Tour de France confirms official start list ahead of 105th edition
As the Tour de France Team Presentation draws to close in the Vendee region of France, the final official start list has been released
Chris Froome is the obvious favorite. Rigoberto Uran, second last year, Richie Porte, Vincenzo Nibali, Nairo Quintana his closest rivals with Jacob Fulsang, Romain Bardet, Michael Matthews, Warren Barguil, Adam Yates, Dan Martin, Julian Alaphilippe hot on their heals.
In terms of credible rivals, hell bent on snatching a fifth yellow jersey from Froome, it's never looks so good.
The battle for the Green jersey, despite Nacer Bouhani and Caleb Ewan not present is going to another closely fought battle.
Peter Sagan was accused of knocking Mark Cavendish off and disqualified last year, but later he was cleared of any wrong doing - is back.
Alexander Kristoff, Dylan Groenewegen, Arnaud Demare,S onny Colbrelli, André Greipel, Marcel Kittel and Fernando Gaviria as well as Greg Van Avermaet, all line up as his closest rivals.
Michael Matthews, another sprint favorite has confirmed his focus on working for Tom Dumoulin for the overall classification.
The white jersey is worn by the best young rider, aged 25 or under in the general classification. This year's favorites include Frenchman Pierre Latour, 24, the best young rider at the Dauphine. French climber Guillaume Martin (Wanty-Groupe Gobert) another favorite along with Belgium's Tiesj Benoot, 24, finished 20th in his own maiden Tour and was a revelation for Lotto Soudal.
And then there's Colombian climber Egan Bernal who, could win the white jersey, but also has an outside chance for yellow jersey too, despite Sky's favorites Froome and Thomas.
Whatever happens, tune every day for the latest reports, results and video highlights!
Team Sky
1 FROOME Christopher
2 BERNAL Egan Arley
3 CASTROVIEJO Jonathan
4 KWIATKOWSKI Michal
5 MOSCON Gianni
6 POELS Wout
7 ROWE Luke
8 THOMAS Geraint
|
Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
11 URAN Rigoberto
12 CLARKE Simon
13 CRADDOCK Lawson
14 MARTINEZ Daniel Felipe
15 PHINNEY Taylor
16 ROLLAND Pierre
17 SCULLY Thomas
18 VANMARCKE Sep
|
AG2R La Mondiale
21 BARDET Romain
22 DILLIER Silvan
23 DOMONT Axel
24 FRANK Mathias
25 GALLOPIN Tony
26 LATOUR Pierre
27 NAESEN Oliver
28 VUILLERMOZ Alexis
|
Team Sunweb
31 MATTHEWS Michael
32 DUMOULIN Tom
33 ARNDT Nikias
34 GESCHKE Simon
35 HAGA Chad
36 ANDERSEN Søren Kragh
37 TEN DAM Laurens
38 THEUNS Edward
|
Team Fortuneo - Samsic
41 BARGUIL Warren
42 BOUET Maxime
43 GESBERT Elie
44 HARDY Romain
45 LEDANOIS Kevin
46 MOINARD Amaël
47 PICHON Laurent
48 VACHON Florian
|
Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team
51 NIBALI Vincenzo
52 COLBRELLI Sonny
53 HAUSSLER Heinrich
54 IZAGIRRE Gorka
55 IZAGIRRE Ion
56 KOREN Kristijan
57 PELLIZOTTI Franco
58 POZZOVIVO Domenico
|
Mitchelton-Scott
61 YATES Adam
62 BAUER Jack
63 DURBRIDGE Luke
64 HAYMAN Mathew
65 HEPBURN Michael
66 HOWSON Damien
67 IMPEY Daryl
68 NIEVE Mikel
|
Movistar Team
71 QUINTANA Nairo
72 AMADOR Andrey
73 BENNATI Daniele
74 ERVITI Imanol
75 LANDA Mikel
76 ROJAS José Joaquín
77 SOLER Marc
78 VALVERDE Alejandro
|
BMC Racing Team
81 PORTE Richie
82 BEVIN Patrick
83 CARUSO Damiano
84 GERRANS Simon
85 KÜNG Stefan
86 SCHAR Michael
87 VAN AVERMAET Greg
88 VAN GARDEREN Tejay
|
UAE-Team Emirates
91 MARTIN Daniel
92 ATAPUMA John Darwin
93 DURASEK Kristijan
94 FERRARI Roberto
95 KRISTOFF Alexander
96 MARCATO Marco
97 SUTHERLAND Rory
98 TROIA Oliviero
|
Quick-Step Floors
101 ALAPHILIPPE Julian
102 DECLERCQ Tim
103 GAVIRIA Fernando
104 GILBERT Philippe
105 JUNGELS Bob
106 LAMPAERT Yves
107 RICHEZE Ariel Maximiliano
108 TERPSTRA Niki
|
BORA - hansgrohe
111 SAGAN Peter
112 BODNAR Maciej
113 BURGHARDT Marcus
114 MAJKA Rafael
115 MÜHLBERGER Gregor
116 OSS Daniel
117 POLJANSKI Pawel
118 PÖSTLBERGER Lukas
|
Astana Pro Team
121 FUGLSANG Jakob
122 FRAILE Omar
123 GRUZDEV Dmitriy
124 HANSEN Jesper
125 KANGERT Tanel
126 CORT NIELSEN Magnus
127 SANCHEZ Luis Leon
128 VALGREN Michael
|
Team Dimension Data
131 CAVENDISH Mark
132 BOASSON HAGEN Edvald
133 JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt
134 PAUWELS Serge
135 RENSHAW Mark
136 SLAGTER Tom-Jelte
137 THOMSON Jay Robert
138 VERMOTE Julien
|
Team Katusha - Alpecin
141 ZAKARIN Ilnur
142 BOSWELL Ian
143 KIŠERLOVSKI Robert
144 KITTEL Marcel
145 KOCHETKOV Pavel
146 MARTIN Tony
147 POLITT Nils
148 ZABEL Rick
|
Groupama - FDJ
151 DÉMARE Arnaud
152 GAUDU David
153 GUARNIERI Jacopo
154 LE GAC Olivier
155 LUDVIGSSON Tobias
156 MOLARD Rudy
157 SINKELDAM Ramon
158 VICHOT Arthur
|
Team LottoNL-Jumbo
161 KRUIJSWIJK Steven
162 GESINK Robert
163 GROENEWEGEN Dylan
164 JANSEN Amund Grondahl
165 MARTENS Paul
166 ROGLIC Primoz
167 ROOSEN Timo
168 TOLHOEK Antwan
|
Lotto Soudal
171 GREIPEL André
172 BENOOT Tiesj
173 DE BUYST Jasper
174 DE GENDT Thomas
175 KEUKELEIRE Jens
176 MARCZYNSKI Tomasz
177 SIEBERG Marcel
178 VANENDERT Jelle
|
Direct Energie
181 CALMEJANE Lilian
182 BOUDAT Thomas
183 CHAVANEL Sylvain
184 COUSIN Jérôme
185 GAUDIN Damien
186 GRELLIER Fabien
187 SICARD Romain
188 TAARAMÄE Rein
|
Trek - Segafredo
191 MOLLEMA Bauke
192 BERNARD Julien
193 DE KORT Koen
194 DEGENKOLB John
195 GOGL Michael
196 GRMAY Tsgabu
197 SKUJINS Tom
198 STUYVEN Jasper
|
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
201 LAPORTE Christophe
202 CLAEYS Dimitri
203 EDET Nicolas
204 HERRADA Jesús
205 NAVARRO Daniel
206 PEREZ Anthony
207 SIMON Julien
208 TURGIS Anthony
|
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
211 MARTIN Guillaume
212 DEGAND Thomas
213 DUPONT Timothy
214 MINNAARD Marco
215 OFFREDO Yoann
216 PASQUALON Andrea
217 SMITH Dion
218 VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume
|