The British riders in the 2021 Tour de France

Six of the last nine Tours have been won by a British rider - will it be seven by July 18?

Tao won the Giro in 2020
(Image credit: Yuzuru SUNADA)

Great Britain are not expected to represented with quantity at the 2021 Tour de France, but instead with a little more than a handful of star quality.

Although official team sheets have yet to be announced, it is thought that six British riders will line-up for the start in Brest, with UK-registered team Ineos Grenadiers fielding half.

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Chris Marshall-Bell

A freelance sports journalist and podcaster, you'll mostly find Chris's byline attached to news scoops, profile interviews and feature writing across a variety of different publications. He has been writing regularly for Cycling Weekly since 2013.


Previously a ski, hiking and cycling guide in a number of places, but mostly in the Canadian Rockies and Spanish Pyrenees, he almost certainly holds the record for the most number of interviews conducted from snowy mountains.


He lives in Valencia, Spain.