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TOUR DE FRANCE SQUADS

• Tour de France 2022 Teams

  • UAE-Team Emirates

    1. George Bennett
    2. Marc Hirschi
    3. Rafal Majka
    4. Brandon McNulty
    5. Tadej Pogačar
    6. Marc Soler
    

  • Team Jumbo-Visma

    11. Primoz Roglic
    12. Robert Gesing
    13. Steven Kruijswijk
    14. Sepp Kuss
    15. Tony Martin
    16. Mike Teunissen
    17. Wout van Aert
    18. Jonas Vingegaard

  • INEOS Grenadiers

    21. Geraint Thomas
    22. Richard Carapaz
    23. Jonathan Castroviejo
    24. Tao Geoghegan Hart
    25. Michal Kwiatkowski
    26. Richie Porte
    27. Luke Rowe
    28. Dylan van Baarle

  • Israel Start-Up Nation

    31. Chris Froome
    32. Guillaume Boivin
    33. Omer Goldstein
    34. André Greipel
    35. Reto Hollenstein
    36. Dan Martin
    37. Michael Woods
    38. Rick Zabel

  • Trek - Segafredo

    41. Vincenzo Nibali
    42. Julien Bernard
    43. Kenny Elissonde
    44. Bauke Mollema
    45. Mads Pedersen
    46. Toms Skujins
    47. Jasper Stuyven
    48. Edward Theuns

  • Deceuninck - Quick Step

    51. Julian Alaphilippe
    52. Kasper Asgreen
    53. Davide Ballerini
    54. Mattia Cattaneo
    55. Mark Cavendish
    56. Tim Declercq
    57. Dries Devenyns
    58. Michael Mørkøv

  • Movistar Team

    61. Miguel Ángel López
    62. Jorge Arcas
    63. Imanol Erviti
    64. Iván García Cortina
    65. Enric Mas
    66. Marc Soler
    67. Alejandro Valverde
    68. Carlos Verona

  • BORA - hansgrohe

    71. Peter Sagan
    72. Emanuel Buchmann
    73. Wilco Kelderman
    74. Patrick Konrad
    75. Daniel Oss
    76. Nils Politt
    77. Lukas Pöstlberger
    78. Ide Schelling

  • Groupama - FDJ

    81. David Gaudu
    82. Bruno Armirail
    83. Arnaud Démare
    84. Jacopo Guarnieri
    85. Ignatas Konovalovas
    86. Stefan Küng
    87. Valentin Madouas
    88 Miles Scotson

  • Cofidis, Solutions Crédits

    91. Guillaume Martin
    92. Rubén Fernández
    93. Simon Geschke
    94. Jesús Herrada
    95. Christophe Laporte
    96. Anthony Perez
    97. Pierre-Luc Périchon
    98. Jelle Wallays

  • Alpecin-Fenix

    101. Mathieu van der Poel
    102. Silvan Dillier
    103. Tim Merlier
    104. Xandro Meurisse
    105. Jasper Philipsen
    106. Jonas Rickaert
    107. Kristian Sbaragly
    108. Petr Vakoc

  • EF Education - Nippo

    111. Rigoberto Urán
    112. Stefan Bissegger
    113. Ruben Guerreiro
    114. Sergio Higuita
    115 Michael Valgren
    116 Magnus Cort
    117 Neilson Powless
    118. Michael Woods

  • AG2R Citroën Team

    121. Benoît Cosnefroy
    122. Dorian Godon
    123. Oliver Naesen
    124. Ben O’Connor
    125. Aurélien Paret-Peintre
    126. Nans Peters
    127. Michael Schär
    129. Greg Van Avermaet

  • Team Arkéa Samsic

    131. Warren Barguil
    132. Nacer Bouhanni
    133. Anthony Delaplace
    134. Élie Gesbert
    135. Daniel McLay
    136. Nairo Quintana
    137. Clément Russo
    138 Connor Swift

  • Team DSM

    141. Søren Kragh Andersen
    142. Tiesj Benoot
    143. Cees Bol
    144. Mark Donovan
    145. Nils Eekhoff
    146. Joris Nieuwenhuis
    147. Casper Pedersen
    148. Jasha Sütterlin

  • Lotto Soudal

    151. Caleb Ewan
    152. Jasper De Buyst
    153. Thomas De Gendt
    154. Philippe Gilbert
    155. Roger Kluge
    156. Harry Sweeny
    157. Tosh Van der Sande
    158. Brent Van Moer

  • Bahrain - Victorious

    161. Jack Haig
    162. Pello Bilbao
    163. Sonny Colbrelli
    164. Marco Haller
    165. Matej Mohoric
    166. Wout Poels
    167. Dylan Teuns
    168. Fred Wright

  • Team BikeExchange

    171. Michael Matthews
    172. Esteban Chaves
    173. Luke Durbridge
    174. Lucas Hamilton
    175. Amund Grøndahl Jansen
    176. Christopher Juul-Jensen
    177. Luka Mezgec
    178. Simon Yates

  • Astana - Premier Tech

    181. Jakob Fuglsang
    182. Alex Aranburu
    183. Stefan de Bod
    184. Omar Fraile
    185. Dmitriy Gruzdev
    186. Hugo Houle
    187. Ion Izagirre
    188. Alexey Lutsenko

  • Team Qhubeka ASSOS

    191. Sergio Henao
    192. Carlos Barbero
    193. Sean Bennett
    194. Victor Campenaerts
    195. Simon Clarke
    196. Nic Dlamini
    197. Michael Gogl
    198. Max Walscheid

  • Team TotalEnergies

    201. Pierre Latour
    202. Edvald Boasson Hagen
    203. Jérémy Cabot
    204. Victor de la Parte
    205. Faien Doubey
    206. Cristián Rodríguez
    207. Julien Simon
    208. Anthony Turgis

  • Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux

    211. Louis Meintjes
    212 Jan Bakelants
    213 Jonas Koch
    214. Lorenzo Rota
    215. Boy van Poppel
    216. Danny van Poppel
    217. Loïc Vliegen
    219. Georg Zimmermann

  • B&B Hotels p/b KTM

    221 Bryan Coquard
    222. Cyril Barthe
    223. Franck Bonnamour
    224. Maxime Chevalier
    225. Cyril Gautier
    226. Cyril Lemoine
    227. Quentin Pacher
    228. Pierre Rolland

  Historical Background

  The Tour de France is part of a series of 3-week-long races known as The Grand Tours. The Grand Tours are the only races that are allowed to last longer than 14 days, and apart from the Tour de France, there are the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España. 

  Whilst each one of The Grand Tours is pretty significant, the Tour de France is considered the most important out of the 3, to the extent that it's even considered to be the most important cycling race on the globe. This is partly because the Tour de France is the oldest of The Grand Tours.

  The Tour de France premiered in 1903 as a 6-day race, in hopes of increasing sales of the now-defunct sports newspaper known as L'Auto. The race was a tremendous success and sales of L'Auto skyrocketed. This eventually led to the race being extended and improved upon, until it came to be what we know and love today!

  Classifications 

  Classifications are the competitions that the race presents to its participants to win awards. There are 4 main classifications, which are: the general classification, the mountain classification, the points classification, and the young riders classification.

  The general classification is the most important and oldest of all the classifications. The general classification is awarded to the riders who finish all of the stages in the least amount of time; the winners of this classification get to wear the illustrious yellow jersey!

  The mountain classification, introduced in 1933, is given to riders who earn the most points from clearing the climbs along the race. Points are given to the first riders to make the climb, according to the steepness of the climb. The winner dons a polka dot jersey and is called the King (or Queen) of the Mountains!

  The points classification, added in 1953, is awarded to riders who earn the most points from finishing stages, and 'sprint points' first. Points are awarded according to the type of stage riders accomplish. The winner of this classification wears the green jersey!

  The young riders classification, added in 1975 but amended in 1987 to its current form, is reserved for cyclists that are under the age of 26. The winner of this classification is determined in the same way as the general classification, and is awarded the white jersey!

  Broadcasting

  The domestic rights for broadcasting are held by France 2 and France 3, which are French public national television channels. These channels then also sell their coverage of the Tour de France to other channels, including NBC, ITV4, and Eurosport! Be sure to tune in to watch the Tour de France!

  Culture

  The Tour de France is easily one of the most popular sporting events in the world! This can be seen in the culture that's been created around the sport by devoted fans! For example, Ernest Hemingway mentioned the race and Ottavio Bottecchia, the first Italian winner, in his book The Sun Also Rises!

   The best example of a devoted fan is Didi Senft, also known as Didi the Devil, who appears going about the Tour de France (and the Giro d'Italia!) in a red devil's costume painting the roads with tridents! Senft has been doing this since 1993 and has become a beloved part of the race!

  Doping and Deaths

  Sadly, the use of performance-enhancing drugs has happened in about every sport at some point or another of its history. It has unfortunately happened in the Tour de France, and, in fact, it has a long history of people being caught using or allegedly having used such substances.

  The most infamous case of doping in the history of the Tour de France is Lance Armstrong, who was considered the most successful cyclist of all time for winning the race 7 times in a row. That was until evidence came to light that proved Armstrong was doping during his cycling career, and he was stripped of his victories. 

  Saddest of all are the deaths that happened during the race, whether from accidents or drug abuse. The only recorded drug-related death happened in 1967, when Tom Simpson's heart gave out from amphetamine usage. Other deaths happened through accidents, like when Fabio Casartelli crashed in 1995 whilst going 88km/h.

  Notable Records

  Let's turn away from the grim side of things and get back to the excitement! No TV sport article would be complete without mentioning some of the records that have been set in the sport! Firstly, we have Eddy Merckx's impressive record of being the only cyclist to win all of the classifications in the same year, in 1969!

  Although he didn't win the young riders classification (it didn't yet exist), he won the mountain classification, the points classification, the combination classification, the combativity award, and the general classification all in the same race! Wow, that's amazing!

  Only 2 riders have ever won the Tour de France, but never wore the yellow jersey until it was over! These were Jean Robic, and Jan Janssen! And, only 3 riders, Maurice Garin, Ottavio Bottecchia, and Nicolas Frantz, have ever won the race whilst also being in the lead of every stage! 

  The Riders That Outran Them All

  But, what about the best of the best to ever enter the Tour de France? Don't worry, we've got that covered too! There are 4 great names that must be mentioned, which are: Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault. and Miguel Indurain! These are some of the greatest riders to ever pick up a bicycle, and each one has won the Tour de France 5 times, with Jacques Anquetil being the first rider to do so! 

  The End of the Tour

  Well, this brings us to a close, but what a ride that was, huh? We bet that you can't wait to watch the Tour de France on TV! It's definitely one of the most exciting live sports on TV today! Simply tune in to the channels we mentioned above and enjoy!