Tour de France 2018 start list: Team-by-team guide to the 176 riders as Chris Froome begins as favourite
The Tour de France begins on Saturday 7 July in Vendee, where 22 teams and 176 riders will compete over 21 stages
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Your support makes all the difference.The Tour de France begins on Saturday 7 July in Vendee, where 22 teams and 176 riders will compete over 21 stages.
This year teams are only allowed eight riders in grand tours, reduced from nine, meaning any abandonments during the gruelling opening nine stages before the first rest day could have major consequences further down the line.
Team Sky's Chris Froome is the favourite to win the race but he faces stiff competition from Movistar's trio of Mikel Landa, Alejandro Valverde and Nairo Quintana, as well as BMC's Richie Porte and a host of others.
Here is the full start list:
Ag2R La Mondiale
Romain Bardet (Fra)
Silvan Dillier (Swi)
Axel Domont (Fra)
Tony Gallopin (Fra)
Mathias Frank (Swi)
Pierre Latour (Fra)
Oliver Naesen (Bel)
Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra)
Astana Pro Team
Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den)
Omar Fraile (Spa)
Jesper Hansen (Den)
Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa)
Michael Valgren (Den)
Jakob Fuglsang (Den)
Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz)
Tanel Kangert (Est)
Bahrain-Merida
Sonny Colbrelli (Ita)
Heinrich Haussler (Aus)
Gorka Izagirre (Spa)
Ion Izagirre (Spa)
Kristjan Koren (Slo)
Vincenzo Nibali (Ita)
Franco Pellizotti (Ita)
Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita)
BMC Racing
Patrick Bevin (NZl)
Damiano Caruso (Ita)
Simon Gerrans (Aus)
Stefan Kung (Swi)
Richie Porte (Aus)
Greg Van Avermaet (Bel)
Tejay van Garderen (USA)
Michael Schar (Swi)
Bora-Hansgrohe
Maciej Bodnar (Pol)
Rafal Majka (Pol)
Daniel Oss (Ita)
Peter Sagan (Svk)
Gregor Muhlberger (Aut)
Marcus Burghardt (Ger)
Pawel Poljanski (Pol)
Lukas Postlberger (aut)
Confidis
Dimitri Claets (Bel)
Jesus Herrada (Spa)
Nicolas Edet (Fra)
Christophe Laporte (Fra)
Daniel Navaro (Spa)
Anthony Perez (Fra)
Julien Simon (Fra)
Anthony Turgis (fra)
Direct Energie
Lilian Calmajane (Fra)
Rein Taaramae (Est)
Romain Sicard (Fra)
Damien Gaudin (Fra)
Jerome Cousin (Fra)
Sylvain Chavanel (Fra)
Thomas Boudat (Fra)
Fabien Grellier (Fra)
Groupama-FDJ
Rudy Molard (Fra)
Arnaud Demare (Fra)
David Gaudu (Fra)
Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita)
Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe)
Olivier Le Gac (Fra)
Ramon Sinkledam (Fra)
Arthur Vichot (Fra)
Lotto Soudal
Tiesj Benoot (Bel)
Jasper De Buyst (Bel)
Thomas De Gendt (Bel)
Andre Greipel (Ger)
Marcel Sieberg (Ger)
Tomasz Marczynski (Pol)
Jelle Vanendert (Bel)
Jens Keukeleire (Bel)
Mitchelton-Scott
Jack Bauer (NZl)
Luke Durbridge (Aus)
Adam Yates (Gbr)
Mat Hayman (Aus)
Michael Hepburn (Aus)
Daryl Impey (RSA)
Mikel Nieve (Spa)
Damien Howson (Aus)
Movistar
Andrey Amador (Crc)
Daniele Bennati (Ita)
Imanol Erviti (Spa)
Mikel Landa (Spa)
Nairo Quintana (Col)
Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa)
Marc Soler (Spa)
Alejandro Valverde (Spa)
Quick-Step Floors
Julian Alaphilippe (Fra)
Fernando Gaviria (Col)
Philippe Gilbert (Bel)
Bob Jungels (Lux)
Maximiliano Richeze (Arg)
Niki Terpstra (Ned)
Tim Declercq (Bel)
Yves Lampaert (Bel)
Dimension Data
Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor)
Mark Cavendish (GBr)
Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (RSA)
Serge Pauwels (Bel)
Mark Renshaw (Aus)
Tom-Jelte Slagter (Ned)
Jay Thomson (RSA)
Julien Vermote (Bel)
Cannondale
Pierre Rolland (Fra)
Rigoberto Uran (Col)
Sep Vanmarcke (Bel)
Taylor Phinney (USA)
Simon Clarke (Aus)
Lawson Craddock (USA)
Tom Scully (NZl)
Daniel Martinez (Col)
Fortuneo-Samsic
Warren Barguil (Fra)
Romain Bardy (Fra)
Amael Moinard (Fra)
Elie Gesbert (Fra)
Maxime Bouet (Fra)
Kevin Ledanois (Fra)
Laurent Pichon (Fra)
Florian Vachon (Fra)
Katusha-Alpecin
Marcel Kittel (Ger)
Ilnur Zakarin (Rus)
Tony Martin (Ger)
Pavel Kochetkov (Rus)
Ian Boswell (USA)
Rick Zabel (Ger)
Nils Politt (Ger)
Robert Kiserlovksi (Cro)
LottNL-Jumbo
Robert Gesink (Ned)
Dylan Groenewegen (Ned)
Armund Grondahl Jansen (Nor)
Steven Kruijswijk (Ned)
Paul Martens (Ger)
Primoz Roglic (Slo)
Timo Roosen (Ned)
Antwan Tolheok (Ned)
Team Sky
Egan Bernal (Col)
Chris Froome (GBr)
Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol)
Gianni Moscon (Ita)
Wout Poels (Ned)
Geraint Thomas (GBr)
Luke Rowe (GBr)
Jonathan Castroviejo (GBr)
Team Sunweb
Nikias Arndt (Ger)
Tom Dumoulin (Ned)
Simon Geschke (Ger)
Chad Haga (USA)
Soren Kragh Andersen (Den)
Michael Matthews (Aus)
Laurens ten Dam (Ned)
Edward Theuns (Bel)
Trek-Segafredo
John Degenkolb (Ger)
Julien Bernard (Fra)
Bauke Mollema (Ned)
Koen de Kort (Ned)
Michael Gogl (Aut)
Tsgabu Grmay (Eth)
Toms Skuijns (Lat)
Jasper Stuyven (Bel)
UAE Team Emirates
Kristjan Durasek (Cro)
Alexander Kristoff (Nor)
Daniel Martin (Irl)
Robert Ferrari (Ita)
Darwin Atapuma (Col)
Marco Marcato (Ita)
Rory Sutherland (Aus)
Oliviero Troia (Ita)
Wanty-Groupe Gobert
Thomas Degand (Bel)
Timothy Dupond (Bel)
Guillaume Martin (Fra)
Marco Minnaard (Ned)
Andrea Pasqualon (Ita)
Dion Smith (NZl)
Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel)
Yoann Offredo (Fra)
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