The 109th edition of the Tour de France starts Friday from Copenhagen in Denmark for three weeks, until July 24. Unlike the previous edition, which had 23 teams on an exceptional basis, the Tour returns to an edition with 22 teams.
In Copenhagen, six French teams will be at the start on July 1st. AG2R Citroën, Arkea-Samsic, Cofidis and Groupama-FDJ are automatically qualified. As for the two invitations, the organizers of the Tour de France have chosen stability. They went to B&B Hôtels by Jérôme Pineau and TotalEnergies by Jean-René Bernaudeau.
This year, 32 French riders are involved in the competition.
We take stock of the 22 teams involved on this Grande Boucle and the 176 runners who will be at the start.
The 22 teams of the Tour de France 2022
AG2R Citroën (France)
Ben O’Connor (AUS), Geoffroy Bouchard (FRA), Mikael Cherel (FRA), Benoît Cosnefroy (FRA)Stan Dewulf (BEL), Bob Jungels (LUX), Oliver Naesen (BEL), Aurélien Paret-Painter (FRA)
Alpecin Fenix (Belgium)
Mathieu van der Poel (NED), Silvan Dillier (SUI), Michael Gogl (AUT), Alexander Krieger (GER), Jasper Philipsen (BEL), Edward Planckaert (BEL), Kristian Sbaragli (ITA), Guillaume Van Keirlsbuck (BEL)
Arkea-Samsic (France)
Nairo Quintana (COL), Warren Barguil (FRA), Maxime Bouet (FRA)Amaury Capiot (BEL), Hugo Hofstetter (FRA), Matis Louvel (FRA)Lukas Owsian (POL), Connor Swift (GBR)
Astana Qazaqstan Team (Kazakhstan)
Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ), Samuele Battistella (ITA), Joe Dombrowski (USA), Fabio Felline (ITA), Dmitriy Gruzdev (KAZ), Gianni Moscon (ITA), Simone Velasco (ITA), Andrey Zeits (KAZ)
Bahrain Victorious (Bahrain)
Kamil Gradek (POL), Luis León Sanchez (ESP), Fred Wright (GBR), Damiano Caruso (ITA), Matej Mohoric (SLO), Jan Tratnik (SLO), Jack Haig (AUS), Dylan Teuns (BEL)
B&B Hotels KTM (France)
Cyril Barthe (FRA), Frank Bonnamour (FRA), Alexis Gougeard (FRA), Jeremy Lecroq (FRA), Cyril Lemoine (FRA)Luca Mozzato (ITA), Pierre Rolland (FRA)Sebastian Schonberger (AUT)
BikeExchange (Australia)
Jack Bauer (NZL), Luke Durbridge (AUS), Dylan Groenewegen (PBS), Amund Grøndahl Jansen (NOR), Chris Juul-Jensen (DAN), Michael Matthews (AUS), Luka Mezgec (SLO), Nick Schultz (AUS)
Bora Hansgrohe (Germany)
Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS), Felix Grossschartner (AUT), Marco Haller (AUT), Lennard Kämna (GER), Patrick Konrad (AUT), Nils Politt (GER), Maximilian Schachmann (GER), Danny van Poppel (PBS)
Cofidis (France)
Guillaume Martin (FRA), Bryan Coquard (FRA)Simon Geschke (GER), Ion Izagirre (ESP), Victor Lafay (FRA), Anthony Perez (FRA), Benjamin Thomas (FRA)Max Walscheid (GER)
Team DSM (Netherlands)
Romain Bardet (FRA)Alberto Dainese (ITA), John Degenkolb (GER), Nils Eekhoff (PBS), Chris Hamilton (AUS), Andreas Leknessund (NOR), Martijn Tusveld (PBS), Kevin Vermaerke (USA)
EF Education Easy Post (US)
Groupama-FDJ (France)
Antoine Duchesne (CAN), David Gaudu (FRA)Kevin Geniets (LUX), Stefan Küng (SUI), Olivier Le Gac (FRA), Valentin Madouas (FRA), Thibaut Pinot (FRA)Michael Storer (AUS)
Ineos Grenadiers (Great Britain)
Geraint Thomas (GBR), Jonathan Castroviejo (ESP), Filippo Ganna (ITA), Daniel Felipe Martinez (COL), Tom Pidcock (GBR), Luke Rowe (GBR), Dylan van Baarle (PBS), Adam Yates (GBR)
Intermarché Wanty Gobert Materials (Belgium)
Alexander Kristoff (NOR), Sven Erik Byström (NOR), Kobe Goossens (BEL), Louis Meintjes (RSA), Andrea Pasqualon (ITA), Adrian Petit (FRA)Taco van der Hoorn (PBS), Georg Zimmermann (GER)
Israel Premier Tech (Israel)
Jakob Fuglsang (DAN), Michael Woods (CAN), Chris Froome (GBR), Daryl Impey (AFS), Simon Clarke (AUS), Hugo Houle (CAN), Krists Neilands (LET), Omer Goldstein (ISR)
Jumbo Visma (Netherlands)
Primoz Roglic (SLO), Jonas Vingegaard (DAN), Wout Wan Aert (BEL), Sepp Kuss (USA), Tiesj Benoot (BEL), Nathan van Hooydonck (BEL), Christophe Laporte (FRA)Steven Kruijswijk (PBS)
Lotto Soudal (Belgium)
Caleb Ewan (BEL), Frederik Frison (BEL), Philippe Gilbert (BEL), Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (RSA), Andreas Kron (GER), Brent Van Moer (BEL), Florian Vermeersch (BEL), Tim Wellens (BEL)
Movistar Team (Spain)
Enric Mas (ESP), Carlos Verona (ESP), Imanol Erviti (ESP), Ivan Garcia Cortina (ESP), Gorka Izagirre (ESP), Matteo Jorgenson (USA), Gregor Mühlberger (AUT), Nelson Oliveira (POR)
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team (Belgium)
Kasper Asgreen (DAN), Andrea Bagioli (ITA), Mattia Cattaneo (ITA), Florian Senechal (FRA)Mikkel Honoré (DAN), Fabio Jakobsen (PBS), Yves Lampaert (BEL), Michael Morkov (DAN)
TotalEnergies (France)
Peter Sagan (SLQ), Pierre Latour (FRA), Anthony Turgis (FRA), Alexis Vuillermoz (FRA)Daniel Oss (ITA), Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR), Maciej Bodnar (POL), Mathieu Burgaudeau (FRA)
Trek Segafredo (USA)
Giulio Ciccone (ITA), Tony Gallopin (FRA)Alex Kirsch (LUX), Bauke Mollema (PBS), Mads Pedersen (DAN), Quinn Simmons (USA), Toms Skujins (LET), Jasper Stuyven (BEL)
UAE Team Emirates (United Arab Emirates)
Tadej Pogacar (SLO), George Bennett (NZL), Mikkel Bjerg (DAN), Vegard Stake Laengen (NOR), Rafal Majka (POL), Brandon McNulty (USA), Marc Soler (ESP), Matteo Trentin (ITA)
Our Tour de France 2022 file
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