21 riders to watch at the Tour de France 2023: It's not just Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogačar
Who will stand out over the 21 stages from Bilbao to Paris? Here are Cycling Week's picks
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With just over a week until the 2023 Tour de France , teams are beginning to release their teams for the biggest race of the year. With 176 riders lining up in Bilbao next Saturday, however, it could be difficult to pick out the riders who you should be concentrating on.
So, to that end, here's Cycling Weekly 's guide to those names you should have circled on the start list. Obviously, this can't be an exhaustive list, so there will be riders who win stages who we aren't even considering right now: remember Yves Lampaert in Copenhagen or Hugo Houle in Foix last year?
We have separated out this list into four separate categories - the big two; the pretenders to the throne; the stage hunters; and the sprinters. All will have their chance over an exciting route , with lots of climbing, but also a few bunch finish stages thrown in too.
The big two
In the five Tours de France they have collectively raced, neither Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) or Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) have finished outside the top two. There are not a lot of safe bets in cycling, what with the constant threat of misfortune, but it will be a huge shock if these two are not at the top of the general classification come the end of the race.
They come into the Tour in different states. Vingegaard, the defending champion, has had a largely smooth buildup to the big goal of his season. His Jumbo team has only deployed him where necessarily, meaning he has only taken part in four stage races all season, and he has won three of them. The margin of victory he managed at the Critérium du Dauphiné this month was a statement of intent, and showed that he is in seriously good form ahead of his attempt to retain the yellow jersey.
Pogačar will come into his fourth Tour a bit undercooked, without the racing in his legs that he would have wished; the 24-year-old crashed out of Liège-Bastogne-Liège back in April, breaking his wrist, and he will only compete in the Slovenian National Championships ahead of the French Grand Tour.
However, he has won 12 races this season, and remains the best, most electric bike rider in the world. He has won three stages in each of his first three Tours, and does not look like slowing. It will take a seriously good performance from Vingegaard to beat Pogačar, and vice versa. Expect a titanic battle.
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It is also hard to see weaknesses in either team, with Jumbo-Visma able to field a team almost wholly in support of Vingegaard, although missing Steven Kruijswijk is a blow. UAE has strengthened again, with Adam Yates perhaps the missing piece for Pogačar's attempt at yellow
The pretenders to the throne
With what is expected of both Pogačar and Vingegaard, is it almost impossible to look past them as favourites for the top of general classification. However, bad luck does strike in cycling, so it is well worth going through those pretenders to the throne, those who are waiting to step in should a void open. If not, these riders will likely battle it out for the third step on the podium.
First, there are the Australians, Ben O'Connor (AG2R Citroën) and Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe) , both of whom impressed at the recent Dauphiné. O'Connor finished third overall - although this was 2-56 back on Vingegaard - with Hindley a further 20 seconds back.
This will be Hindley's first attempt at the Tour, so it will be fascinating to see how the 2022 Giro d'Italia winner shapes up in the pressure cooker environment of the French Grand Tour, while O'Connor finished a creditable but distant fourth behind Pogačar in 2021. How they hang onto the big two in the high mountains will be the big game.
David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) takes on the mantle as the great French GC hope, but after a promising start to 2023 - including second at Paris-Nice - the Breton rider has drifted a little, with a disappointing Dauphiné hardly the best run into the Tour. However, he has improved his Tour result every year, and definitely has the capability to finish third overall.
The Tour de Suisse was muted due to the tragic death of Gino Mäder , but Mattias Skjelmose (Trek-Segafredo) emerged with his reputation burnished. The 22-year-old bested Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step) over the week, and this might well be his breakthrough race.
Ineos Grenadiers, once dominant at the Tour, will have a mixed approach to this year's race, with Carlos Rodriguez probably the team's best bet to finish high up on GC. The promising Spaniard has had a stop-start 2023, largely thanks to injury, but impressed at last year's Vuelta a España and so might be able to turn in a similar top ten finish in July.
The stage hunters
It very much is not just all about the general classification at a 21-stage race like the Tour de France, and there will be many riders who are dreaming of winning on the opening stage and pulling on the yellow jersey, or springing a surprise and winning from a solo move or the breakaway deeper in to the race.
Two of the biggest names on the start list - away from Pogačar and Vinegaard, of course - are Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) and Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) . The two are the best Classics riders in the world, the two best cyclo-crossers in the world, and will surely battle on the roads of Spain and France for stage wins.
Van der Poel has had the better 2023, with two Monument wins, but Van Aert always turns up at the Tour de France, where he has won three stages in both of the last two editions. He might be a little hampered by the amount of work he is expected to do for his team leader Vingegaard, but he will always get an opportunity, whether that's in a sprint, an uphill finish or a time trial. Van der Poel has won just one stage at the Tour, in 2021, but has focused his whole season around this year's race, so will hope to start with a bang.
Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) might not have the palmarès of the former two, but is just as exciting a rider. Any kind of uphill finish suits him, and as he showed at Alpe d'Huez last year, he is ready to perform on the biggest stage. It will be interesting to see how Ineos deploys him.
The two old French stagers of Romain Bardet (DSM) and Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) might never have quite succeeded in winning Grand Tours, but they are still more than capable of winning stages. The former will likely be a fixture on GC too, but the Pûy de Dome stage has his name all over it, while Pinot will want to go out with a bang in his final time at the Tour.
Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo) fits into an interesting category - like Van Aert - where he can sprint, and win, but is also effective on punchy finishes. He left the Giro after stage 13 due to sickness, giving him plenty of time to get ready for the Tour, and will likely to be a threat on all kinds of stages. The man he beat into Saint-Etienne last year, Fred Wright (Bahrain-Victorious) will also return, aiming to finally break his duck in professional racing after such a promising Tour and Vuelta in 2022.
It will be interesting to see whether EF Education-EasyPost aim for GC or stage wins; it is more likely to be the latter, and Neilson Powless and Richard Carapaz will loom large in their squad's attempts to win. Powless impressed a lot, earlier in 2023, and will hope to reclaim some of that form, while it will be interesting to see Carapaz free from the need to maintain his GC position, and just attack.
The sprinters
Finally, there are the fast men, those riders who will want to take any opportunity they can at bunch finishes, one of which could come as early as stage three to Bayonne.
All eyes will be on Mark Cavendish (Astana Qazaqstan) throughout the race, as the 38-year-old attempts to win a record 35th Tour de France stage. All he needs is one chance, and as we saw at the Giro d'Italia, he still has the ability to finish it off.
The most likely bet to take multiple stage wins is Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) , because he was the only sprinter to do so at last year's Tour, and has looked solid, if not spectacular, so far in 2023.
Challenging him will be Low Countries rivals Dylan Groenewegen (Jayco AlUla) and Fabio Jakobsen (Soudal Quick-Step) , both of whom won a single stage each in 2022. The latter recently beat Philipsen twice at the Belgium Tour, but had had a mixed season up to that point. Never condemn the Quick-Step leadout train, though.
At the opposite end of his Tour career is Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty) , who will be making his debut at the French race in Bilbao. The Eritrean is one of the most exciting talents in the world, and is a bit more than just a pure bunch sprinter, but the way he won a stage at the Tour de Suisse in June showed his pure speed.
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Tour de France 2023: 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
Veteran French Tour battlers notorious for wearing brown shorts. Their Australian climber Ben O’Connor had a nightmare in 2022, ripping a muscle in a crash, but O’Connor is back on form this season so they need a repeat of his 2021 feats, with Paret-Peintre and Cosnefroy likely to target hilly stages.
Team Stan Dewulf, Clément Berthet, Felix Gall, Aurélien Paret-Peintre, Ben O’Connor, Benoît Cosnefroy, Oliver Naesen, Nans Peters
Main man Ben O’Connor – Aussie mountain man still out to prove 2021’s fourth overall was not a fluke
Alpecin-Deceuninck
From a relatively small cyclo-cross squad this cannily managed Dutch team has grown into a force to be reckoned with, mainly due to the presence of Mathieu van der Poel, the most charismatic racer in the bunch, but also because the team has recruited wisely around him. At the Tour they focus on Jasper Philipsen for the sprints and perhaps the green points jersey, with VdP targeting everything bar the high mountains; he will be a favourite on stage one’s short steep hills. Van der Poel took a long rest after his Classics campaign which seems to have paid off given his form in late June.
Team Silvain Dillier, Michael Gogl, Søren Kragh Andersen, Mathieu van der Poel, Quinten Hermans, Jasper Philipsen, Jonas Rickaert, Ramon Sinkeldam
Main man Mathieu van der Poel – flying this year, with two major Classic wins and a dominant display in the Tour of Belgium: expect fireworks.
Arkea-Samsic
This Breton-centred squad don’t have enough firepower to thrive in cycling’s most competitive milieu. Leader Warren Barguil was the future once but now looks like just another plucky contender. They will put riders in the daily daring moves but it’s hard to foresee a great deal more.
Team Warren Barguil, Clément Champoussin, Simone Guglielmi, Anthony Delaplace, Luca Mozzato, Jenthe Biermans, Matîs Louvel, Laurent Pichon
Main man Warren Barguil. “Wawa” was King of the Mountains and double stage winner in 2017, but there’s only so long you can live off past glories.
Astana Qazaqstan
Kakakhstan’s finest have changed tack by hiring Mark Cavendish; a stage win for the Manxman is the obvious target but there’s not a lot of sprint support here apart from Cees Bol, with Moscon for the grunt work beforehand. To hedge their bets, Federov and Lutsenko will target mountain stages.
Team Mark Cavendish, Aleksei Lutsenko, Cees Bol, David de la Cruz, Yevgeniy Federov, Luis Leon Sanchez, Gianni Moscon, Harold Tejada
Main man Mark Cavendish – the greatest sprinter of all needs one Tour stage win for the absolute record but it won’t be simple given the dearth of sprint stages.
Bahrain Victorious
Likely to be scarred mentally by the shocking death of Gino Mäder in the Tour of Switzerland, but if that tragedy brings them together, most of the riders look to be coming to form and they have a raft of chances to be “victorious” with new British champion Wright, Poels, Bilbao and Mohoric.
Team Niklas Arndt, Phil Bauhaus, Jack Haig, Pello Bilbao, Fred Wright, Mikel Landa, Matej Mohoric, Wout Poels
Main man Mikel Landa – the Basque climber is a cult figure due to his enigmatic, tragic mien; he could make the top five or fall apart. That’s “Landismo”.
Bora-Hansgrohe
Multiple opportunities for Germany’s finest, who pulled an excellently crafted Giro d’Italia win out of the bag last year with Australian climber Jai Hindley – quite the progression since their humble beginnings as team NetApp more than 10 years ago. Once again there is no place for the sprinter Sam Bennett, who has not ridden the Tour since winning two stages and the points prize in 2020. Around Hindley there’s plenty of climbing strength with Konrad, Buchman and Higuita plus a 2022 stage winner in Jungels, and a sprinter who can look after himself in Meeus.
Team Emanuel Buchman, Marco Haller, Jai Hindley, Bob Jungels, Patrick Konrad, Nils Politt, Jordi Meeus, Danny van Poppel, plus one to be named by Friday 30 June
Main man Jai Hindley. Fourth in the recent Criterium du Dauphiné bodes well but can he step up into cycling’s most hostile environment?
A team of options and caveats. Zingle, Martin, Lafay, Izaguirre and Geschke can hope for an opportunistic stage win, while Coquard is competitive in a small group finish. But they will struggle to rival the heavyweights so will probably end up with the French fallback: the daily suicide break.
Team Bryan Coquard, Simon Geschke, Ion Izaguirre, Victor Lafay, Guillaume Martin, Anthony Perez, Alexis Renard, Axel Zingle
Main man: Guillaume Martin – a cerebral climber who has written a book on philosophy; he could scrape into the top 10 overall but that looks like his limit.
DSM-Firmenich
This squad doesn’t have the biggest budget but it has a knack of landing key wins when it matters. They split neatly into a climbing half around the evergreen Romain Bardet, and Degenkolb, Edmondson and Eeckhoff in the sprint half in support of Sam Welsford – one of the surprises of this season.
Team Nils Eeckhoff, John Degenkolb, Kevin Vermaerke, Alex Edmondson, Sam Welsford, Matthew Dinham, Chris Hamilton, Romain Bardet.
Main man Romain Bardet. No longer the force he was when he finished second in the 2016 Tour but still capable of a solid top 10 overall.
EF Education-Easypost
The American team that loves to act the kooky underdogs but the facts belie this. They had a great Tour in 2022 thanks to Magnus Cort’s stage win; this year they had notched up 20 race wins by late June. The Olympic champion Carapaz, Bettiol, Uran and Powless could all land a stage.
Team Richard Carapaz, Rigoberto Uran, Neilson Powless, Alberto Bettiol, Esteban Chaves, Magnus Cort, James Shaw, Andrey Amador
Main man Magnus Cort – behind the (sponsored) fighter pilot moustache is a ruthless stage hunter chasing his 10th Grand Tour stage win.
Groupama-FDJ
In their 27th Tour, as usual it’s going to be fly or flop, with a bit more pressure after leader David Gaudu’s spat with sprinter Arnaud Démare sidelined this proven winner. Much loved Thibaut Pinot starts his final Tour; expect tears aplenty, hopefully on the Champs Elysées rather than before.
Team David Gaudu, Kevin Geniets, Stefan Küng, Olivier Le Gac, Valentin Madouas, Quentin Pacher, Thibaut Pinot, Lars Van den Berg
Main man David Gaudu – is France’s best hope for a podium finish but can he bear the weight of a nation?
Ineos Grenadiers
Once upon a time, the squad reputed to be the richest in cycling were the ones to beat in the Tour, but they have lost direction since Chris Froome’s departure and Egan Bernal’s horrific crash in 2022, and are now scrabbling to keep up with Jumbo and UAE. That’s reflected in a victory haul this season of around half that of the Big Two. A lot hangs on Tom Pidcock, winner at l’Alpe d’Huez last year; with Bernal struggling to return to his best, this line-up prompts a mild chin stroke rather than a sense of shock and awe.
Team Dani Martínez, Tom Pidcock, Michal Kwiatkowski, Jonathan Castroviejo, Carlos Rodriguez, Egan Bernal, Omar Fraile, Ben Turner
Main man Tom Pidcock. Super talented and a terrifyingly good bike handler, the 23-year-old Yorkshireman needs to build on a great 2022 race.
Intermarché-Circus-Wanty
Seamless progress for the Walloon team since their Tour debut in 2018. No Belgians in their squad which won’t go down well at home, but they have a real stage win hope in Girmay, a potential top 10 finisher in Meintjes and wildcards such as Calmejane, Costa and Teunissen.
Team Lilian Calmejane, Rui Costa, Biniam Girmay, Louis Meintjes, Adrien Petit, Dion Smith, Mike Teunissen, Georg Zimmerman.
Main man Biniam Girmay – after landing a sprint stage of the Giro last year, the Eritrean is a good bet to become the first black African Tour stage winner.
Israel-PremierTech
With only five wins this year, they need to buck that trend with climber Woods, the punchy Teuns, sprinter Strong or all-rounder Clarke. They will have to box clever, because none of these is the very best at their speciality. No place for Chris Froome after his poor start to 2023.
Team Guillaume Boivin, Simon Clarke, Hugo Houle, Krists Neilands, Nick Schultz, Corbin Strong, Dylan Teuns, Michael Woods
Main man Michael Woods – 36 years old and a four-minute miler in the past, the Canadian is a decent outside bet on any steep uphill finish.
Jayco-AlUla
All in for sprinter Groenewegen and climber Yates. Yates has had a lean 2023, but he’s notched up 10 Grand Tour stages since 2018 and will have plenty of chances in a very hard Tour. Harper and Craddock support him in the mountains; Mezgec will deliver Groenewegen in the sprints.
Lawson Craddock, Luke Durbridge, Dylan Groenewegen, Chris Harper, Chris Juul-Jensen, Luka Mezgec, Elmar Reinders, Simon Yates
Main man Dylan Groenewegen. Looking for his sixth career Tour stage win, the Dutchman has had a strong season with half a dozen wins to his name already.
Jumbo-Visma
One of the two “superteams” in the race; there are times when Jumbo seem to win when, how and where they want. Here it’s all in for Vingegaard with Küss, Van Baarle and Kelderman his mountain support crew. The biggest asset is Wout van Aert, the most powerful all-rounder in cycling, who could probably hope to win half a dozen stages if he was the team leader. What’s disconcerting is that Jumbo put out a strong squad to win this year’s Giro with Primoz Roglic, and they can afford to leave all of them out of the Tour including the Slovene.
Team Wilco Kelderman, Dylan van Baarle, Wout van Aert, Tiesj Benoot, Christopher Laporte, Nathan van Hooydonck, Sep Küss, Jonas Vingegaard
Main man Jonas Vingegaard – wraith-like Dane who had the climbing legs to break Tadej Pogacar when it mattered last year, but the second Tour win never comes easy
There’s plenty of value for money here. It’s all about stage wins. The 2019 world champion Mads Pedersen is the best bet, but Skjelmose took the recent Tour of Switzerland while Ciccone landed stages in Catalonia and the Dauphiné. They boast three newly crowned national champions in Skjelmose, Kirsch and Simmons.
Giulio Ciccone, Tony Gallopin, Alex Kirsch, Juan Pedro Lopez, Mads Pedersen, Quinn Simmons, Mattias Skjelmose, Jesper Stuyven
Main man Mads Pedersen – he has stage wins at the Giro and Paris-Nice to his name this year, and will have a good chance on the hillier days at the Tour
Lotto-Dstny
Relegated to the second division last season, Belgium’s oldest team put most of their eggs in a basket labelled Caleb Ewan. Most of the team will be dedicated to ensuring he is in the right place at sprint finishes; strongmen Vermeersch and Campenaerts may be let off the leash on the non-sprint days.
Team Caleb Ewan, Jasper de Buyst, Jacopo Guarnieri, Florian Vermeersch, Frederik Frison, Victor Campenaerts, Pascal Eenkhorn, Maxim van Gils
Main man Caleb Ewan – five Tour stages to his name so far, one more would make Lotto’s Tour.
There’s a mid-table look to cycling’s oldest team, a far cry from when Miguel Indurain won five Tours in a row. Mas can target the podium, and Jorgensen is one of the most exciting prospects in the sport, but the fact he’s rumoured to be moving on in 2024 speaks volumes.
Team Alex Aranburu, Ruben Guerreiro, Gorka Izaguirre, Matteo Jorgensen, Enric Mas, Gregor Mühlberger, Neilson Oliveira, Antonio Pedrero
Main man Enric Mas – often the bridesmaid never the bride, the Spaniard is one of the big group targeting third place behind the Big Two while aiming for better if they falter.
Soudal-Quickstep
Belgian winning machine have converted themselves to a Grand Tour team led by Remco Evenepoel, who sits this one out. Here it’s about fidgety Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe and sprinter Fabio Jakobsen. “Juju” is under pressure from manager Patrick Lefevère and needs to find his former magic touch, while Jakobsen needs to at least repeat his stage win of last year; his five victories this year suggest that’s on the cards with the support of top lead-out man Mørkøv. Asgreen, Lampaert and Cavagna will support Alaphilippe in the hills and go in the breaks when he’s having a recovery day.
Team Julian Alaphilippe, Yves Lampaert, Tim Decelercq, Dries Devenyns, Fabio Jakobsen, Kasper Asgreen, Michael Mørkøv, Remi Cavagna
Main man Julian Alaphilippe – double world champion endured a torrid 2022 but has won twice this year and will be a favourite for stage one.
TotalEnergies
Once a reservoir of developing French talent, now a home for stars past their sell-by dates such as Boasson-Hagen, Oss and Sagan, while French riders Turgis and Latour are no longer cutting edge. Between them they will deliver various near misses, while a stage win would be a miracle.
Team Edvald Boasson-Hagen, Mathieu Burgaudeau, Steff Cras, Valentin Ferron, Pierre Latour, Daniel Oss, Peter Sagan, Anthony Turgis
Main man Peter Sagan. Once a mega star, the multiple world champion, Tour stage winner and record points winner is now on his farewell Tour.
UAE Team Emirates
Cycling’s other “super team”, with a wealth of strong men to rival Jumbo-Visma in support of double Tour winner Tadej Pogacar, who had taken on another dimension this year with his wins in the Tour of Flanders, Amstel Gold and Flèche Wallonne before his untimely crash in Liège-Bastogne-Liège. Behind “Pog”, Adam Yates has hit form in the Critérium du Dauphiné and won the Tour de Romandie back in May, so should prove a decent understudy. After illness ripped through their ranks in last year’s Tour, arguably contributing to Pogacar’s defeat to Vingegaard, every cough, sniffle and minor headache will be viewed with suspicion.
Team Mikkel Bjerg, Felix Grossschartner, Vejgard Stake Langen, Rafal Majka, Tadej Pogacar, Marc Soler, Matteo Trentin, Adam Yates
Main man Tadej Pogacar – cycling’s biggest winner is targeting a third Tour; wins in his national road and time trial titles suggests the form has returned after a hiatus to nurse a broken wrist.
Invited to their first Tour, the Norwegian squad have a solid reputation for developing new talent and making the most of their resources. They bring a promising line-up fronted by veteran sprinter Kristoff, climbers Johanneson and Traeen, a strong all rounder in Waerenschold, plus the gritty Rasmus Tiller at the helm.
Team Jonas Abrahamsen, Torsten Traeen, Søren Waerenschold, Anton Charmig, Jonas Gregaard, Rasmus Tiller, Tobias Halland Johannesen, Alexander Kristoff
Main man Alexander Kristoff – is long in the tooth but could still snag a stage win; in a team of Tour debutants his experience will be crucial.
Changes can be made until Friday 30 June. Team line-ups correct at time of publication
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Jumbo-Visma 1 Jonas Vingegaard 2 Tiesj Benoot 3 Wilco Kelderman 4 Sepp Kuss 5 Christophe Laporte 6 Wout van Aert 7 Dylan van Baarle 8 Nathan Van Hooydonck UAE Emirates 11 Tadej Pogacar 12 Mikkel Bjerg 14 Felix Großschartner 15 Vegard Stake Laengen 16 Rafal Majka 17 Marc Soler 18 Matteo Trentin 19 Adam Yates INEOS Grenadiers 21 Egan Bernal 22 Jonathan Castroviejo 23 Omar Fraile 24 Michal Kwiatkowski 25 Daniel Felipe Martínez 26 Tom Pidcock 27 Carlos Rodriguez 28 Ben Turner Groupama-FDJ 31 David Gaudu 32 Kevin Geniets 33 Stefan Küng 34 Olivier Le Gac 35 Valentin Madouas 36 Quentin Pacher 37 Thibaut Pinot 38 Lars van den Berg EF Education-EasyPost 41 Richard Carapaz 42 Andrey Amador 43 Alberto Bettiol 44 Esteban Chaves 45 Magnus Cort 46 Neilson Powless 47 James Shaw 48 Rigoberto Uran Soudal-QuickStep 51 Julian Alaphilippe 52 Kasper Asgreen 53 Rémi Cavagna 54 Tim Declercq 55 Dries Devenyns 56 Fabio Jakobsen 57 Yves Lampaert 58 Michael Mørkøv, , Bahrain Victorious 62 Mikel Landa 63 Nikias Arndt 64 Phil Bauhaus 65 Pello Bilbao 66 Jack Haig 67 Matej Mohoric 68 Wout Poels 69 Fred Wright BORA-hansgrohe 71 Jai Hindley 72 Emanuel Buchmann 73 Marco Haller 74 Bob Jungels 75 Patrick Konrad 76 Jordi Meeus 77 Nils Politt 78 Danny van Poppel Lidl-Trek 81 Giulio Ciccone 82 Tony Gallopin 83 Mattias Skjelmose 84 Alex Kirsch 85 Juan Pedro López 86 Mads Pedersen 87 Quinn Simmons 88 Jasper Stuyven AG2R Citroën 91 Ben O’Connor 92 Clément Berthet 93 Benoît Cosnefroy 94 Stan Dewulf 95 Felix Gall 96 Oliver Naesen 97 Aurélien Paret-Peintre 98 Nans Peters Alpecin – Deceuninck 101 Mathieu van der Poel 102 Silvan Dillier 103 Michael Gogl 104 Quinten Hermans 105 Søren Kragh Andersen 106 Jasper Philipsen 107 Jonas Rickaert 108 Ramon Sinkeldam Intermarché-Circus-Wanty 111 Biniam Girmay 112 Lilian Calmejane 113 Rui Costa 114 Louis Meintjes 115 Adrien Petit 116 Dion Smith 117 Mike Teunissen 118 Georg Zimmermann Cofidis 121 Guillaume Martin 122 Bryan Coquard 123 Simon Geschke 124 Ion Izagirre 125 Victor Lafay 126 Anthony Perez 127 Alexis Renard 128 Axel Zingle Movistar 131 Enric Mas 132 Ruben Guerreiro 133 Alex Aranburu 134 Gorka Izagirre 135 Matteo Jorgenson 136 Gregor Mühlberger 137 Nelson Oliveira 138 Antonio Pedrero Team dsm-firmenich 141 Romain Bardet 142 John Degenkolb 143 Matthew Binham 144 Alex Edmondson 145 Nils Eekhoff 146 Chris Hamilton 147 Kevin Vermaerke 148 Sam Welsford Israel-Premier Tech 151 Michael Woods 152 Guillaume Bouvin 153 Simon Clarke 154 Hugo Houle 155 Krists Neilands 156 Nick Schultz 157 Corbin Strong 158 Dylan Teuns Team Jayco AlUla 161 Simon Yates 162 Lawson Craddock 163 Luke Durbridge 164 Dylan Groenewegen 165 Chris Harper 166 Christopher Juul-Jensen 167 Luka Mezgec 168 Elmar Reinders Arkéa Samsic 171 Warren Barguil 172 Jenthe Biermans 173 Clément Champoussin 174 Anthony Delaplace 175 Simon Gugliemi 176 Matis Louvel 177 Luca Mozzato 178 Laurent PichonJasper Stuyven Lotto-Dstny 181 Caleb Ewan 182 Victor Campenaerts 183 Jasper De Buyst 184 Pascal Eenkhoorn 185 Frederik Frison 186 Jacopo Guarnieri 187 Maxim Van Gils 188 Florian Vermeersch Astana Qazaqstan Team 191 Mark Cavendish 192 Cees Bol 193 David de la Cruz 194 Yevgeniy Fedorov 195 Alexey Lutsenko 196 Gianni Moscon 197 Luis León Sánchez 198 Harold Tejada Uno-X 201 Alexander Kristoff 202 Jonas Abrahamsen 203 Anthon Charmig 204 Tobias Halland Johannessen 205 Rasmus Tiller 206 Torstein Træen 207 Søren Wærenskjold 208 Jonas Gregaard TotalEnergies 211 Peter Sagan 212 Edvald Boasson Hagen 213 Mathieu Burgaudeau 214 Steff Cras 215 Valentin Ferron 216 Pierre Latour 217 Daniel Oss 218 Anthony Turgis Tour de France Withdrawals Tour de France Favourites
2023 Tour de France: A visual guide to cycling’s most challenging race
CORRECTION: A previous version of this story misstated the number of competing teams in the Tour de France. The correct number is 22.
The 110th edition of the Tour de France , the most challenging and best-known bicycle race in the world, starts July 1 in Bilbao, Spain, and ends 2,115 grueling and painful miles later on the Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris on July 23.
In France, the tour is more than a three-week race – it's a cultural phenomenon . Ten million to 12 million racing fans will line the roads of the course to cheer on 176 riders among 22 teams.
Around the world, millions will watch on broadcast TV or streaming services. 41.5 million viewed the 2022 race on the French public service broadcaster France Télévisions alone.
And while nearly 200 riders compete, only one will win.
The race: More than 2,100 miles in 21 days
The Tour de France is actually a collection of 21 single-day races, called stages, over 23 days. (Two rest days are built in.) The stages range from:
- Flat (8 stages): While the route is not always flat, racers usually ride together in a large group called a peloton . Flat stages end with riders breaking away by themselves or a large group sprinting together.
- Hilly (4 stages): Considered more arduous than a flat stage but less difficult than a mountain stage.
- Mountain (8 stages): First introduced in 1910, mountain stages are the most challenging. This year, riders will climb the 6,939-foot Col du Tourmalet in the Pyrenees.
- Time trial (1 stage): Individual riders race against the clock. The 2023 time trial is 13.7 miles. The other stages average to 105 miles, and the longest stage is 130 miles.
Tour route is different every year
The Tour de France has been held annually – except for war years – since 1903. While the format stays the same, the route changes every year, alternating between a clockwise and counterclockwise circuit of France.
It's designed by two men, Christian Prudhomme , a former TV journalist who is general director of the tour, and Thierry Gouvenou , a former pro racer who is the tour's race director. Prudhomme decides the general route and Gouvenou maps out details , linking towns and cities together.
The tour was confined to France in the early years but has expanded beyond French borders. The Grand Départ , the start of the race, was held outside France for the first time in 1954, in the Netherlands.
Other nations have hosted the Grand Départ, including the U.K. in 2007 and 2014.
Since 1975, the final stage has ended in Paris . In 2024, however, the race will finish in Nice .
Do women compete in the Tour de France?
Women have competed, but not directly with men and not over the same distances. Women have raced on smaller editions of the tour over the years, once in 1955 and again from 1984 to 1989. That series was canceled over financial problems.
Other equivalent events such as la Grande Boucle Féminin were held, but these did not last.
The women's tour was revived in 2022 with 144 women competing in the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift , a smaller version of the men's event with 640 miles over eight days.
Femmes avec Zwift returns this year , with women riders racing eight days over a 594-mile course.
Which riders are favored to win this year?
The top three contenders according to Cycling News are:
How does a rider win the Tour de France?
The overall winner is the rider with lowest accrued time over the 21 stages of the race. It's possible to win the tour without winning a single stage – American rider Greg LeMond won in 1990 without a stage win. Roger Walkowiak of France won in 1956 without winning a stage.
Overall leaders wear a distinctive yellow jersey as long as they're in the lead. The jersey can be worn by a number of riders throughout the race. Its use was introduced in 1919.
There are also secondary honors, such as the award given to the rider who scores the most points, earned by finishing among the top 15 in a specific stage.
There's also the King of the Mountains award for the rider who gets the most points in categorized mountain climbs.
Domestiques are the tour's unsung heroes
Winning riders don't win by themselves. They get crucial support from teammates, called "domestiques," the French word for servants, who support the lead rider and the team overall.
Domestiques assist by:
- Bringing food and water to teammates.
- Helping leaders with flat tires and mechanical breakdowns, including giving top riders their own wheels or even bikes to continue the race.
- Riding in front of top riders to provide a windbreak.
- If a top rider falls behind, domestiques will lead him back to the pack.
The windbreak technique is called drafting, in which domestiques cut the wind ahead of the top rider. Cycling sources say the top rider conserves 15% to 40% of his energy in drafting.
Riding in front of the pack is exhausting. Domestiques often trade off places in front of the top rider.
How physically demanding is it?
The race is considered one of the most difficult athletic events in the world. Participants are:
Riders can be injured in collisions or crashes. Broken bones, concussions and dislocated shoulders are common.
What do the jersey colors signify?
Tour riders wear the distinctive uniforms of their teams, but you'll see four jerseys with special colors and significance.
Tour de France terms you should know
- Peloton: A French term meaning "group." It refers to the main pack of riders.
- Breakaway: One rider or a group of riders who have outdistanced the peloton.
- Attack: When a rider or riders race away from the group.
- Team leader: The best rider on the team.
- Time trial: A race against the clock.
- Rouleur: A steady rider with a consistent pace.
- Slipstream: The relatively still air behind a rider, used by followers to overcome air resistance.
- Drafting: Taking shelter in the slipstream of the rider ahead.
- Sag wagon: A vehicle that picks up riders who are no longer able to continue.
What do the riders win?
The tour says, "A total of 2.3 million euros (about $2.5 million) will be awarded to the teams and riders including €500,000 (about $531,820) to the final winner of the overall individual classification."
Who are the legends of the Tour de France?
Past multiple winners include:
- Fausto Coppi | Italy, 1949, 1952
- Jacques Anquetil | France, 1957, 1961-64
- Eddy Merckx | Belgium, 1969-74
- Bernard Hinault | France, 1978-79, 1981-82, 1985
- Greg LeMond | U.S., 1986, 1989-90
- Miguel Indurain | Spain, 1991-95
- Chris Froome | Kenya, 2013, 2015-17
American Lance Armstrong won the Tour de France a record seven times from 1999 to 2005, but he was stripped of his victories by the International Cycling Union in 2012 over allegations of using illegal drugs. He admitted to years of performance-enhancing drug use to Oprah Winfrey in a televised interview.
How to watch the Tour de France
Coverage of the 2023 Tour de France will be carried on :
- NBC Sports: Will broadcast select parts of race.
- Peacock : Will stream all race stages.
- USA Network: Will show condensed live coverage.
SOURCE USA TODAY Network reporting and research; Associated Press; VeloNews; letour.com; bicycling.com; cyclingnews.com
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Tour de France 2023: Teams and riders for the 110th edition of the Grand Tour as Chris Froome misses out
Updated 29/06/2023 at 19:37 GMT
With the 110th edition of the Grand Tour fast approaching, Tour de France teams have now finalised their rider line-ups ahead of the July 3 start in Bilbao. Defending champion Jonas Vingegaard faces another stern challenge from two-time winner Tadej Pogacar. Elsewhere, Mark Cavendish is chasing Grand Tour history, while fellow British rider Chris Froome has not been selected for this year's race.
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Ag2r-Citroen - France
- Ben O'Connor (Aus)
- Clement Berthet (Fra)
- Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra)
- Stan Dewulf (Bel)
- Felix Gull (Aut)
- Oliver Naesen (Bel)
- Aurélien Paret-Peintre (Fra)
- Nans Peters (Fra)
Alpecin-Deceuninck - Belgium
- Mathieu van der Poel (Ned)
- Jasper Philipsen (Bel)
- Jonas Rickaert (Bel)
- Silvan Dillier (Swi)
- Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned)
- Quinten Hermans (Bel)
- Soren Kragh Andersen (Den)
- Michael Gogl (Aut)
Arkea-Samsic - France
- Warren Barguil (Fra)
- Clement Champoussin (Fra)
- Simon Guglielmi (Fra)
- Anthony Delaplace (Fra)
- Luca Mozzato (Ita)
- Jenthe Biermans (Bel)
- Matis Louvel (Fra)
- Laurent Pichon (Fra)
Mark Cavendish of The United Kingdom and Astana Qazaqstan Team celebrates at podium as stage winner during the 106th Giro d'Italia 2023, Stage 21 a 126km stage from Rome to Rome / #UCIWT / on May 28, 2023 in Rome, Italy.
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Astana Qazaqstan - Kazakhstan
- Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz)
- Yevgeniy Fedorov (Kaz)
- Mark Cavendish (Gbr)
- Cees Bol (Ned)
- David de la Cruz (Esp)
- Luis Leon Sanchez (Esp)
- Gianni Moscon (Ita)
- Harold Tejada (Col)
Bahrain Victorious - Bahrain
- Nikias Arndt (Ger)
- Phil Bauhaus (Ger)
- Pello Bilbao (Esp)
- Jack Haig (Aus)
- Mikel Landa (Esp)
- Matej Mohoric (Svn)
- Wout Poels (Ned)
- Fred Wright (Gbr)
Bora-Hansgrohe - Germany
- Emanuel Buchmann (Ger)
- Marco Haller (Aut)
- Jai Hindley (Aus)
- Bob Jungels (Lux)
- Patrick Konrad (Aut)
- Jordi Meeus (Bel)
- Nils Politt (Ger)
- Danny van Poppel (Ned)
Cofidis - France
- Bryan Coquard (Fra)
- Simon Geschke (Ger)
- Ion Izagirre (Spa)
- Victor Lafay (Fra)
- Guillaume Martin (Fra)
- Anthony Perez (Fra)
- Alexis Renard (Fra)
- Axel Zingle (Fra)
DSM-Firmenich - Germany
- Chris Hamilton (Aus)
- Alex Edmondson (Aus)
- Kevin Vermaerke (USA)
- John Degenkolb (Ger)
- Sam Welsford (Aus)
- Matthew Dinham (Aus)
- Romain Bardet (Fra)
- Nils Eekhoff (Ned)
EF Education-EasyPost - USA
- Richard Carapaz (Ecu)
- Rigoberto Uran (Col)
- Neilson Powless (USA)
- Alberto Bettiol (Ita)
- Magnus Cort (Den)
- James Shaw (Gbr)
- Andrey Amador (Cri)
- Esteban Chaves (Col)
Groupama-FDJ - France
- David Gaudu (Fra)
- Kevin Geniets (Hol)
- Stefan Küng (Swi)
- Valentin Madouas (Fra)
- Thibaut Pinot (Fra)
- Lars van den Berg (Ned)
- Olivier Le Gac (Fra)
- Quentin Pacher (Fra)
Ineos Grenadiers - United Kingdom
- Egan Bernal (Col)
- Jonathan Castroviejo (Esp)
- Omar Fraile (Esp)
- Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol)
- Daniel Martinez (Col)
- Tom Pidcock (Gbr)
- Carlos Rodriguez (Esp)
- Ben Turner (Gbr)
Intermarché-Circus-Wanty - Belgium
- Biniam Girmay (Eri)
- Louis Meintjes (SA)
- Adrien Petit (Fra)
- Loïc Vliegen (Bel)
- Georg Zimmermann (Ger)
- Rui Costa (Por)
- Lilian Calmejane (Fra)
- Mike Teunissen (Ned)
Jayco-Alula - Australia
- Simon Yates (Gbr)
- Dylan Groenewegen (Ned)
- Luka Mezgec (Slo)
- Elmar Reinders (Ned)
- Lawson Craddock (US)
- Luke Durbridge (Aus)
- Chris Harper (Aus)
- Christopher Juul-Jensen (Den)
Jumbo-Visma - Netherlands
- Jonas Vingegaard (Den)
- Wout van Aert (Bel)
- Dylan van Baarle (Ned)
- Tiesj Benoot (Bel)
- Christophe Laporte (Fra)
- Sepp Kuss (USA)
- Wilco Kelderman (Ned)
- Nathan Van Hooydonck (Bel)
Lidl-Trek - USA
- Mads Pedersen (Den)
- Jasper Stuyven (Bel)
- Alex Kirsch (Lux)
- Juanpe Lopez (Esp)
- Giulio Ciccone (Ita)
- Tony Gallopin (Fra)
- Quinn Simmons (USA)
- Mattias Skjelmose (Den)
Movistar - Spain
- Enric Mas (Esp)
- Matteo Jorgenson (USA)
- Nelson Oliveira (Por)
- Antonio Pedrero (Esp)
- Ruben Guerreiro (Por)
- Gregor Muhlberger (Aut)
- Gorka Izagirre (Esp)
- Alex Aranburu (Esp)
Soudal-Quick Step - Beligum
- Julian Alaphilippe (Fra)
- Kasper Asgreen (Den)
- Remi Cavagna (Fra)
- Tim Declercq (Bel)
- Dries Devenyns (Bel)
- Fabio Jakobsen (Nld)
- Yves Lampaert (Bel)
- Michael Morkov (Den)
UAE Team Emirates - UAE
- Tadej Pogacar (Slo)
- Rafal Majka (Pol)
- Mikkel Bjerg (Den)
- Felix Grossschartner (Aus)
- Marc Soler (Spa)
- Matteo Trentin (Ita)
- Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor)
- Adam Yates (GB)
Lotto-Dstny - Belgium
- Victor Campenaerts (Bel)
- Jasper de Buyst (Bel)
- Pascal Ennkhoorn (Ned)
- Frederik Frison (Bel)
- Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita)
- Maxim van Gils (Bel)
- Florian Vermeersch (Bel)
- Caleb Ewan (Aus)
TotalEnergies - France
- Mathieu Burgaudeau (Fra)
- Edvald Boasson-Hagen (Nor)
- Steff Cras (Bel)
- Valentin Ferron (Fra)
- Pierre Latour (Fra)
- Daniel Oss (Ita)
- Peter Sagan (Svk)
- Anthony Turgis (Fra)
Israel-Premier Tech - Israel
- Guillaume Boivin (Can)
- Simon Clarke (Aus)
- Hugo Houle (Can)
- Krists Neilands (Lat)
- Nick Schultz (Aus)
- Corbin Strong (NZ)
- Dylan Teuns (Bel)
- Michael Woods (Can)
Uno-X Pro - Norway
- Torstein Traeen (Nor)
- Soren Waeenskjold (Nor)
- Anthon Charmig (Den)
- Jonas Gregaard (Den)
- Rasmus Tiller (Nor)
- Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor)
- Alexander Kristoff (Nor)
- Jonas Abrahamsen (Nor)
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2023 Tour de France bikes — your definitive guide to what the top pro cycling teams are riding this year
First Published Jun 28, 2023
Let’s check out the bikes and equipment that the world’s best road cyclists will be riding in the Tour de France.
There are 18 WorldTour men's teams in 2023. All of these will race the Tour de France along with four wildcard teams that have been invited to compete.
Of the WorldTour men's teams, 12 use Shimano groupsets, only one runs Campagnolo and the rest are on SRAM. Perhaps the most unexpected shift (no pun intended) for this season was made by UAE Team Emirates, which dropped Campagnolo as its component sponsor along with other Italian components from its bikes. This might have left quite a few Italians mortified, as the UAE team are now running very Italian Colnago bikes with very much not Italian Shimano groupsets...
In terms of the teams themselves, the men’s WorldTour roster has seen two new teams in 2023: Alpecin-Deceuninck and Arkéa-Samsic. Both Israel-PremierTech and Lotto–Dstny have left the World Tour but they take part in the Tour de France as wildcards alongside TotalEnergies and Uno-X.
Without further ado, let's have a look at the bikes...
AG2R Citroën Team
We also spotted a new BMC bike being used by team members at the Criterium du Dauphine, and it's likely to see more action in the Tour de France.
> BMC prototype aero superbike spotted at Dauphine
We can also spot something that has become a rarity in the WorldTour: Campagnolo groupsets and wheels.
Yes, AG2R Citroen is the only WorldTour team that is running a Campag groupset in 2023. It'll be interesting to see if all of the riders are on the brand-new version of Super Record.
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The team bikes also feature Italian-quality components, with Pirelli tyres and Fizik saddles.
Alpecin–Deceuninck
Alpecin-Deceuninck were only promoted to the WorldTour level this year, which might come as a surprise given riders like Mathieu van der Poel and Jasper Philipsen are in its line-up.
Spec-wise, the team run Shimano’s Dura-Ace Di2 groupset and wheels. The tyres are Vittoria – usually the new Vittoria Corsa Pro – and the team sit on Selle Italia saddles.
Arkéa–Samsic
French team Arkéa-Samsic have welcomed Bianchi as their bike sponsor to replace Canyon, having the Oltre RC, Specialissima and Aquilla TT at their disposal.
The bikes come with Shimano groupsets and wheels, except for TTs where the wheels are Vision. The team uses Continental tyres and Selle Italia saddles.
Astana Qazaqstan
Mark Cavendish's Kazakh team is continuing with Wilier Triestina bikes: the Zero SLR and Filante SLR models, equipped with Shimano groupsets and Corima wheels...
...although they've also used wheels from HED, which isn't a sponsor, this year. Those huge blue logos are hardly subtle.
For time trials, the team swaps onto the Wilier Turbine. The fresh “chrome-painted graphite” paintwork of the Wilier frames has impressed art lovers and bike enthusiasts alike.
Bahrain Victorious
Bahrain Victorious are using the same trusted Merida bikes as last year, with the Reacto, Scultura and Warp TT models forming the line-up – but in a Pearl finish especially for the Tour de France. It's a "homage to Bahrain’s rich pearling history", apparently.
Shimano Dura-Ace remains the groupset, the wheels are Vision, the saddles Prologo and finishing kit is handled by FSA.
Bora-Hansgrohe
Even though they’ve been a World team since 2017, it was only last year we saw Bora-Hansgrohe win their first Grand Tour when Jai Hindley smashed the Giro d’Italia and became the first Aussie to win the Giro.
The German team rides Specialized bikes, the US brand being a key sponsor. Specialized supplies it all: the Tarmac SL7 for the road, Shiv TT for the time trials, Roval wheels and Specialized tyres. Groupsets are Shimano Dura-Ace Di2, and the saddles and the finishing kit come from both Specialized and Shimano subsidiary PRO.
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Cofidis has moved from Campagnolo to Shimano this year, which means they had an opportunity to introduce yet another French brand, Corima, as the wheel sponsor. The tyres on those wheels are from Michelin.
EF Education-Easypost
The American team, well known for their bold kit designs, sticks to the same bunch of sponsors as before: Cannondale bikes with Shimano groups, Vision wheels and Prologo saddles.
The riders are on the Cannondale SuperSix Evo (above) which was updated earlier this year.
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They also have the SystemSix aero road bike which, launched back in 2018, must surely be the next Cannondale bike to get a refresh.
Groupama-FDJ
The French team entering its 28th season is continuing its long-lasting partnership with Lapierre bikes, which come equipped with Shimano groupsets and wheels.
In terms of models, the Xelius and Aircode framesets are the go-to options.
Ineos Grenadiers
Another team with very few changes: Ineos Grenadiers continues to ride the Pinarello Dogma F and the refreshed Bolide TT.
The groupsets are Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 and the wheels are usually from Shimano too – although the team has been known to dip into the Lightweight and Princeton ranges in its search for those famous marginal gains.
The tyres are Continental, the saddles Fizik and the finishing kit is from Pinarello's MOST brand.
Intermarché–Circus–Wanty
The Belgian team continues to ride Cube bikes equipped with Shimano groupsets, Newmen wheels and Prologo saddles.
Riders can choose either the superlight Cube Litening Air C:68X or the Litening C:68X Aero for lower drag. The Aerium C:68 TT is there for time trials.
> Cube launches Litening AIR C:68X Series road bikes with a claimed frame weight of 799g
Israel - Premier Tech
Pic © Zac Williams SWpix.com (t-a Photography Hub Ltd)
UCI ProTeam Israel Premier Tech rides bikes from Factor, usually the Ostro VAM (above). However, we know that Factor is releasing a new bike on 10th July 2023, the first Tour de France rest day, which suggests it’s a road race model that’ll play a part in this year’s race. We’ll be keeping our eyes peeled.
Israel Premier Tech use wheels from Factor’s Black Inc brand fitted with Maxxis tyres.
Although the riders use FSA chainsets, the shifters and derailleurs are Shimano Dura-Ace Di2.
Jayco Alula
Team BikeExchange-Jayco has had a slight name change to Jayco AluIa but the team’s bikes stay the same with riders on Giant’s Propel Advanced SL, TCR Advanced SL (above) and Trinity TT.
Wheels are from Giant's Cadex brand and Shimano is the main equipment partner.
Jumbo-Visma
Jumbo-Visma won the Tour de France last year with Jonas Vingegaard and the team roster for this year's race includes huge names like Wout Van Aert and Christophe Laporte, as well as the defending champion.
Cervelo is still the bike supplier to both the men's and women's teams, although the S5 (above), R5 and P5 models are now equipped with SRAM groupsets instead of Shimano. Vingegaard used a 1x (single chainring) setup for some stages of the Criterium du Dauphine. It'll be interesting to see if he takes the same approach in the Tour.
> Is Vingegaard going 1x for the Tour de France?
Wheels are new too, with the teams riding on Reserve hoops.
Trek-Segafredo has just changed its name to Lidl-Trek. At the time of writing, it remains to be seen whether the riders will be racing immediately on bikes with updated livery.
The Trek Madone and Emonda road bikes are the usual weapons of choice, with the Speed Concept for time trials.
SRAM supplies the groupsets while Trek's Bontrager brand provides pretty much everything else.
Lotto–Dstny
Lotto–Dstny use bikes from Ridley, usually the lightweight Helium or the aero Noah. However, we spotted a prototype being ridden by Maxim Van Gils in the Criterium du Dauphine, and it doesn’t look like any bike from the existing range.
> New Ridley road bike breaks cover at Critérium du Dauphiné
We don’t have a name or a launch date yet but it looks like Ridley is combining light weight with aero features – which has been a big trend in the road bike market over the past few years.
Lotto–Dstny uses Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 groupsets, DT Swiss wheels and Vittoria tyres.
Movistar Team
Movistar continues to ride Canyon bikes – the lightweight Ultimate (above) and the aero-optimised Aeroad (below).
The team uses SRAM Red eTap groupsets, Zipp wheels and Fizik saddles.
Soudal Quick-Step
After yet another name change (the eighth, if you’re counting), Soudal Quick-Step races the 2023 season with trusty Specialized bikes and Roval wheels, saddles, tyres and finishing kit. Groupsets are still from Shimano.
Scott returns to provide the DSM men's and women's teams with bikes, the Foil RC being the popular choice for most stages.
> Check out our review of the Scott Foil RC Pro 2023
The groupsets are Shimano Dura-Ace Di2, the wheels are Shimano and wrapped on them are Vittoria tyres. Scott’s subsidiary Syncros is providing all of the finishing kit, including the saddles.
TotalEnergies
Although it’s a UCI ProTeam rather than a WorldTeam, TotalEnergies boasts riders of the calibre of Edvard Boasson Hagen and Peter Sagan on the Tour de France start list.
The team is sponsored by Specialized so uses Tarmac SL7 road bikes and Royal wheels.
This is yet another team that uses Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 groupsets.
UAE Team Emirates
The UAE Team Emirates riders have used the Colnago V4RS road bike this year after Tadej Pogačar raced on the prototype version in 2022.
It's all change regarding the groupset, UAE Team Emirates switching from Campagnolo to Shimano.
Pirelli tyres have been swapped to Continental , and the wheels are now Enve.
UNO-X Pro Cycling Team
Uno-X has changed little for 2023. Norway's Dare continues to be the bike and finishing kit sponsor – a brand that's little known in the UK. The bikes come equipped with Shimano groupsets and DT Swiss wheels.
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Checked on the TV guide last night.
Pleased to see that ITV still get to show it.
I wonder for how much longer?
No Tarmac SL8 this summer then...
Really sad to see Bianchi making such ugly bikes.
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They only had an image of the Oltre RC. I am biased, I think the Specialissima looks fine.
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That is a lovely looking bike to be fair. Probably their only decent looking tour level bike in the last 10 years though. The aria also looks good, but not tour level.
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Tour de France 2023 – Analysing the contenders
The final form ranking for the yellow jersey contenders
Most of the hard work has been done and there is precious little time to conjure up form, condition or confidence for the 2023 Tour de France favourites. The big race, starting in Bilbao on July 1, is almost here.
That means it’s final tune-up time: the Critérium du Dauphiné and Tour de Suisse have given us the final display of form for the WorldTour’s best, with only their final preparations separating them from La Grande Boucle.
As ever, Cyclingnews has its form ranking for the favourites, with regular updates through the season and into the Tour itself.
We rank the Tour de France contenders by their performances and as the months have now trickled down to scant days before the Grand Départ in Bilbao, it's time to run the rule over the contenders for the maillot jaune for a final time.
1. Tadej Pogačar
- Team: UAE Team Emirates
- Tour experience: Winner in 2020 and 2021, runner-up in 2022
- 2023 results: 1st at Jaén Paraíso Interior, 1st with three stage wins at Ruta del Sol, 1st with three stage wins at Paris-Nice, 4th at Milan-San Remo, 3rd at E3 Classic, 1st at Tour of Flanders, 1st at Amstel Gold Race, 1st at La Flèche Wallonne, DNF at Liège-Bastogne-Liège, 1st at Slovenian Nationals Time Trial, 1st at Slovenian Nationals Road Race
It was a spring campaign for the ages from the voracious and versatile Pogačar. However, it ended unceremoniously when a fractured wrist at Liège-Bastogne-Liège led to several weeks off the bike, though he was soon putting in long indoor training sessions to compensate.
In late May, he went out to Sierra Nevada (later than his teammates) to do more preparation. He then headed to Sestriere for a final bit of training and recon in the rarefied air.
It remains to be seen whether the injury affects him or if his glorious, tiring spring has any impact but Pogačar indicated that he’s not worried in his latest interview with Cyclingnews . The only races on his schedule between Liège and the Grand Départ were the Slovenian national time trial and road race, both of which he won hands down, which hardly augers badly.
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Pogačar will have to be at his best to beat Vingegaard, but revenge has likely been on his mind ever since the finale of last year’s race. You’d be a fool to write him off.
=1. Jonas Vingegaard
- Team: Jumbo-Visma
- Tour experience: Winner in 2022, runner-up in 2021
- 2023 results: 1st with three stage wins at O Gran Camiño, 3rd at Paris-Nice, 1st with three stage wins at Itzulia Basque Country, 1st with two stage wins at Critérium du Dauphiné
With Pogačar out of racing sight and more out of mind for much of the build-up to the Tour, Jonas Vingegaard was the focal point for rivals and observers alike with his strength and ease. They’re so closely-matched, we’ve put the pair in equal first.
After a three-week altitude camp at Sierra Nevada, he passed his last test at the Critérium du Dauphiné with flying colours, winning a brace of stages and the overall, with the biggest winning margin since Charly Mottet in 1987. As if that wasn’t enough, after the race the defending champion indicated he can still improve.
Back in March, Pogačar got the better of Vingegaard at Paris-Nice . Both he and Pogačar have similar remarkable win rates this year but of course the Tour de France is the one that counts above all others. The form book and results suggest it’ll be their duel for glory. All roads lead to Bilbao and a renewal of hostilities between the two titans of the 2022 edition.
3. Jai Hindley
- Team: Bora-Hansgrohe
- Tour experience: none
- 2023 results: 16th at Tour Down Under, 32nd at Cadel Evans Race, 13th at Volta ao Algarve, 32nd at Ardèche Classic, 53rd at Drôme Classic, 15th at Tirreno-Adriatico, 8th at Volta a Catalunya, 12th at Amstel Gold Race, 83rd at Liège-Bastogne-Liège, 4th at Critérium du Dauphiné
Hindley’s season has shifted up a gear at the perfect time. Following finishes on the fringes at Catalunya and the Amstel Gold Race, he was among the strongest at the Critérium du Dauphiné .
Consistency on the climbs at this mini Tour de France was complemented by one of the best time trial rides of his career, laying the foundations for fourth overall.
With Vingegaard and Pogačar looking like a cut above the rest, it is likely to be a fierce scrap for the third step of the podium. Tour debutant Hindley will have to get through the hubbub of the first week unscathed, but the 2022 Giro d’Italia winner appears to be in pole position to be the best of the rest.
4. Mikel Landa
- Team: Bahrain-Victorious
- Tour experience: Five appearances, 4th in 2017 and 2020
- 2023 results: 7th at Volta Valenciana, 2nd at Ruta del Sol, 7th at Tirreno-Adriatico, 5th at Volta a Catalunya, 2nd at Itzulia Basque Country, 3rd at Flèche Wallonne, DNF at Liège-Bastogne-Liège, 22nd at Critérium du Dauphiné
We’ve been accustomed to Landa lighting up spring stage races, showing his face at Tirreno-Adriatico , the Volta a Catalunya and Itzulia. His steady run of stage race contention, however, came to an end at the Dauphiné with a particularly poor showing in the time trial. The experienced Basque knows what he’s doing and acknowledged he wasn’t in the best shape before the race. Not ideal, but he’s still on course for a high finish at a TT-light Tour de France.
5. David Gaudu
- Team: Groupama-FDJ
- Tour experience: Five appearances, 4th overall in 2022
- 2023 results: 7th at Tour du Var, 2nd at Ardèche Classic, 4th at Drôme Classic, 2nd at Paris-Nice, 4th at Itzulia Basque Country, DNF at Amstel, Flèche and Liège, 30th at Critérium du Dauphiné
Gaudu was off the pace at the Critérium du Dauphiné in the mountains and against the clock. To boot, he copped social media abuse after a few stages. There’s no cause for panic after one poor performance for France’s big hope.
His spring campaign was strong, finishing next best to Tadej Pogačar at Paris-Nice. It also bears remembering that, though he won a stage, Gaudu wasn’t in the frame at last year’s Dauphiné GC either, and that preceded a career-best result.
6. Enric Mas (crashed out on stage 1)
- Team: Movistar
- Tour experience: Four appearances, 5th in 2020, 6th in 2021
- 2023 results: 5th at Ruta del Sol, 6th at Tirreno-Adriatico, 5th at Itzulia Basque Country, 17th at La Flèche Wallonne, DNF at Liège-Bastogne-Liège, 17th at Critérium du Dauphiné
Mas looked like every bit like a Tour de France podium contender eight months ago. He matched his second places in the Vuelta and Il Lombardia with a fan-pleasing, attacking style.
Still, there was little of that on display at the Critérium du Dauphiné. Dropping three minutes to winner Mikkel Bjerg in the time trial was no big surprise; of greater concern was losing nearly that same amount to a flying Vingegaard on the race’s queen stage.
There’s clearly a bit of work to be done to make sure it’s a case of más rather than menos at the Tour de France. Mas wanted to put his COVID-19 abandon of last year’s race well behind him but crashed on stage 1 of the 2023 Tour and was forced out of the race again .
7. Romain Bardet
- Tour experience: Nine appearances, 2nd overall in 2016, 3rd in 2017
- 2023 results: 8th at Tour du Var, 11th at Ardèche Classic, 11th at Drôme Classic, 7th at Paris-Nice, DNF at Volta a Catalunya, 9th at La Flèche Wallonne, 15th at Liège-Bastogne-Liège, 7th at Tour de Romandie
Bardet is Mr. Steady of the stage races, rarely terrible or incandescent. The experienced Frenchman sat fourth overall at the Tour de France last summer until an off-day in the blazing sun to Foix put paid to his podium hopes.
COVID-19 in April didn’t seem to slow him down at the Tour de Romandie , where he was seventh. A fifth place at the Tour de Suisse suggests altitude has honed his condition, and he enters the race as a valuable GC contender for DSM.
8. Ben O'Connor
- Team: AG2R Citroën Team
- Tour experience: Two appearances, 4th and a stage in 2021
- 2023 results: 6th Tour Down Under, 46th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race, 13th Tirreno-Adriatico, 14th Volta a Catalunya, 11th Classic Grand Besançon Doubs, 5th Tour du Jura, 50th Liège-Bastogne-Liège, 3rd Critérium du Dauphiné
The Australian climbs into our top ten after his third place finish at the Critérium du Dauphiné, repeating his result from twelve months ago. Coming off an altitude camp, O’Connor was the surprise factor in the time trial, delivering AG2R-Citroën’s first-ever top-five performance in a WorldTour race against the clock.
Last year’s Tour was a bust for O’Connor , dropped on the cobbled stage and abandoning with a torn glute. The first week, with its hillier Basque Country start, may well suit the rider from Perth better as he hopes to improve on his landmark 2021 showing.
9. Giulio Ciccone
- Team: Trek-Segafredo
- Tour experience: Two appearances, wore the yellow jersey in 2019
- 2023 results: 2nd and stage win at Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, 5th at Tirreno-Adriatico, 7th and stage win at Volta a Catalunya, 5th at Flèche Wallonne, 13th Liège-Bastogne-Liège, 11th and stage win at Critérium du Dauphiné
After storming the Bastille in Grenoble for triumph on the last day of the Dauphiné, the little Italian surges into our top ten. Ciccone has talked of going for a Tour de France stage victory and the King of the Mountains this summer. Consistency has been his big problem in Grand Tours.
It could be different this summer. Ciccone has had three victories and barely been out of the top 10 in 2023, in spite of COVID-19 dumping him out of a Giro d’Italia team he was due to lead.
His self-belief will be sky high and he’ll be in a positive frame of mind, getting married weeks before the race. With few time trial kilometres in the 2023 race, a top-10 finish is within his reach.
10. Dani Martínez
- Team: Ineos Grenadiers
- Tour experience: Three appearances, stage win and 28th in 2020
- 2023 results: 25th at Vuelta a San Juan, 1st at Volta ao Algarve, 25th at Paris-Nice, 34th at Itzulia Basque Country, 23rd at Critérium du Dauphiné
With the Tour on the horizon, there is no clear leader for Ineos Grenadiers.
Dani Martínez has been targeting that spot since the start of the season, but the last day of the Critérium du Dauphiné likely knocked the Colombian’s confidence. He was the race’s big loser, losing 10 minutes and tumbling down the GC from sixth overall.
A simple jour sans or indicative of a bigger problem? The Colombian was flying on the way to first place at February’s Volta ao Algarve but hasn’t broken the top 10 on GC since. Martínez has had a poor start to the Tour, losing 3:13 on stage 1 and a further 7:00 on stage 2 to fall out of overall contention.
Third with Geraint Thomas last year, Ineos Grenadiers are at risk of having their most peripheral Grande Boucle in years. But the kids could step up. Tom Pidcock , who finished a disappointing 22nd at the Tour de Suisse, showed his off-road form in recent weeks, winning in Nove Mesto. In an interview with Cyclingnews the Briton laid out his stage goals but was reticent to see himself as a GC contender just yet.
Former Spanish national champion Carlos Rodríguez’s ninth overall in the Alps eclipsed Martínez’s performance. Rodríguez was the silver lining on a poor opening stage for the British team and was the only Ineos rider in the top 10 after the brutal Grand Depart in the Basque Country.
Bubbling under
Put out a search party for Simon Yates. The Jayco-Alula man has not raced since stomach problems forced him to abandon the Tour de Romandie on stage 2. This summer, less is evidently more for the Briton. He is set to go straight from training at altitude to the Grand Départ. He was second at the Tour Down Under and fourth at Paris-Nice, but his form is unknown.
EF Education-EasyPost leader Richard Carapaz was on the attack at the Critérium du Dauphiné and sprinted to second place behind Julian Alaphilippe. The Olympic champion is flying under the radar a little; he’s not finished in the top 10 in a GC since being runner-up at last year’s Giro d’Italia.
Unfortunately, Carapaz was involved in the same crash that forced Enric Mas out of the Tour, and abandoned before stage 2 with a fractured patella.
Neilson Powless showed his all-round power through Paris-Nice and the spring Classics, and he gives a potential other option for EF.
Louis Meintjes (Intermarché Circus Wanty) showed he’s ticking along nicely, finishing seventh at the Dauphiné. Cofidis captain Guillaume Martin was a few seconds and a place higher. Sergio Higuita could be a backup option for Bora-Hansgrohe. Expect those three to be in the mix come July.
2019 Tour de France champion Egan Bernal also performed well in the Critérium du Dauphiné high mountains to finish twelfth overall. Given his knee problems this year, it’s surely too soon for Tour contention, but with confirmation of his team selection it's clear his recovery from his life-threatening crash appears to be going well.
With his withdrawal from the race with illness, Alexey Lutsenko (Astana Qazaqstan Team) didn't give us a showing of his form at the Tour de Suisse, having finished top 10 in the past two editions, but he did win both the road race and time trial in the Kazakh Nationals. Lutsenko's GC hopes were ruined on stages 1 and 2 where he lost a combined 18 minutes to the leaders and he will likely now chase stage wins.
As for the Giro d’Italia giants? Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) and Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) won’t be at the Tour , which makes sense, but it’s a shame for the fans. The sport’s blue riband event also comes too soon for Tao Geoghegan Hart (Ineos Grenadiers) who crashed out of the Giro d’Italia with a fractured hip.
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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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Unveiling the High-Octane Riders Set to Dominate the Sprints at the Tour de France and Giro d’Italia
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As summer grows ever closer, our focus shifts to the emblematic jerseys of the Grand Tours : the maglia rosa , the maillot jaune , and the maillot rojo —and rightly so. After all, we watch bike races in large part to see who’s going to win, especially when we have such riches as we do these days, with some of the most talented GC riders in generations battling it out on the long course of a Grand Tour.
But what about the green and purple jerseys , those awarded to the leaders and winners of the points classifications, often, though not always, noted sprinters?
These are men and women capable of making unfathomable watts, often after four, five, and sometimes six-plus hours of racing, who are held at bay all day, only to unleash their greatest skills for barely a few hundred meters. They’re often the ones who give us the biggest thrills and the narrowest victories (or defeats).
While we focus on the speed and raw power of sprinters, one thing that’s often overlooked is how well they race; how the best sprinters are often the most patient riders, waiting until the perfect moment to launch their attacks. Theirs is often a game of cat-and-mouse, a strategic battle as much as a power-based one. Given the blazing speed at which these riders can sprint, it’s easy to forget that they’re some of the savviest riders in the peloton.
So, who are they? Let’s take a deeper look at the riders going for those green jerseys and points competitions at the Giro d’Italia , Tour de France , and Vuelta a España this summer.
Men’s Top Sprinters
Jasper philipsen – alpecin-deceuninck.
The young Belgian, once derided as “Jasper the Disaster,” is the best sprinter in the world right now. Possessing the perfect combination of strength, racing know-how, and the patience required to win a bunch sprint, he has to be the favorite heading into any stage suited to sprinters. After a second-place finish at Roubaix , the reigning Tour de France green jersey will head into this year’s Grande Boucle as the heavy favorite to repeat.
Mads Pedersen – Lidl-Trek
Unlike most others on this list, Mads Pedersen is hardly a pure sprinter. Rather, the one-day specialist has shown that he’s most at home when launching attacks from a long way out. In fact, just a few weeks ago, he did something most people didn’t think was possible when he stayed with Mathieu van der Poel for some fifty kilometers in Ghent-Wevelgem , only to outsprint the Dutch superstar in the closing meters. There isn’t a team in the men’s peloton looking quite as strong as Lidl-Trek is right now, so expect Mads to compete for at least a few bunch sprint wins in his scheduled Tour and Vuelta appearances.
Tim Merlier – Soudal-Quick-Step
By the metric of the modern peloton, Tim Merlier is getting a bit long in the tooth. The 31-year-old from Flanders only has two Grand Tour stage wins to his name: one in the Giro and one in the Tour . But, as most of Merlier’s early career was focused on cyclocross racing, he very well could just be coming into his prime. In the last three seasons, Merlier has won the Belgian National Road Race and Brugge-De Panne, and, from 2022 to this year, three-peated in Nokere Koerse. Maybe, like a great sprinter does, he’s waiting until the perfect moment to launch.
Sprinters with something to prove
Mark cavendish – astana qazaqstan.
In 2024, Cav is sitting on the precipice between these two categories. The Manx Missile was coaxed out of retirement not once but twice with the promise of nabbing Eddy Merckx’s longstanding record of 34 Tour de France stage wins. And while his early-season returns have been anything but stunning, we’re talking about the greatest sprinter of all time here. And so, for that very reason, we have to consider Cav, a two-time Tour de France green jersey winner, in the upper echelon here.
Dylan Groenewegen – Jayco AlUla
Groenewegen has five Tour de France stage wins. But four of them came before 2020 and one in 2022. Much of that drought likely has to do with the nine-month ban he received from the UCI after it was determined he caused the crash that put Fabio Jakobsen in an induced coma for two days. Still, Groenewegen has shown form early this season with a ninth-place finish in Ghent-Wevelgem and a few strong stages in Paris-Nice and the UAE Tour.
Kaden Groves – Alpecin-Deceuninck
Groves, the four-time Vuelta a España stage winner and reigning green jersey champion of that race, will likely contest again for several of that race’s sprint stages. Groves has shown a predilection for hilly stages that tend to thin the herd over the course of the day, stages that are becoming increasingly common in the modern Grand Tour.
Arnaud Démare – Arkéa–B&B Hotels
Though he didn’t get any last year, Arnaud Démare has won ten Grand Tour stages: eight in the Giro and two in the Tour . He’s also a two-time points champion in the Giro. And though his spring campaign has been nothing to write home about, he’s an expert at positioning when the bunch really starts charging. Given as much, he should have more than a few opportunities to outsprint the bunch in this summer’s Tour.
Fabio Jakobsen – dsm firmenich PostNL
Like a few others on this list, Jakobsen’s results don’t necessarily match his strength. Easily one of the fastest sprinters in the peloton, Jakobsen will definitely find his way to the bunch in this year’s Giro and Tour, where he’ll try to add to his palmarès, which already counts five Vuelta stage wins. Of course, he hasn’t gotten one of those since 2021, so you either think he’s washed or he’s due.
Dark Horses
Sam Bennett (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) - Outside of Mark Cavendish, Sam Bennett is the most decorated racer on this list. His palmarès includes five stage wins at the Vuelta , three at the Giro , and two at the Tour . He was also the Tour’s 2020 green jersey. And though his last two seasons have been hardly spectacular, it’s easy to predict that Sam Bennett could be in the mix for stage wins, especially after he was left off AG2R’s Tour roster last year.
Caleb Ewan (Jayco AlUla) - The man who was once a sure-fire bet to take a Grand Tour sprint stage—he’s won ten in his career—has fallen to the bottom of this pack simply because he hasn’t been able to nab a stage win since the 2021 Giro d’Italia . Of course, he’s still one of the strongest sprinters on Earth and always a threat to take a win, which, over the last three years, he’s been ever so close to. Despite his recent cold streak, Ewan is truly one of the riders you can never, ever count out.
Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty) - After a historic stage win in the 2022 Giro d’Italia and a third-place finish behind Jasper Phillipsen and Mark Cavendish in stage 7 of last’s Tour de France, the Eritrean rider showed a lot of promise as a Grand Tour sprinter. Now confirmed for the Giro, we hope to see Girmay bring on the heat to the favorites.
Alberto Dainese (Tudor Pro Cycling) - While still early in his professional career, Dainese has already demonstrated his potential as a top-level sprinter and is definitely one to watch. In 2023, the Italian sprinter won two Giro stages and one Vuelta stage.
Women’s Top Sprinters
On the women’s side of the coin, there’s far less separation between the heavy favorites, the maybe-they-could, and the sprinters who might steal a stage here or there. And much of that has to do with the fact that there’s much more parity in general in the women’s WorldTour (which is why we should all be watching a lot more women’s races!). But there is still the cream of the crop and everyone else.
Lotte Kopecky – SD Worx-Protime
You could easily argue that Lotte Kopecky is the strongest bike racer in the world, regardless of gender. Her ability to sustain efforts and grind her opponents into dust behind her is matched only by the likes of Mathieu van der Poel . As she heads into this summer as the reigning Tour de France points champion, all eyes will be on the 28-year-old to rack up more stage wins.
Lorena Wiebes – SD Worx-Protime
It’s no secret that SD Worx is sitting on an embarrassment of riches right now. This is evidenced by the fact that Lotte Kopecky is racing on the same team as Lorena Wiebes , perhaps the strongest pure sprinter in the women’s peloton. The 25-year-old Dutchwoman has won Ronde van Drenthe four years in a row and just added to her palmarès with a Gent-Wevelgem victory last weekend. In a heads-up sprint, Wiebes is as tough as out there is.
Elisa Balsamo – Lidl-Trek
With wins at Brugge-De Panne and Trofeo Alfredo Binda and second-place finishes at Paris-Roubaix , Ronde van Drenthe, and Ghent-Wevelgem , the Italian one-day specialist is having a world-class spring campaign. She’s had a bit of success in stage races, nabbing a pair of wins at the 2022 Giro Donne and another pair at 2023’s Setmana Ciclista Valenciana. But at just 26 years old, Balsamo could be on the precipice of a breakout summer.
Charlotte Kool – dsm firmenich PostNL
At just 24 years old, Charlotte Kool seems to be hitting her prime. She won her first Grand Tour stage in last year’s Vuelta and was fighting for wins in Brugge-De Panne and Ghent-Wevelgem, where she finished second and fourth, respectively. She won the points classification in last year’s UAE Tour and should rack up plenty of points over the course of the summer.
Emma Norsgaard – Movistar
Though Norsgaard’s spring has been inauspicious at best, she’s always a tough out when it comes to sprints. With a pair of stage wins to her name (a Giro stage in 2021 and a Tour stage in 2023), she knows how to win from the bunch. She just needs to find her way to the front and put herself in a position to compete. If she can get there, there’s no doubt she’s got the legs.
Marianne Vos – Visma-Lease a Bike
So long as there’s a bike race, and so long as Marianne Vos is in that bike race, it’s just plain stupid to count her out. To list her palmarès would take all of the space this story has, so just accept the fact that she’s likely to be there at the end, whether the stage calls for a breakaway, a punchy climb, or a bunch sprint. And though she’s one of the women’s peloton’s elder stateswomen at age 36, with recent wins at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Dwars door Vlaanderen , she’s still proving week after week that she can race with—and beat—the best.
Elisa Longo Borghini – Lidl-Trek
Between Mads Pedersen , Elisa Balsamo, and Longo Borghini, Lidl-Trek’s cup runneth over with one-day talent. But to win one-day races, you need to be able to create and sustain attacks, and there are few better in the women’s bunch at that than Longo Borghini. Hardly a pure sprinter, she’ll need to use her well-honed racing acumen if she’s going to take a stage win.
Chloé Dygert – Canyon//SRAM
Dygert is back. After suffering a training setback late last year, stemming from an injury sustained earlier in 2023, Dygert returned to the peloton with a sixth-place finish in Brugge-De Panne. And while she’s known more for her time-trialing acumen than her pure sprint ability, she can put down and sustain boatloads of power. If she and her teammates can put her in the right position, look for the American star to steal a stage here or there.
Chiara Consonni (UAE Team ADQ) - This is only Consonni’s second year at the WorldTour level, but she’s shown in recent times that she has the legs and the know-how to go elbow-to-elbow with the best of the bunch. Her best result is arguably a third-place finish in the points classification in this year’s UAE Tour. Look for her to steal a stage win or two (or three) as the summer progresses.
Rachele Barbieri (dsm firmenich PostNL) - For all of the success Rachele Barbieri has enjoyed on the track, she’s had little on the road. Her best finishes in major races are a pair of second-place finishes in stages in the Giro and UAE Tour and two fourth-place finishes in Tour stages. However, anyone who can make the kind of power Babieri is capable of making can and should not be counted out. Look for her to snag a sleeper win at some point this year.
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- Stage 6 : July 6 - Mountain - Tarbes to Cauterets-Cambasque - 145km
- Stage 7 : July 7 - Flat - Mont-De-Marsan to Bordeaux - 170km
- Stage 8 : July 8 - Hilly - Libourne to Limoges - 201km
- Stage 9 : July 9 - Mountain - Saint-Léonard-De-Noblat to Puy de Dôme - 184km
- July 10 - Rest Day
- Stage 10 : July 11 - Hilly - Vulcania to Issoire - 167km
- Stage 11 : July 12 - Flat - Clermont-Ferrand to Moulins - 180km
- Stage 12 : July 13 - Hilly - Roanne to Belleville-en-Beaujolais - 169km
- Stage 13 : July 14 - Mountain - Châtillon-Sur-Chalaronne to Grand Colombie - 138km
- Stage 14 : July 15 - Mountain - Annemasse to Morzine Les Portes Du Soleil - 152km
- Stage 15 : July 16 - Mountain - Les Gets Les Portes Du Soleil to Saint-Gervais Mont Blanc - 180km
- July 17 - Rest Day
- Stage 16 : July 18 - Individual Time Trial - Passy to Combloux - 22km
- Stage 17 : July 19 - Mountain - Saint-Gervais Mont Blanc to Courchevel - 166km
- Stage 18 : July 20 - Hilly - Moûtiers to Bourg-En-Bresse - 186km
- Stage 19 : July 21 - Flat - Moirans-en-Montagne to Poligny - 173km
- Stage 20 : July 22 - Mountain - Belfort to Le Markstein Fellering - 133km
- Stage 21 : July 23 - Flat - Saint-Quentin-En-Yvelines to Paris Champs-Élysées - 115km
Dan is a writer and editor living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and before coming to Runner’s World and Bicycling was an editor at MileSplit. He competed in cross country and track and field collegiately at DeSales University.
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This is your comprehensive team-by-team guide of all 22 teams and 176 riders competing in the 2023 Tour de France, which starts in Bilbao on Saturday, July 1. All 18 WorldTour teams and the two ...
Competing teams and riders for Tour de France 2023. Top competitors are Peter Sagan, Alexander Kristoff and Mark Cavendish. ... 2023 » 110th Tour de France (2.UWT) ... Best classic riders; Climbers; Most KMs; Most wins; More. Top-100 riders competing; National champions; Starting other race; National startlist quality; First first ...
2023 Tour de France overall podium (L-R): best young rider Tadej Pogačar ... Pogačar has won the white jersey for best young rider three years in a row and, at 24, is still eligible for a fourth ...
Our Tour de France 2023 preview series continues with a team guide looking at each of the 22 teams and weighing up their options, targets and best riders ahead of the 110th edition of the race.
The two are the best Classics riders in the world, the two best cyclo-crossers in the world, and will surely battle on the roads of Spain and France for stage wins. Van der Poel has had the better ...
No place for Chris Froome after his poor start to 2023. Team Guillaume Boivin, Simon Clarke, Hugo Houle, Krists Neilands, Nick Schultz, Corbin Strong, Dylan Teuns, Michael Woods. Main man Michael ...
Best Young Rider Classification Winner. Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates): 82:13:11 (+5:48) ... took over the lead of the 2023 Tour de France after an eventful Stage 6 that saw the GC contenders ...
Also among their start list is last year's green jersey and combativity award winner - Wout van Aert. Arguably the fastest sprinter in the Tour de France 2023, van Aert is also extremely strong across the board and has won nine individual Tour de France stages since 2019. 1 Jonas Vingegaard. 2 Tiesj Benoot. 3 Wilco Kelderman.
Tour de France 2023: Jonas Vingegaard celebrates his second win (Image credit: Getty Images Sport) ... White jersey - The white jersey is the best young rider classification. It works the same ...
Tour de France 2023: Riders. foto: Cor VosAs always, the World's best riders line-up at the start of the Tour de France. Cyclingstage.com brings you the list of teams with starting numbers. Jumbo-Visma 1 Jonas Vingegaard 2 Tiesj Benoot 3 Wilco Kelderman 4 Sepp Kuss 5 Christophe Laporte 6 Wout van Aert 7 Dylan van Baarle 8 Nathan Van Hooydonck.
Here's a look at the most prominent, accomplished (and desperate) stage hunters in the 2023 Tour de France. Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal-Quick Step) France's Julian Alaphilippe won stages in ...
This year, riders will climb the 6,939-foot Col du Tourmalet in the Pyrenees. Time trial (1 stage): Individual riders race against the clock. The 2023 time trial is 13.7 miles. The other stages ...
The 2023 Tour de France starts on Saturday in Bilbao, Spain, and now that every team's start list has been announced, we can say with certainty that there will be nine North Americans on the ...
With the 110th edition of the Grand Tour fast approaching, Tour de France teams have now finalised their rider line-ups ahead of the July 3 start in Bilbao.
In terms of the teams themselves, the men's WorldTour roster has seen two new teams in 2023: Alpecin-Deceuninck and Arkéa-Samsic. Both Israel-PremierTech and Lotto-Dstny have left the World Tour but they take part in the Tour de France as wildcards alongside TotalEnergies and Uno-X. Without further ado, let's have a look at the bikes...
List of teams and cyclists in the 2023 Tour de France. The number of riders per nation that participated in the 2023 Tour de France: 20+. 10-19. 2-9. 1. Twenty-two teams are scheduled to take part in the 2023 Tour de France. [1] All 18 UCI WorldTeams have been automatically invited. They were joined by 4 UCI ProTeams - the two highest ...
Age: 25. Tour experience: Winner in 2022, runner-up in 2021. 2023 results: 1st with three stage wins at O Gran Camiño, 3rd at Paris-Nice, 1st with three stage wins at Itzulia Basque Country, 1st ...
The Tour de France is increasingly becoming a young man's game, so here's a look at the young riders looking to have an impact on the 2023 Tour de France by winning the best young rider ...
Jonas Vingegaard is the winner of Tour de France 2023, before Tadej Pogačar and Adam Yates. Jordi Meeus is the winner of the final stage. ... Click on the time of any rider to view the relative gains on this rider. Select two riders to compare. Rnk GC Timelag BIB H2H Specialty Rider Age Team UCI Pnt Time; 1: 139 +5:33:51: 76: Classic:
The 2023 Tour de France was the 110th edition of the Tour de France.It started in Bilbao, Spain, on 1 July and ended with the final stage at Champs-Élysées, Paris, on 23 July.. Defending champion Jonas Vingegaard (Team Jumbo-Visma) won the general classification for the second year in a row. Two-time champion Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) finished in second place, with Adam Yates (UAE ...
A complete list of the bikes raced by each team in the 2022 Tour de France, along with the groupsets, wheels and finishing kit they're fitted with.
With just one single (hilly) time trial, the men's Tour de France is built for the riders that can handle the high mountains. The route of the 2023 men's Tour de France was announced in Paris ...
A comprehensive look into the pro peloton's best sprinters going into the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia, and Vuelta a España. ... in stage 7 of last's Tour de France, the Eritrean rider ...
Here are the stages for the 2023 Tour de France: Stage 1: July 1 - Hilly - Bilbao to Bilbao - 182km. Stage 2: July 2 - Hilly - Vitoria-Gasteiz to Saint-Sébastien - 209km. Stage 3: July 3 - Flat ...