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the teams entering are

AG2R
- Romain Bardet (FRA)
-Mikael Cherel (FRA)
-Benoit Cosnefroy (FRA)
-Mathias Frank (SUI)
-Tony Gallopin (FRA)
-Alexis Gougeard (FRA)
-Oliver Naesen (BEL)
-Alexis Vuillermoz (FRA)

Astana
-Jakob Fuglsang (DEN)
-Pello Bilbao (ESP)
-Omar Fraile (ESP)
-Hugo Houle (CAN)
-Gorka Izagirre (ESP)
-Aleksej Loetsenko (KAZ)
-Magnus C Nielsen (DEN)
-Luis Leon Sanchez (ESP)


Bahrain-Merida
-Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)
-Damiano Caruso (ITA)
-Sonny Colbrelli (ITA)
-Rohan Dennis (Australia)
-Ivan Garcia (ESP)
-Matej Mohoric (SLO)
-Dylan Teuns (BEL)
-Jan Tratnik (SLO)

Bora-Hansgrohe
-Peter Sagan (SVK)
-Emanuel Buchmann (GER)
-Marcus Burghardt (GER)
-Patrick Konrad (Austria)
-Gregor Muhlberger (Austria)
-Daniel Oss (ITA)
-Lukas Postlberger (Austria)
-Maximillian Schachmann (GER)


CCC Team
- Greg Van Avermaet (BEL)
-Patrick Bevin (NZL)
-Alessandro De Marchi (ITA)
-Simon Geschke (GER)
-Serge Pauwels (BEL)
-Joey Rosskopf (USA)
-Michael Schar (SUI)
-Lukasz Wisniowski (POL)

EF (Education First)
- Rigoberto Uran (COL)
-Alberto Bettiol (ITA)
-Simon Clarke (Australia)
-Tanel Kangert (EST)
-Sebastian Langeveld (NL)
-Tom Scully (NZL)
-Tejay Van Garderen (USA)
-Michael Woods (CAN)


Team Dimension Data
-Edvard Boasson Hagen (NOR)
-Lars Bak (DEN)
-Steve Cummings (GB)
-Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (South Africa)
-Benjamin King (USA)
-Roman Kreuziger (CZE)
-Giacomo Nozzolo (ITA)
-Michael Valgren (DEN)


Groupama
-Thibaut Pinot (FRA)
-William Bonnet (FRA)
-David Gaudu (FRA)
-Stefan Kung (SUI)
-Matthieu Ladagnous (FRA)
-Rudy Molard (FRA)
-Sebastien Reichenbach (SUI)
-Anthony Roux (FRA)



Team Ineos
-Geraint Thomas (GB)
-Egan Bernal (COL)
-Jonatan Castroviejo (ESP)
-Michal Kwiatkowski (POL)
-Gianni Moscon (ITA)
-Wout Poels (NL)
-Luke Rowe(GB)
-Dylan Van Baarle (NL)

Team Katusha-Alpecin
-Ilnur Zakarin (RUS)
-Jens DeBusschere (BEL)
-Alex Dowsett (GB)
-Jose Goncalves (POR)
-Marco Haller (Austria)
-Nils Politt (GER)
-Mads Wurtz (DEN)
-Rick Zabel (GER)

Team Jumbo-Visma
-Steven Kruijswijk (NL)
-George Bennett (NZL)
-Laurens De Plus (BEL)
-Dylan Groenewegen (NL)
-Amund Grond.Jansen (NOR)
-Tony Martin (GER)
-Mike Teunissen (NL)
-Wout Van Aert (BEL)

Lotto-Soudal
-Caleb Ewan (Australia)
-Tiesj Benoot (BEL)
-Jasper de Buyst (BEL)
-Thomas de Gendt (BEL)
-Jens Keukeleire (BEL)
-Roger Kluge (GER)
-Maxine Monfort (BEL)
-Tim Wellens (BEL)

Movistar-Team
-Nairo Quintana (COL)
-Alejandro Valverde (ESP)
-Andrey Amador (CostaRica)
-Imanol Erviti (ESP)
-Mikel Landa (ESP)
-Nelson Oliveira (POR)
-Marc Soler (ESP)
-Carlos Verona (ESP)

Mitchelton-Scott
-Adam Yates (GB)
-Luke Durbridge (Australia)
-Jack Haig (Australia)
-Michael Hepburn (Australia)
-Daryl Impey (South Africa)
-Christian Juul-Jensen (DEN)
-Matteo Trentin (ITA)
-Simon Yates (GB)


Deceuninck-Quick-Step
-Julian Alaphillipe (FRA)
-Kasper Asgreen (DEN)
-Dries Devenyns (BEL)
-Yves Lampaert (BEL)
-Enric Mas (ESP)
-Michael Morkov (DEN)
-Maximiliano Richeze (ARG)
-Elia Viviani (ITA)

Team Sunweb
-Michael Matthews (Australia)
-Nikias Arndt (GER)
-Cees Bol (NL)
-Chad Haga (USA)
-Lennart Kamna (GER)
-Wilco Kelderman (NL)
-Soren Kragh (DEN)
-Nicolas Roche (IRE)

Trek-Segafredo
-Richie Porte (Australia)
-Julien Bernard (FRA)
-Giulio Ciccone (ITA)
-Koen De Kort (NL)
-Fabio Felline (ITA)
-Bauke Mollema (NL)
-Toms Skujins (LAT)
-Jasper Stuyven (BEL)

UAE Team Emirates
-Daniel Martin (IRE)
-Fabio Aru (ITA)
-Sven Erik Bystrom (NOR)
-Rui Costa (POR)
-Sergio Henao (COL)
-Alexander Kristoff (NOR)
-Vegard Laengen (NOR)
-Jasper Philipsen (BEL)

and UCI professional continental teams

Cofidis
-Christophe Laporte (FRA)
-Natnael Berhane (Eritrea)
-Nicolas Edet (FRA)
-Jesus Herrada (ESP)
-Anthony Perez (FRA)
-Pierre-Luc Perichon (FRA)
-Stephane Rossetto (FRA)
-Julien Simon (FRA)


Wanty Groupe
-Guillaume Martin (FRA)
-Frederik Backaert (BEL)
-Aime De Gendt (BEL)
-Odd Christophe Eiking (NOR)
-Xandro Meurisse (BEL)
-Yoann Offredo (FRA)
-Andrea Pasqualon (ITA)
-Kevin Van Melsen (BEL)


Total Direct Energie
-Lilian Calmejane (FRA)
-Niccolo Bonifazio (ITA)
-Fabien Grellier (FRA)
-Paul Ourselin (FRA)
-Romain Sicard (FRA)
-Rein Taaramae (EST)
-Niki Terpstra (NL)
-Anthony Turgis (FRA)

Arkea-Samsic
-Warren Barguil (FRA)
-Maxime Bouet (FRA)
-Anthony Delaplace (FRA)
-Elie Gesbert (FRA)
-Andre Greipel (GER)
-Kevin Ledanois (FRA)
-Amael Moinard (FRA)
-Florian Vachon (FRA)

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this will begin 6th of July

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Le Tour, their rules

fun fact about yesterday 50 yrs ago

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line ups of all teams confirmed

tomorrow the tour de france will start from Brussels, Belgium (bc of 50 years since eddy merckx winning the tour)

[smudgie]

Bring it on

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here on our news they said Dylan Groenewegen might be a contender for the first sprint of the season

but for sure i think Sagan and Greipel are good competitors for the sprint either

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Youtube video

GCN (Global Cycling Network) their tour de france preview show for this year

[smudgie]

No Froomie.
No Cav.
😢

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Originally Posted by smudgie

No Froomie.
No Cav.
😢

but still you guys have Adam, Simon Yates and also Geraint Thomas, and maybe a new british talent will step it up now there is no froome, no cavendish in the sprint

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shocked so far we dutch are doing quite well, teamJumbo

also it's great it's not very hot weather right now for the tour

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Youtube video

yesterday's stage was a lot of mountains, here the highlights of that


today's stage will be the longest this year


standings

Yellow Jersey

1. Ciccone (ITA)
2. Alaphillippe (FRA)
3. Teuns (BEL)

Mountain Jersey

1. Wellens (BEL) 43 points
2. Ciccone (ITA) 30 points
3. Meurisse (BEL) 27 points

Green Jersey

1. Sagan (SVK) 144 points
2. Matthews (Australia) 98 points
3. Viviani (ITA) 92 points

white jersey

1. Ciccone (ITA)
2. Bernal (COL)
3. Mas (ESP)

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Youtube video

highlights of yesterday's longest stage of this years tour

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Colombia's Egon Bernal won the tour, Thomas in 2nd, and dutch Steven Kruijswijk 3rd