The 2020 Tour de France kicks off on Saturday, August 29 in Nice, with 176 riders set to take to the start line.
The Tour was originally scheduled to start on June 27, however due to the coronavirus pandemic and the subsequent lockdowns across much of the world, the race was postponed. The UCI announced in May that the race would take place in August and September in a revamped schedule of WorldTour races.
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Some riders have since confirmed their intention to ride the uniquely scheduled edition of the Tour, Team Ineos will not be fielding three former winners, as previously thought.
Defending champion Egan Bernal will be taking the start in Nice but 2018 winner Geraint Thomas, and four-time winner Chris Froome have not been selected, with Team Ineos taking Richard Carapaz instead.
Jumbo-Visma have confirmed they will send a strong team that could challenge for victory, including 2017 Giro d’Italia winner Tom Dumoulin, last year’s Vuelta a España champion Primož Roglič, with Steven Kruijswijk, who was third overall at the 2019 Tour, missing out due to injury.
Other overall contenders confirmed include Miguel Ángel López (Astana), Nairo Quintana (Arkèa-Samsic), and Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ). Sprinters set to feature include Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Soudal), Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe), Elia Viviani (Cofidis), and Sam Bennett (Deceuninck-Quick-Step).
Last year’s most exciting rider Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) will return on the hunt for more stage wins, as will his compatriot Romain Bardet (Ag2r La Mondiale), who will look to be up there in the general classification.
France’s best hope is Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ), who showed good form at the Critéium du Dauphiné.
Tour de France confirmed 2020 start list
Team Ineos
1. BERNAL Egan
2. AMADOR Andrey
3. CARAPAZ Richard
4. CASTROVIEJO Jonathan
5. KWIATKOWSKI Michał
6. ROWE Luke
7. SIVAKOV Pavel
8. VAN BAARLE Dylan
Jumbo – Visma
11. ROGLIČ Primož
12. BENNETT George
13. JANSEN Amund Grøndahl
14. DUMOULIN Tom
15. GESINK Robert
16. KUSS Sepp
17. MARTIN Tony
18. VAN AERT Wout
Bora–Hansgrohe
21. SAGAN Peter
22. BUCHMANN Emanuel
23. GROßSCHARTNER Felix
24. KÄMNA Lennard
25. MÜHLBERGER Gregor
26. OSS Daniel
27. PÖSTLBERGER Lukas
28. SCHACHMANN Max
AG2R La Mondiale
31. BARDET Romain
32. CHEREL Mikaël
33. COSNEFROY Benoit
34. LATOUR Pierre
35. NAESEN Oliver
36. PETERS Nans
37. VENTURINI Clément
38. VUILLERMOZ Alexis
Deceuninck – Quick-Step
41. ALAPHILIPPE Julian
42. ASGREEN Kasper
43. BENNETT Sam
44. CAVAGNA Rémi
45. DECLERCQ Tim
46. DEVENYNS Dries
47. JUNGELS Bob
48. MØRKØV Michael
Groupama–FDJ
51. PINOT Thibaut
52. BONNET William
53. GAUDU David
54. KÜNG Stefan
55. LADAGNOUS Matthieu
56. MADOUAS Valentin
57. MOLARD Rudy
58. REICHENBACH Sébastien
Bahrain–McLaren
61. LANDA Mikel
62. BILBAO Pello
63. CARUSO Damiano
64. COLBRELLI Sonny
65. HALLER Marco
66. MOHORIČ Matej
67. POELS Wout
68. VALLS Rafael
EF Pro Cycling
71. URÁN Rigoberto
72. BETTIOL Alberto
73. CARTHY Hugh
74. HIGUITA Sergio
75. KEUKELEIRE Jens
76. MARTÍNEZ Daniel
77. POWLESS Neilson
78. VAN GARDEREN Tejay
Arkèa-Samsic
81. QUINTANA Nairo
82. ANACONA Winner
83. BARGUIL Warren
84. LEDANOIS Kevin
85. QUINTANA Dayer
86. ROSA Diego
87. RUSSO Clément
88. SWIFT Connor
Movistar Team
91. VALVERDE Alejandro
92. CATALDO Dario
93. ERVITI Imanol
94. MAS Enric
95. OLIVEIRA Nelson
96. ROJAS José Joaquín
97. SOLER Marc
98. VERONA Carlos
Trek–Segafredo
101. PORTE Richie
102. EG Niklas
103. ELLISONDE Kenny
104. MOLLEMA Bauke
105. PEDERSEN Mads
106. SKUJIŅŠ Toms
107. STUYVEN Jasper
108. THEUNS Edward
CCC Team
111. VAN AVERMAET Greg
112. DE MARCHI Alessandro
113. GESCHKE Simon
114. HIRT Jan
115. KOCH Jonas
116. SCHÄR Michael
117. TRENTIN Matteo
118. ZAKARIN Ilnur
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
121. MARTIN Guillaume
122. CONSONNI Simone
123. EDET Nicolas
124. HERRADA Jésus
125. LAPORTE Christophe
126. PEREZ Anthony
127. PÉRICHON Pierre-Luc
128. VIVIANI Elia
UAE Team Emirates
131. POGAČAR Tadej
132. ARU Fabio
133. DE LA CRUZ David
134. FORMOLO Davide
135. KRISTOFF Alexander
136. LAENGEN Vegard Stake
137. MARCATO Marco
138. POLANC Jan
Astana Pro Team
141. LÓPEZ Miguel Ángel
142. FRAILE Omar
143. HOULE Hugo
144. IZAGIRRE Gorka
145. IZAGIRRE Ion
146. LUTSENKO Alexey
147. SÁNCHEZ Luis León
148. TEJADA Harold
Lotto-Soudal
151. EWAN Caleb
152. CRAS Steff
153. DE BUYST Jasper
154. DE GENDT Thomas
155. DEGENKOLB John
156. FRISON Frederik
157. GILBERT Philippe
158. KLUGE Roger
Mitchelton–Scott
161. YATES Adam
162. BAUER Jack
163. BEWLEY Sam
164. CHAVES Esteban
165. IMPEY Daryl
166. JUUL-JENSEN Christopher
167. MEZGEC Luka
168. NIEVE Mikel
Israel Start-Up Nation
171. MARTIN Dan
172. GREIPEL André
173. HERMANS Ben
174. HOFSTETTER Hugo
175. NEILANDS Krists
176. NIV Guy
177. POLITT Nils
178. VAN ASBROECK Tom
Total Direct Energie
181. BONIFAZIO Niccolò
182. BURGAUDEAU Mathieu
183. CALMEJANE Lillian
184. COUSIN Jérôme
185. GRELLIER Fabien
186. SICARD Romain
187. SOUPE Geoffrey
188. TURGIS Anthony
NTT Pro Cycling
191. NIZZOLO Giacomo
192. BOASSON HAGEN Edvald
193. GIBBONS Ryan
194. GOGL Michael
195. VALGREN Michael
196. KREUZIGER Roman
197. POZZOVIVO Domenico
198. WALSCHEID Max
Team Sunweb
201. BENOOT Tiesj
202. ARNDT Nikias
203. BOL Cees
204. HIRSCHI Marc
205. ANDERSEN Søren Kragh
206. NIEUWENHUIS Joris
207. PEDERSEN Casper
208. ROCHE Nicholas
B&B Hotels – Vital Concept p/b KTM
211. ROLLAND Pierre
212. BARTHE Cyril
213. CHEVALIER Maxime
214. COQUARD Bryan
215. DEBUSSCHERE Jens
216. GAUTHIER Cyril
217. PACHER Quentin
218. REZA Kévin
