[Nicky91]

teams so far

Team Visma-Lease a Bike:

Tiesj Benoot (BE)
Matteo Jorgenson (USA)
Wilco Kelderman (NL)
Sepp Kuss (USA)
Christophe Laporte (FRA)
Jan Tratnik (SLO)
Wout van Aert (BE)
Jonas Vingegaard (DEN)
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Team Decathlon-AG2R:

Bruno Armirail (FRA)
Sam Bennett (IRE)
Felix Gall (AUT)
Dorian Godon (FRA)
Paul Lapeira (FRA)
Oliver Naesen (BE)
Nans Peters (FRA)
Nicolas Prodhomme (FRA)
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Team Alpecin-Deceuninck:

Silvan Dillier (SUI)
Soren Kragh Andersen (DEN)
Axel Laurance (FRA)
Jasper Philipsen (BE)
Jonas Rickaert (BE)
Oscar Riesebeek (NL)
Mathieu Van der Poel (NL)
Gianni Vermeersch (BE)
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Arkéa-B&B Hotels:

Arnaud Demaré (FRA)
Kevin Vaquelin (FRA)
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Team Astana:

Davide Ballerini (ITA)
Cees Bol (NL)
Mark Cavendish (GB)
Evgeny Fedorov (KAZ)
Michele Gazzoli (ITA)
Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ)
Michael Morkov (DEN)
Harold Tejada (COL)
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Team Bahrain-Victorious:

Nikias Arndt (GER)
Phil Bauhaus (GER)
Pello Bilbao (ESP)
Santiago Buitrago (COL)
Jack Haig (AUS)
Matej Mohoric (SLO)
Wout Poels (NL)
Fred Wright (GB)
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Team Bora-Hansgrohe:

Nico Denz (GER)
Marco Haller (AUT)
Jai Hindley (AUS)
Bob Jungels (LUX)
Primoz Roglic (SLO)
Matteo Sobrero (ITA)
Danny van Poppel (NL)
Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS)
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Cofidis:

Bryan Coquard (FRA)
Simon Geschke (GER)
Jesus Herrada (ESP)
Ion Izagirre (ESP)
Guillaume Martin (FRA)
Stefano Oldani (ITA)
Alexis Renard (FRA)
Axel Zingle (FRA)
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Team EF-Education-EasyPost:

Alberto Bettiol (ITA)
Richard Carapaz (ECU)
Ben Healy (IRE)
Neilson Powless (USA)
Marijn van den Berg (NL)
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Groupama-FDJ:

David Gaudu (FRA)
Romain Gregoire (FRA)
Stefan Kung (SUI)
Valentin Madouas (FRA)
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Ineos-Grenadiers:

Egan Bernal (COL)
Jonathan Castroviejo (ESP)
Laurent de Plus (BE)
Michal Kwiatkowski (POL)
Thomas Pidcock (GB)
Carlos Rodrigues (ESP)
Geraint Thomas (GB)
Ben Turner (GB)
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Intermarché-Wanty:

Vito Braet (BE)
Biniam Girmay (ERI)
Kobe Goossens (BE)
Louis Meintjes (RSA)
Lorenzo Rota (ITA)
Rein Taaramae (EST)
Mike Teunissen (NL)
Gerben Thijsen (BE)
Gijs van Hoecke (BE)
Georg Zimmermann (GER)
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Lidl-Trek:

Julien Bernard (FRA)
Giulio Ciccone (ITA)
Tim Declercq (BE)
Ryan Gibbons (RSA)
Mads Pedersen (DEN)
Toms Skujins (LAT)
Jasper Stuyven (BE)
Carlos Verona (ESP)
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Team Movistar:

Alex Aranburu (ESP)
Davide Formolo (ITA)
Fernando Gaviria (COL)
Oier Lazkano (ESP)
Enric Mas (ESP)
Gregor Muhlberger (AUT)
Nelson Oliveira (POR)
Javier Romo (ESP)
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Soudal-QuickStep:

Remco Evenepoel (BE)
Yves Lampaert (BE)
Mikel Landa (ESP)
Gianni Moscon (ITA)
Caspar Pedersen (DEN)
Ilan van Wilder (BE)
Louis Vervaeke (BE)
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Team DSM-PostNL:

Romain Bardet (FRA)
Warren Barguil (FRA)
Fabio Jakobsen (NL)
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Team Jayco-AlUla:

Luke Durbridge (AUS)
Dylan Groenewegen (NL)
Chris Harper (AUS)
Christopher Juul-Jensen (DEN)
Michael Matthews (AUS)
Luka Mezgec (SLO)
Elmar Reinders (NL)
Simon Yates (GB)
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UAE Team Emirates:

Joao Almeida (POR)
Juan Ayuso (ESP)
Tadej Pogacar (SLO)
Nils Politt (GER)
Pavel Sivakov (FRA)
Marc Soler (ESP)
Tim Wellens (BE)
Adam Yates (GB)
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Israel-PremierTech:

Pascal Ackermann (GER)
Guillaume Bovin (CAN)
Jakob Fuglsang (DEN)
Derek Gee (CAN)
Hugo Houle (CAN)
Krists Neilands (LAT)
Jake Stewart (GB)
Stephen Williams (GB)
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Lotto-Dstny:

Cedric Beullens (BE)
Victor Campanaerts (BE)
Arnaud de Lie (BE)
Jarrad Drizners (AUS)
Harm Vanhoucke (BE)
Maxim Van Gils (BE)
Brent Van Moer (BE)
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Uno-X Mobility:

Jonas Abrahamsen (NOR)
Magnus Cort (DEN)
Odd Christian Eiking (NOR)
Tobias Halland Johannessen (NOR)
Alexander Kristoff (NOR)
Johannes Kulset (NOR)
Rasmus Tiller (NOR)
Soren Waerenskjold (NOR)
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Team TotalEnergies:

Mathieu Burgaudeau (FRA)
Steff Cras (BE)

It will start in Florence, Italy, on 29 June, and will finish in Nice, France, on 21 July.

The race will not finish in (or near) Paris for the first time since its inception, owing to preparations for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

[James]

Cavendish breaks Tour de France stage record



Harry Poole
BBC Sport journalist
Published
5 hours ago

Mark Cavendish broke the Tour de France stage wins record as he took his 35th victory in cycling's greatest race to surpass the legendary Eddy Merckx with a sensational sprint finish in Saint Vulbas.

Contesting what is expected to be his final Tour, the 39-year-old burst clear in a dramatic finale to stage five and raised his arms in celebration as he crossed the line victorious, before being embraced by his team.

The historic achievement comes one year after Cavendish suffered a race-ending crash on stage eight, one day after being pipped to a record-breaking victory by Jasper Philipsen.

"You sprint and go as hard as you can until you get to the finish and maybe your life changes if you cross that line first, maybe it doesn't if you don't. That is the nature of this race and what makes it so beautiful," Cavendish told ITV.

Cavendish had jointly held the record for most Tour stage wins with Belgian Merckx since winning his 34th stage in 2021.....

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/...s/c2q05e2e920o

[smudgie]

Originally Posted by James

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/...s/c2q05e2e920o

Delighted. He has a god team behind him.
He can retire happy now, another one in the bag would be amazing mind.

[Beso]

You are missing Oscar Olny, Nicky.