The 2021 Tour de France kicks off on Saturday, June 26 in Brest, with over 170 riders expected to take to the start line.
The race will be seeing the usual big names battle it out over three weeks with Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) expected to return to the race he lost on the penultimate day to Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates), who is also expected to return to defend his title.
Alongside the Slovenian stars there will be Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) with his team mate, Richard Carapaz, plus Mikel Landa (Bahrain Victorious), Simon Yates (Team BikeExchange), Chris Froome (Israel Start-up Nation), Nairo Quintana (Arkéa-Samsic) and many more down to ride.
The sprinting list is a real bumper pack too with the usual Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) down alongside team mate, Pascal Ackermann, Sam Bennnett (Deceuninck – Quick-Step) will be looking to retain his green jersey, as well as, Giacomo Nizzolo (Qhubeka-Assos), Alexander Kristoff (UAE Team Emirates), Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Soudal), Arnaud Démare (Groupama-FDJ) and more besides.
The two stand-out favourites for the green jersey, that aren’t solely sprinters, are Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) and his bitter rival, Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix), who will be making his debut at the Tour in 2021.
Tour de France 2021 start list
UAE Team Emirates
POGAČAR Tadej
MAJKA Rafał
HIRSCHI Marc
KRISTOFF Alexander
FORMOLO Davide
POLANC Jan
OLIVEIRA Ivo
Ineos Grenadiers – Shortlist
THOMAS Geraint
CARAPAZ Richard
PORTE Richie
GEOGHEGAN HART Tao
KWIATKOWSKI Michał
DE PLUS Laurens
DENNIS Rohan
CASTROVIEJO Jonathan
ROWE Luke
Team Jumbo – Visma
ROGLIČ Primož
VAN AERT Wout
KRUIJSWIJK Steven
KUSS Sepp
GESINK Robert
MARTIN Tony
TEUNISSON Mike
Bora–Hansgrohe
SAGAN Peter
ACKERMANN Pascal
KÄMNA Lennard
KELDERMAN Wilco
KONRAD Patrick
POLITT Nils
AG2R La Mondiale-Citroën
VAN AVERMAET Greg
COSNEFROY Benoît
NAESEN Oliver
JUNGELS Bob
PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien
PETER Nans
Deceuninck – Quick-Step
ALAPHILIPPE Julian
BENNETT Sam
ASGREEN Kasper
LAMPAERT Yves
DECLERCQ Tim
Groupama–FDJ
DÉMARE Arnaud
GAUDU David
MADOUAS Valentin
SINKELDAM Ramon
MOLARD Rudy
GUARNIERI Jacapo
KONOVALOVAS Ignatas
Bahrain Victorious
LANDA Mikel
BILBAO Pello
POELS Wout
HAIG jack
COLBRELLI Sonny
TEUNS Dylan
MOHORIČ Matej
EF Education-Nippo
URÁN Rigoberto
CARTHY Hugh
HIGUITA Sergio
Arkéa-Samsic
QUINTANA Nairo
BOUHANNI Nacer
BARGUIL Warren
Movistar Team
LÓPEZ Miguel Ángel
MAS Enric
Trek–Segafredo
PEDERSEN Mads
NIBALI Vincenzo
MOLLEMA Bauke
STUYVAN Jasper
Intermarché-Wanty Gobert Matériaux
MEINTJES Louis
VAN POPPEL Danny
VLIEGAN Loïc
BAKELANTS Jan
Cofidis
MARTIN Guillaume
WALLAYS Jelle
PEREZ Anthony
Astana-Premier Tech
FUGLSANG Jakob
FRAILE Omar
LUTSENKO Alexey
IZAGIRRE Ion
Lotto-Soudal
EWAN Caleb
GILBERT Philippe
WELLENS Tim
DEGENKOLB John
DE GENDT Thomas
KLUGE Roger
DE BUYST Jasper
Mitchelton–Scott
YATES Simon
MATTHEWS Michael
JANSEN Amund Grøndahl
HAMILTON Lucas
STANNARD Robert
Israel Start-Up Nation
FROOME Chris
WOODS Michael
VANMARKE Sep
DE MARCHI Alessandro
MARTIN Dan
IMPEY Daryl
Total Direct Energie
BOSSON HAGEN Edvald
Team Qhubeka-Assos
NIZZOLO Giacomo
CAMPENAERTS Victor
Team DSM
B&B Hotels – Vital Concept
COQUARD Bryan
ROLLAND Pierre
Alpecin-Fenix
VAN DER POEL Mathieu
PHILIPSEN Jasper
MEURISSE Xandro
VAKOČ Petr
