{"id":165579,"date":"2018-06-29T10:55:07","date_gmt":"2018-06-29T10:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=165579"},"modified":"2018-06-29T10:56:06","modified_gmt":"2018-06-29T10:56:06","slug":"full-tour-de-france-2018-provisional-startlist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2018\/06\/29\/full-tour-de-france-2018-provisional-startlist\/","title":{"rendered":"Full Tour de France 2018 Provisional Startlist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Each of the 18 top-flight professional teams sends 8 riders to this year\u2019s Grand Boucle, one fewer than in previous years due to a rule change introduced by the International Cycling Union. Some teams are yet to confirm their line-ups, but the provisional squads are already taking shape. We bring you the full list of riders who are expected to start in the Tour de France next Saturday.<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Ag2r-La Mondiale (Fra)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>General manager: Vincent Lavenu<br \/>\nBike: Factor<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BkUfZk2AyNV\/?taken-by=ag2rlamondiale_procyclingteam<\/p>\n<p>Eight-man team: Romain Bardet (Fra), Silvan Dillier (Swi), Axel Domont (Fra), Tony Gallopin (Fra), Alexandre Geniez (Fra), Pierre Latour (Fra), Oliver Naesen (Bel), Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra).<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Astana (Kaz)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>General manager: Alexandre Vinokourov<br \/>\nBike: Argon 18<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BkF_sCzgw1o\/?hl=cs&#038;taken-by=proteamastana<\/p>\n<p>Eight-man team to be selected from (Riders who are expected to appear on the starting line are highlighted in bold): Pello Bilbao (Spa), Zhandos Bizhigitov (Kaz), Dario Cataldo (Ita), Sergey Chernetskiy (Rus), <strong>Magnus Cort<\/strong> (Den), Laurens de Vreese (Bel), Daniil Fominykh (Kaz), <strong>Omar Fraile<\/strong> (Spa), <strong>Jakob Fuglsang<\/strong> (Den), Oscar Gatto (Ita), Yevgeniy Gidich (Kaz), Andriy Grivko (Ukr), Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz), <strong>Jesper Hansen<\/strong> (Den), Hugo Houle (Can), Tanel Kangert (Est), Truls Engen Kors\u00e6th (Den), Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev (Kaz), Miguel \u00c1ngel L\u00f3pez (Col), Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz), Riccardo Minali (Ita), Moreno Moser (Ita), <strong>Luis Le\u00f3n S\u00e1nchez<\/strong> (Spa), Nikita Stalnov (Kaz), Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz), <strong>Michael Valgren<\/strong> (Den), Davide Villella (Ita), Artyom Zakharov (Kaz), Andrey Zeits (Kaz).<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Bahrain-Merida (Brn)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>General manager: Brent Copeland<br \/>\nBike: Merida<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BkhpF4bHFx7\/?hl=cs&#038;taken-by=bahrain_merida<\/p>\n<p>Eight-man team: Sonny Colbrelli (Ita), Heinrich Haussler (Aus), Gorka Izagirre (Spa), Ion Izagirre (Spa), Kristijan Koren (Slo), Vincenzo Nibali (Ita), Franco Pellizotti (Ita), Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita).<\/p>\n<h2><strong>BMC Racing (US)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>General manager: Jim Ochowicz<br \/>\nBike: BMC<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BkDJ_vxHQjL\/?taken-by=ride_bmc<\/p>\n<p>Eight-man team: Patrick Bevin (NZ), Damiano Caruso (Ita), Simon Gerrans (Aus), Stefan K\u00fcng (Swi), Richie Porte (Aus), Michael Sch\u00e4r (Swi), Greg Van Avermaet (Bel), Tejay van Garderen (US).<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Bora-Hansgrohe (Ger)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>General manager: Ralph Denk<br \/>\nBike: Specialized<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BkhdRQOAFTw\/?hl=cs&#038;taken-by=borahansgrohe<\/p>\n<p>Eight-man team: Maciej Bodnar (Pol), Marcus Burghardt (Ger), Rafal Majka (Pol), Gregor M\u00fchlberger (Aut), Daniel Oss (Ita), Lukas P\u00f6stlberger (Aut), Pawel Poljanski (Pol), Peter Sagan (Svk).<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Cofidis, Solutions Cr\u00e9dits (Fra)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>General manager: C\u00e9dric Vasseur<br \/>\nBike: Kuota<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">Soutenez l\u2019\u00e9quipe pour <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeTour?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LeTour<\/a>  \ud83d\udce3<\/p>\n<p>Enregistrez une vid\u00e9o d&#39;encouragement et faites nous la parvenir \u00e0 encouragezlateamcofidis@gmail.com. Nous compilerons les plus beaux messages en une seule vid\u00e9o qui sera publi\u00e9e avant le d\u00e9part \ud83d\udc8c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CofidisMyTeam?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CofidisMyTeam<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TDF2018?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TDF2018<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eVIhYVnIoJ\">pic.twitter.com\/eVIhYVnIoJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Team Cofidis (@TeamCOFIDIS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeamCOFIDIS\/status\/1010432269708906496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 23, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Eight-man team to be selected from (Riders who are expected to appear on the starting line are highlighted in bold): Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra), <strong>Nacer Bouhanni<\/strong> (Fra), Rayane Bouhanni (Fra), Lo\u00efc Chetout (Fra), Dimitri Claeys (Bel), Nicolas Edet (Fra), Dorian Godon (Fra), <strong>Jes\u00fas Herrada<\/strong> (Spa), <strong>Jos\u00e9 Herrada<\/strong> (Spa), Hugo Hofstetter (Fra), Christophe Laporte (Fra), Mathias Le Turnier (Fra), Cyril Lemoine (Fra), <strong>Luis \u00c1ngel Mat\u00e9<\/strong> (Spa), Daniel Navarro (Spa), Anthony Perez (Fra), St\u00e9phane Rossetto (Fra), Julien Simon (Fra), Geoffrey Soupe (Fra), Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri), Anthony Turgis (Fra), Jimmy Turgis (Fra), Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel), Michael Van Staeyen (Bel), Kenneth Vanbilsen (Bel).<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Dimension Data (SA)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>General manager: Doug Ryder<br \/>\nBike: Cervelo<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BkZpdFEHgLM\/?taken-by=teamdidata<\/p>\n<p>Eight-man team to be selected from (Riders who are expected to appear on the starting line are highlighted in bold): Igor Ant\u00f3n (Spa), Natnael Berhane (Eri), <strong>Edvald Boasson Hagen<\/strong> (Nor), <strong>Mark Cavendish<\/strong> (GB), Steve Cummings (GB), Scott Davies (GB, neo-pro), Mekseb Debesay (Eri), Nicholas Dlamini (SA, neo-pro), Nicolas Dougall (SA), Bernhard Eisel (Aut), Amanuel Gebreigzabhier (Eri, neo-pro), Ryan Gibbons (SA, neo-pro), Jacques Janse van Rensburg (SA), Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (SA), Ben King (US), Merhawi Kudus (Eri), Louis Meintjes (SA), Lachlan Morton (Aus), Ben O&#8217;Connor (Aus, neo-pro), Serge Pauwels (Bel), Mark Renshaw (Aus), <strong>Tom-Jelte Slagter<\/strong> (Hol), Jay Thomson (SA), Scott Thwaites (GB), Johann van Zyl (SA), Jaco Venter (SA), Julien Vermote (Bel).<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Direct \u00c9nergie (Fra)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>General manager: Jean-Ren\u00e9 Bernaudeau<br \/>\nBike: Wilier Triestina<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BjW03Von9hT\/?taken-by=teamdirectenergieofficiel<\/p>\n<p>Eight-man team to be selected from (Riders who are expected to appear on the starting line are highlighted in bold): <strong>Thomas Boudat<\/strong> (Fra), <strong>Lilian Calmejane<\/strong> (Fra), Romain Cardis (Fra), <strong>Sylvain Chavanel<\/strong> (Fra), J\u00e9r\u00e9my Cornu (Fra), <strong>J\u00e9r\u00f4me Cousin<\/strong> (Fra), <strong>Damien Gaudin<\/strong> (Fra), <strong>Yohann G\u00e8ne<\/strong> (Fra), Fabien Grellier (Fra), Jonathan Hivert (Fra), Axel Journiaux (Fra), Bryan Nauleau (Fra), Paul Ourselin (Fra), Adrien Petit (Fra), <strong>Alexandre Pichot<\/strong> (Fra), Perrig Qu\u00e9m\u00e9neur (Fra), Simon Sellier (Fra), <strong>Romain Sicard<\/strong> (Fra), Rein Taaramae (Est), Angelo Tulik (Fra).<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Education First\u2013Drapac p\/b Cannondale (US)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>General manager: Jonathan Vaughters<br \/>\nBike: Cannondale<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BkkbptVl6km\/?taken-by=rideargyle<\/p>\n<p>Eight-man team: Simon Clarke (Aus), Lawson Craddock (US), Daniel Mart\u00ednez (Col), Taylor Phinney (US), Pierre Rolland (Fra), Tom Scully (NZ), Rigoberto Ur\u00e1n (Col), Sep Vanmarcke (Bel).<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Fortuneo-Samsic (Fra)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>General manager: Emmanuel Hubert<br \/>\nBike: Look<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bjz55ZXBlXj\/?hl=da&#038;taken-by=fortuneosamsic<\/p>\n<p>Eight-man team to be selected from (Riders who are expected to appear on the starting line are highlighted in bold): <strong>Warren Barguil<\/strong> (Fra), Franck Bonnamour (Fra), <strong>Maxime Bouet<\/strong> (Fra), Michael Carbel (Den), Maxime Daniel (Fra), Anthony Delaplace (Fra), <strong>Brice Feillu<\/strong> (Fra), Armindo Fonseca (Fra), Arnaud G\u00e9rard (Fra), <strong>\u00c9lie Gesbert<\/strong> (Fra), <strong>Romain Hardy<\/strong> (Fra), Beno\u00eet Jarrier (Fra), Romain Le Roux (Fra), K\u00e9vin Ledanois (Fra), Sindre Lunke (Nor), Jeremy Maison (Fra), <strong>Ama\u00ebl Moinard<\/strong> (Fra), Pierre-Luc P\u00e9richon (Fra), Laurent Pichon (Fra), Clement Russo (Fra), Florian Vachon (Fra), Bram Welten (Hol).<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Groupama-FDJ (Fra)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>General manager: Marc Madiot<br \/>\nBike: Lapierre<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BkmoNgZna1R\/?taken-by=equipegroupamafdj<\/p>\n<p>Eight-man team: Arnaud D\u00e9mare (Fra), David Gaudu (Fra, neo-pro), Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita), Olivier Le Gac (Fra), Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe), Rudy Molard (Fra), Ramon Sinkeldam (Hol), Arthur Vichot (Fra).<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Katusha-Alpecin (Swi)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>General manager: Jose Azevedo<br \/>\nBike: Canyon<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BkcvFXSBpvl\/?taken-by=katushacycling<\/p>\n<p>Eight-man team: Ian Boswell (US), Robert Kiserlovski (Cro), Marcel Kittel (Ger), Pavel Kochetkov (Rus), Tony Martin (Ger), Nils Politt (Ger), Rick Zabel (Ger), Ilnur Zakarin (Rus).<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Lotto-Soudal (Bel)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>General manager: Marc Sergeant<br \/>\nBike: Ridley<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BkiH4p0gO1N\/?taken-by=lotto_soudal<\/p>\n<p>Eight-man team: Tiesj Benoot (Bel), Jasper De Buyst (Bel), Thomas De Gendt (Bel), Andr\u00e9 Greipel (Ger), Jens Keukeleire (Bel), Tomasz Marczynski (Pol), Marcel Sieberg (Ger), Jelle Vanendert (Bel).<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Lotto NL-Jumbo (Hol)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>General manager: Richard Plugge<br \/>\nBike: Bianchi<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BkST8__HLsY\/?taken-by=lottonljumbo_road<\/p>\n<p>Eight-man team: Robert Gesink (Hol), Amund Grondahl Jansen (Nor, neo-pro), Dylan Groenewegen (Hol), Steven Kruijswijk (Hol), Paul Martens (Ger), Primoz Roglic (Slo), Timo Roosen (Hol), Antwan Tolhoek (Hol).<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Mitchelton-Scott (Aus)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>General manager: Shayne Bannan<br \/>\nBike: Scott<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BkUeKxkn_XY\/?hl=cs&#038;taken-by=mitchelton_scott<\/p>\n<p>Eight-man team: Jack Bauer (NZ), Luke Durbridge (Aus), Mathew Hayman (Aus), Michael Hepburn (Aus), Damien Howson (Aus), Daryl Impey (SA), Mikel Nieve (Spa), Adam Yates (GB).<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Movistar (Spa)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>General manager: Eusebio Unzu\u00e9<br \/>\nBike: Canyon<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bkc2HNZnfKp\/?taken-by=movistar_team<\/p>\n<p>Eight-man team: Andrey Amador (Crc), Daniele Bennati (Ita), Imanol Erviti (Spa), Mikel Landa (Spa), Nairo Quintana (Col), Jos\u00e9 Joaqu\u00edn Rojas (Spa), Marc Soler (Spa), Alejandro Valverde (Spa).<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Quick-Step Floors (Bel)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>General manager: Patrick Lef\u00e9v\u00e8re<br \/>\nBike: Specialized<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bke4vCnAAOH\/?hl=cs&#038;taken-by=quickstep_team<\/p>\n<p>Eight-man team: Julian Alaphilippe (Fra), Tim Declercq (Bel), Fernando Gaviria (Col), Philippe Gilbert (Bel), Bob Jungels (Lux), Yves Lampaert (Bel), Maximiliano Richeze (Arg), Niki Terpstra (Hol).<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Sunweb (Ger)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>General manager: Iwan Spekenbrink<br \/>\nBike: Giant<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BkVBfg8gUQj\/?hl=cs&#038;taken-by=teamsunweb<\/p>\n<p>Eight-man team to be selected from (Riders who are expected to appear on the starting line are highlighted in bold): Soren Kragh Andersen (Den), <strong>Nikias Arndt <\/strong>(Ger), <strong>Phil Bauhaus<\/strong> (Ger), <strong>Roy Curvers<\/strong> (Hol), <strong>Tom Dumoulin<\/strong> (Hol), Johannes Fr\u00f6hlinger (Ger), <strong>Simon Geschke<\/strong> (Ger), <strong>Chad Haga<\/strong> (US), Chris Hamilton (Aus, neo-pro), Jai Hindley (Aus, neo-pro), Lennard Hofstede (Hol, neo-pro), Lennard K\u00e4mna (Ger), <strong>Wilco Kelderman<\/strong> (Hol), <strong>Michael Matthews<\/strong> (Aus), Sam Oomen (Hol), Tom Stamsnijder (Hol), Michael Storer (Aus, neo-pro), Laurens ten Dam (Hol), <strong>Mike Teunissen<\/strong> (Hol), <strong>Edward Theuns<\/strong> (Bel), Martijn Tusveld (Hol, neo-pro), Louis Vervaeke (Bel), Max Walscheid (Ger).<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Team Sky (GB)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>General manager: Sir Dave Brailsford<br \/>\nBike: Pinarello<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bj4Mb4NlnEu\/?taken-by=teamsky<\/p>\n<p>Eight-man team to be selected from (Riders who are expected to appear on the starting line are highlighted in bold): Leonardo Basso (Ita, neo-pro), <strong>Egan Bernal<\/strong> (Col), Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa), David de la Cruz (Spa), Philip Deignan (Irl), Jonathan Dibben (GB, neo-pro), Owain Doull (GB, neo-pro), Kenny Elissonde (Fra), <strong>Chris Froome<\/strong> (GB), Tao Geoghegan Hart (GB, neo-pro), Michal Golas (Pol), Kristoffer Halvorsen (Nor, neo-pro), Sebastian Henao (Col), Sergio Henao (Col), Be\u00f1at Intxausti (Spa), Vasil Kiryienka (Blr), Christian Knees (Ger), <strong>Michal Kwiatkowski<\/strong> (Pol), Chris Lawless (GB, neo-pro), David L\u00f3pez (Spa), <strong>Gianni Moscon<\/strong> (Ita), <strong>Wout Poels<\/strong> (Hol), Salvatore Puccio (Ita), Diego Rosa (Ita), Luke Rowe (GB), Pavel Sivakov (Rus, neo-pro), Ian Stannard (GB), <strong>Geraint Thomas<\/strong> (GB), <strong>Dylan van Baarle<\/strong> (Hol), Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol).<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Trek-Segafredo (US)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>General manager: Luca Guercilena<br \/>\nBike: Trek<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BkiR3LxnSns\/?hl=cs&#038;taken-by=treksegafredo<\/p>\n<p>Eight-man team to be selected from (Riders who are expected to appear on the starting line are highlighted in bold): Eugenio Alafaci (Ita), Fumiyuki Beppu (Jap), Julien Bernard (Fra), Gianluca Brambilla (Ita), Matthias Brandle (Aut), Nicola Conci (Ita, neo-pro), Gregory Daniel (US, neo-pro), Koen de Kort (Hol), <strong>John Degenkolb<\/strong> (Ger), Laurent Didier (Lux), Niklas Eg (Den, neo-pro), Fabio Felline (Ita), Alex Frame (NZ, neo-pro), Michael Gogl (Aut), Tsgabu Grmay (Eth), Ruben Guerreiro (Por, neo-pro), <strong>Markel Irizar<\/strong> (Spa), <strong>Bauke Mollema<\/strong> (Hol), Ryan Mullen (Irl), Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita), <strong>Jarlinson Pantano<\/strong> (Col), Mads Pedersen (Den), Gregory Rast (Swi), Kiel Reijnen (US), Toms Skujins (Lat), <strong>Peter Stetina<\/strong> (US), Jasper Stuyven (Bel), Boy van Poppel (Hol).<\/p>\n<h2><strong>UAE Team Emirates (UAE)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>General manager: Giuseppe Saronni<br \/>\nBike: Colnago<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bka03m1FV4a\/?taken-by=uae_team_emirates<\/p>\n<p>Eight-man team to be selected from (Riders who are expected to appear on the starting line are highlighted in bold): Anass Ait El Abdia (Mor), <strong>Fabio Aru<\/strong> (Ita), <strong>Darwin Atapuma<\/strong> (Col), Matteo Bono (Ita), <strong>Sven Erik Bystrom<\/strong> (Nor), Simone Consonni (Ita, neo-pro), Valerio Conti (Ita), <strong>Rui Costa<\/strong> (Por), Kristijan Durasek (Cro), Roberto Ferrari (Ita), Filippo Ganna (Ita, neo-pro), <strong>Alexander Kristoff<\/strong> (Nor), Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor), Marco Marcato (Ita), <strong>Dan Martin<\/strong> (Irl), Yousef Mohamed Mirza (UAE), Manuele Mori (Ita), Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol), Simone Petilli (Ita), Jan Polanc (Slo), Edward Ravasi (Ita, neo-pro), Alexandr Riabushenko (Blr, neo-pro), Rory Sutherland (Aus), Ben Swift (GB), Oliviero Troia (Ita, neo-pro), Diego Ulissi (Ita).<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Wanty-Groupe Gobert (Bel)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>General manager: Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Bourlaert<br \/>\nBike: Cube<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bke6y9ugjxq\/?hl=cs&#038;taken-by=teamwantygobert<\/p>\n<p>Eight-man team: Thomas Degand (Bel), Timothy Dupont (Bel), Guillaume Martin (Fra), Marco Minnaard (Hol), Yoann Offredo (Fra), Andrea Pasqualon (Ita), Dion Smith (NZ), Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each of the 18 top-flight professional teams sends 8 riders to this year\u2019s Grand Boucle, one fewer than in previous 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