The 2024 Tour de France kicks off on June 29 with a historic rollout from Florence, Italy. The first three stages of the race will run on some of the roads we’ve seen in the Giro d’Italia. The peloton will go from Florence, the birthplace of Gino Bartali, to that of Marco Pantani, the unforgettable Il Pirata, before paying tribute to the campionissimo, Fausto Coppi.
With many of the national championships decided, teams have turned their focus to their selections for the Grande Boucle.
Watch this page for updates as more roster information becomes available.
Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe Kicks Off New Era at 2024 Tour
A new name, eye-catching outfits, helmets designed to fit the Red Bull athletes’ look, bikes with a shiny metallic white silver design. Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe has arrived in the world of cycling, bringing a fresh style to the peloton.
With the new setup, the team is ready to fight for yellow in the biggest race of the year. Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe relies on a strong team surrounding leader Primož Roglič.
On the climbs, the leader will rely on climbing specialists Aleksandr Vlasov and Jai Hindley. Both have only one Tour de France under their belts – but they were spectacular firsts for both. Vlasov finished the 2022 Tour in the top 5, while Hindley’s day in the yellow jersey last year was a highlight in the team’s history. The team’s top-class support in the high mountains recently proved its strength with the overall victory at the Dauphiné. Just as there, debutant Matteo Sobrero will provide mountain support at the Tour de France as well.
The physical strength and presence of Danny van Poppel, Marco Haller, and Nico Denz will provide concentrated power on the flats. The trio has the experience of 29 Grand Tours and will give the climbers plenty of reassurance. Veteran and Tour de France stage winner Bob Jungels will take on the role of road captain.
DSM-Firmenich PostNL Squad for Romain Bardet’s final Tour de France
From Cyclingnews.com
DSM-Firmenich PostNL announced their eight-man roster, with sprinter Fabio Jakobsen and climber Romain Bardet their headline riders as they chase stage wins.
It’s been a tough season for former Tour stage winner Jakobsen after joining from Soudal Quick-Step at the end of 2023, having only managed one win in 2024.
His Grand Tour debut for DSM-Firmenich-PostNL also went poorly at last month’s Giro d’Italia and ultimately ended with an abandon after a crash on stage 11, without showing much form.
“I am really excited to take on my first Tour de France with Team dsm-firmenich PostNL. We bring a really strong group to the race that can go for stage success on every terrain. I have a nice group around me to target the sprint stages, but with Warren, Frank, Oscar, and Romain, we also have really strong riders for the hilly and mountainous stages,” said Jakobsen in a team release.
“We aim to show strong teamwork and really fight for each other, and if we perform at a high level, I believe we can have a great race together. I can’t wait to get started.”
Leading out Jakobsen in the six or seven sprint opportunities will be John Degenkolb, a former stage winner at the Tour in 2018, debutant Bram Welten and Nils Eekhoff, who returns for his fourth Tour.
Twice a podium finisher at the Tour de France, Bardet will ride his 11th and final home Grand Tour after announcing that he would retire from road racing after next year’s Critérium du Dauphiné last week.
EF Education – EasyPost
Alberto Bettiol, Neilson Powless, Ben Healy, Marijn van den Berg, Rui Costa, Sean Quinn, Stefan Bissegger, and Richard Carapaz will race the 2024 Grand Boucle for EF Education-EasyPost.
With team leader Richard Carapaz recovering from illness following a crash at the Tour de Suisse, the team is placing its focus on aiming for stage victories.
Carapaz’s build-up to the 2024 race looked promising, with a stage win at the Tour de Romandie, but crash on Stage 4 of the Tour de Suisse was followed up with sickness.
“After my crash at Suisse, I got sick,” said Carapaz in the team’s press release. “My form will arrive late, but I will give my best for this Tour de France.”
The American team invested heavily in Carapaz as their Grand Tour contender when they signed him in 2023, but he injured his knee in a crash on stage 1 and was forced out of the race.
While the team might not have a rider who can compete against Tour de France favourite Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) and rivals Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike), Primož Roglič (Bora-Hansgrohe) or Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-Quickstep), Carapaz has confidence they can make an impression on the individual stages as they did in 2023.
“Last year was tough. I had to go home. This year, we’re going for it again. Everyone around me knows how much I’ve prepared for this. We have a strong, versatile team. We can win on all sorts of terrain.
Remco Evenepoel Headlines Soudal – Quick-Step
For Remco Evenepoel, this will be his fifth Grand Tour start but first Tour de France appearance. The 2022 Vuelta a España champion, a winner of five races this season – including stages in Paris-Nice and the Critérium du Dauphiné – is looking forward to this experience.
“Riding the Tour de France is the dream of every kid who falls in love with cycling. It’s something I too have dreamed about since the moment I rode my bike and I’m incredibly excited to be at the start for the first time in my career with this great team. We have a strong squad and we are ready to give our best. Of course, I would like to have a good Tour and get some nice results, but let’s not forget it’s my debut in this hard and beautiful event which is unlike any other, so the plan is to discover the race, take it one day at a time and see where this leads us”, said Remco ahead of traveling to France.
Joining the 24-year-old Belgian on the Soudal Quick-Step squad for the Grande Boucle will be Jan Hirt – a top ten finisher in May at the Giro d’Italia – Yves Lampaert, Volta a Catalunya runner-up Mikel Landa, who brings a wealth of experience on the climbs, Gianni Moscon, Casper Pedersen, Ilan Van Wilder and Louis Vervaeke.
“With both Remco and Mikel on the team we can aim for a good result in the general classification. Mikel has a lot of experience, as do many of our riders, and together they make for quite a strong and balanced team. Looking on the parcours, I think you can easily say this will be one of the toughest editions in recent years. The start is very hard, we have some big climbs early in the race followed by that gravel stage, and then the second and third week will be very demanding. We need to be focused and at the top of our game to get some good results, and we are confident in this team and what it can do this July”, said sports director Tom Steels.
Mark Cavendish gets Lead-Out Train for Final Tour de France
Mark Cavendish was set to retire in 2023 after the Tour, hoping to cement the stage record victory, but a disappointing crash in the 2023 race found him getting ready for just one more attempt at the record. And this year, his Astana Qazaqstan is throwing everything behind him setting the record in their colors.
Leading the impressive lineup of support riders, is Michael Mørkøv, widely rated as the best lead-out man in the world. Mørkøv was the Manxman’s former teammate at QuickStep who gave key support for the Briton when he last won on the Tour back in 2021. Joining the lead-out train are Dutch sprinter Cees Bol, versatile Italian fastmen Davide Ballerini and Michele Gazzoli, and former U23 World Champion and allrounder Yevgeniy Fedorov.
It’s not all about sprints, however. The team will also battle for stage victories in the mountains with Harold Tejada and Alexey Lutsenko. Both are expected to switch between going for their own wins one day while helping Cavendish get through the hills on another day.
Cav’s former leadout man Mark Renshaw will be in the team car in the role of sporting director.
For Astana Qazaqstan, the record atttempt is a chance to cement the team’s place in history. The team has struggled in recent years and currently sits at the bottom of the UCI WorldTeam rankings.
“For our team it is a big challenge,” team boss Alexander Vinokourov told Velo. “Can you imagine if we achieve this record in our jersey?
“If tomorrow the team didn’t exist, this history would always exist. That Mark could win with our jersey is unbelievable.
“We try to do our best and we will see. I hope we can do it. Last year we didn’t have the best luck, but of course it was a last moment signing. This year it is different and we work for our goal.”
Vingegaard and Van Aert to lead Visma – Lease a bike
Update: Sep Kuss will not race, as he is struggling to recover from a bout of COVID. He will be replaced in the roster by Bart Lemmen.
Jonas Vingegaard will target a third consecutive Tour de France win with Visma – Lease a Bike. There was much speculation about his fitness leading up to the race. The team also unveiled a special ‘Renaissance’ jersey and matching blue Cervelo bikes that pay homage to the start in Italy, though more practically avoid a clash with the yellow Tour de France leader’s jersey.
Pogacar to Lead UAE Team Emirates
The team heads into the Tour de France led by two-time winner of the race Tadej Pogačar, with a mix of climbers and rouleurs to support the Slovenian.
Pogacar, who most recently won the Giro D’Italia in May, will face challenges along the 3492km course. Sports Manager Joxean Matxin Fernandez (Spa) will lead the squad alongside Sports Directors Andrej Hauptman (Slo), Simone Pedrazzini (Swi) and Fabrizio Guidi (Ita). The team is comprised of 8 riders: Tadej Pogačar (Slo), Juan Ayuso (Spa), Pavel Sivakov (Fra), Marc Soler (Spa), Nils Politt (Ger), Adam Yates (GB), Joao Almeida (Por), Tim Wellens (Bel).
”It’s already my fifth time coming to the Tour and I’m really excited about it,” said Tadej Pogacar. “We’ve worked really hard all year as a team to prepare for this and we hope we can give everyone watching 3 weeks of exciting racing.
“It’s nice also to be going back to an Italy again to start the Tour. Obviously I’m coming from there with good memories of the Giro and thankfully I can say that preparation has gone very well since then. I took a bit of a break after Giro and then the past weeks have been fully focused on the Tour.
“We’ve spent a lot of time together as a group training at altitude and put in a lot of hours in the saddle. We’re in a really good place as a group and I think now we just can’t wait to get started and hope to fight for the win and put on a good show.”
Lotto Dstny to the Tour de France
Maxim Van Gils, Arnaud De Lie, Victor Campenaerts, Brent Van Moer, Jarrad Drizners, Harm Vanhoucke, Sébastien Grignard and Cedric Beullens of the Lotto Dstny squad. Sports Manager Kurt Van de Wouwer gives his view on the Tour squad.
Maxim Van Gils, who got close to a stage win already in his first participation last year, earned his spot in the Tour team after a magnificent spring. “Maxim did a great Tour debut last year, coming close to that win. The goal is to go for a stage win with him, but of course we know that won’t be easy.”
Arnaud De Lie, who just became Belgian champion on the road, makes his first appearance at the Grande Boucle next week. “Arnaud goes to the Tour without any pressure, as it’s his first participation we don’t put any expectations around him. He goes there to learn and gain experience, of course there are some stages that suit him and in sprints he can try his chance, but without any musts.”
“Initially Harm wasn’t on the longlist, but his good results and his personal desire to go, made us choose him. He deserves the selection and in the mountain or hilly stages he can also try to go in a breakaway. Jarrad and Cedric will both help Arnaud in the leadouts. Victor can bring a lot of experience and calmness in the young group of riders we bring and he was the most combative rider last year. He just became a father, so he had a bit of a different preparation but we know he will be ready 100%.”
“Further on, Brent can also go his own chance, he has proven in the past he’s capable of that. Sébastien is someone we can always count on. He’s always there. Looking to the team we have a strong group, hopefully we can make it a beautiful Tour de France together”, Kurt Van de Wouwer says.
Movistar Team Confirms 2024 Tour de France Lineup
With no less than 42 appearances in the ‘Grande Boucle’, the Movistar organization is ready to tackle the race once more. The Telefónica-backed squad will line up in Tuscany with an eight-man squad formed by Enric Mas, Oier Lazkano, Davide Formolo, Nelson Oliveira, Alex Aranburu, Fernando Gaviria, Gregor Mühlberger and Javier Romo hoping to add to their slate of seven overall victories and thirty four stage wins.
Chente García Acosta, Max Sciandri, Pablo Lastras and Iván Velasco will be the Blues’ sports directors at a race that, for the first time in history, will not end in Paris. Nice is scheduled to host the final ITT of the race on Sunday, July 21st.
INEOS Grenadiers Select Dynamic Blend of Youth and Experience
Carlos Rodríguez and Egan Bernal will spearhead a seasoned squad of riders at this year’s Tour de France, featuring two previous Tour winners and five Tour stage winners. The team’s eight riders have ridden an impressive 39 editions of the Tour de France and collectively know what it takes to succeed in cycling’s most prestigious race.
Following Carlos Rodríguez’s strong performance at the 2023 edition of the Tour de France, he has continued his progression as a GC rider in 2024 with a win overall and Best Young Rider at the Tour de Romandie, a second at the Tour of the Basque Country and a stage win and overall fourth placing in the Critérium du Dauphiné. A Grenadier since 2020, Carlos confirmed his long-term commitment to the team last season by extending his contract until 2027, with the team praising his natural talent, racing spirit and professionalism.
Popular Colombian Tour winner Egan Bernal has continued his impressive rise back to the top tier of cycling after a potentially life-changing accident in 2022. His 2024 season has seen him consistently building form with a seventh place finish at Paris-Nice, third at Volta a Catalunya and fourth at the Tour de Suisse.
Lining up alongside Carlos and Egan will be some of the leading names in the sport, providing the Grenadiers a variety of cards to play as the race unfolds: Egan Bernal (Col), Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa), Laurens De Plus (Bel), Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol), Tom Pidcock (GBR), Carlos Rodriguez (Spa), Geraint Thomas (GBR), Ben Turner (GBR).
“My preparation has gone well so far, and I feel confident that I will be starting in Florence in the best shape possible,” said Carlos Rodríguez. “I had a good training block at the end of last year and a great altitude camp in January. I had a slower start to the year than I wanted but have turned that around and the legs are now feeling good, and my body is responding well. I think that shows that the plan has worked, and we have done things in the right way and in the right order.
“The team has helped me a lot this year, looking at every aspect of my performance and going over every detail to help me improve. Now I am feeling ready and am really looking forward to the Tour starting. I have great memories from last year’s Tour de France, sharing some special moments with the team and my family so I hope this year will be even better.”
“I am very happy to be selected again,” added Egan Bernal. It’s a big honour to be in the biggest race in the world and as with every year, we’ll fight for the best result possible.
“My ambition is to be really competitive and to be someone who can make a real difference in the race. As a team we want to win and we have a few riders who can do really well. It is going to be important to have different options especially in the second and third week. If we can reach that point with a number of riders high on GC it can become a bit of a strategic game, and having various cards to play is going to be important.”
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