

From this point on things look more straightforward for the sprinters’ teams with just the category 4 Côte de Montcléra left to scale. However Christian Prudhomme points out that the break held off the bunch on two similar stages to the same finish town in the past.

The view of Tour de France race director Christian Prudhomme: “The aesthetic landscapes of the Cantal and Lot regions won’t distract the baroudeurs (breakaway specialists – ed) from the knowledge that there’s something for them to play for. The terrain here is all hills, with the climb to Rocamadour standing out – it’ll be tackled in the opposite direction to the route taken by the 2022 Tour time trial,” he said.

“The second part of the stage is more suited to the sprinters’ teams that are set on chasing the break down. However, on two previous and similar stages into Villeneuve-sur-Lot, the breakaway managed to hold off its pursuers.”

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The 22 teams

The peloton of the 110th edition of the Tour de France will include 22 teams at the start in the Basque country on 1st July 2023 . 18 UCI WorldTeams and 4 UCI ProTeams , with one unprecedented participation.

Details of the selection:

18 teams UCI WorldTeams: 

• AG2R Citroën Team (Fra)
• Alpecin Deceuninck (Bel)
• Astana Qazaqstan Team (Kaz)
• Bora-Hansgrohe (Ger)
• EF Education-Easypost (Usa)
• Groupama-FDJ (Fra)
• Ineos Grenadiers (Gbr)
• Intermarché-Circus-Wanty (Bel)
• Jumbo-Visma (Ned)
• Movistar Team (Esp)
• Soudal Quick-Step (Bel)
• Team Arkea-Samsic (Fra)
• Team Bahrain Victorious (Brn)
• Team Cofidis (Fra)
• Team DSM (Ned)
• Team Jayco AlUla (Aus)
• Trek-Segafredo (Usa)
• UAE Team Emirates (Uae)

4 teams UCI Proteams:

The two teams qualified by right:

• Lotto dstny (Bel)
• TotalEnergies (Fra)

  The two teams invited by the organiser:

• Israel-Premier Tech (Isr)
• Uno-X Pro Cycling Team (Nor)

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