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What to know: team ineos’ tour de france team, team ineos grenadiers will be all-in for bernal at this year's tour. will the team's new generation of talent hold off jumbo-visma.

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Defending champions Team Ineos return to the Tour de France with a new jersey — Ineos Grenadiers — but with the same winning pedigree.

The team has won seven of the past eight yellow jerseys, with four different riders, a feat unequaled in cycling history. With 2019 Tour de France Egan Bernal and 2019 Giro d’Italia winner Richard Carapaz leading the way, the team lines up in Nice with a deep team very capable of keeping that streak alive.

The bombshell, of course, is that Tour de France winners Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas won’t be there . They own five yellow jerseys between them, but the team is betting on the future without forgetting the present in the 107th edition of cycling’s most important stage race.

The future is now for Ineos Grenadiers. Bernal will have outright leadership duties , with Carapaz slotting in as a protected co-captain. Backing them up is a stellar support crew that knows how to win the yellow jersey.

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Egan Bernal, Andrey Amador, Richard Carapaz, Jonathan Castroviejo, Michal Kwiatkowski, Luke Rowe, Pavel Sivakov, Dylan Van Baarle

The shocker here, of course, is who isn’t going to Nice. Froome and Thomas are UK superstars with five Tour trophies on their shelves, but they’ll be watching the Tour this year from the couch.

Team boss Dave Brailsford proved yet again it’s all about performance and the victory inside the Ineos bus. And there was no room for sentimentality or loyalty in the selection of the team’s Tour roster.

Of the two glaring absences, Thomas’s was probably the most surprising. Though he looked less than sharp at this first races back following the long lockdown, things appeared on track for the 2018 Tour winner. A runner-up last year behind Bernal, Thomas will be shipped off to the Giro d’Italia instead.

Froome’s absence is a bit of a lesser surprise, considering that the four-time Tour winner was still on the comeback trail from his devastating crash in the 2019 Critérium du Dauphiné. With one foot out the door, with Froome set to join Israel Start-Up Nation next season, he will target the Vuelta a España.

The team firmly plants its flag around the 23-year-old Bernal, who patiently chipped away at Julian Alaphilippe in last year’s Tour to make history as Colombia’s first yellow jersey. With full support for Bernal, the team also avoids a potential power struggle inside the team if Froome and Thomas were lining up.

Brailsford also tapped Carapaz, who was supposed to defend his Giro title in October, to ride as a protected co-captain. Pavel Sivakov makes his highly anticipated debut, and though he will be expected to support his captains, many insiders say the Russian is absolutely flying.

Behind them will be an all-star supporting cast. Luke Rowe, Jonathan Castroviejo, Dylan Van Baarle and Michal Kwiatkowski are all back from last year’s winning team. They know how to manage the race, when and where to support Bernal, and most importantly, how to deliver victory. Costa Rican workhorse Andrey Amador, a veteran of Movistar’s many grand tour campaigns, rounds out the rock-solid support crew.

Much has been made of the showdown with Jumbo-Visma, so it’s likely Team Ineos will race a bit differently in 2020 than it has in the past.

Instead of trying to deliver an early knock-out blow as it often did with Froome, this Tour could convert into a longer, protracted battle that extends all the way to the Alps in the third week. Team Ineos will be aiming to keep Bernal and Carapaz within range of the yellow jersey if they don’t carry it out of the Pyrénées. Rather than snow-plow their way to Paris, the team will be picking their moments instead.

Having such a direct rival will also have its benefits.

The Dutch team will be equally interested in controlling breakaways and tamping down any would-be wildcards. That could help take some of the pressure of Ineos, which could prove decisive in such a challenging parcours , allowing the team to save some of its strength for the final decisive week.

Having Bernal carrying the team colors alone will also play out on the road as well for Ineos. By leaving two franchise riders at home — both Froome and Thomas were among the original lineup of the inaugural Team Sky team in 2010 — it means that Ineos is now Bernal’s team .

Brailsford’s recruiting and rebuilding efforts executed during the 2017-18 seasons will come to fruition at the Tour this year. Only Rowe, who joined in 2012, is among the team’s “old guard.” Kwiatkowski joined in 2016, and everyone else on the roster signed on in 2018 or later. These relatively new recruits will be keen to prove they’re up to the task.

Most important for Ineos is that the team knows how to win the Tour de France.

Jumbo-Visma might have looked awfully strong at the Critérium du Dauphiné, but their only grand tour win came in last year’s Vuelta with Primož Roglič. Ineos has won seven of the past eight Tours, with four different riders, and that winning acumen carries all the way down to the mechanics, soigneurs , sport directors and other staffers. Simply put, the yellow jersey is part of the team’s DNA.

With Bernal and Carapaz supported by such strong riders, the defending champions line up in Nice as the team to beat. They won’t be looking at that way. Instead of seeing the Tour as theirs to lose, Brailsford drills in the message that the race must be won. It’s a subtle, yet important psychological difference that keeps everyone on their toes and racing aggressively.

It’s worked almost every summer since 2012. The surprise of the Tour will be if an Ineos rider doesn’t end up tops in Paris again.

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Tour de France: Ineos Grenadiers' new plan for success with a next British talent

• Published 30 June 2022

Pidcock signed a new contract with Ineos in the spring

A sleepy hamlet nestled in a Belgian forest sits in near total silence - apart from the murmurings from its one restaurant.

All the locals are crammed in it seems, chatting about the big race over white wine, moules frites at 36 euros a bowl. Outside, hundreds of bright red firebug beetles jockey for relief from the spring chill in a sliver of sunlight.

That chill means Ineos Grenadiers don't want their latest prodigy interviewed outside for fear of exposure to the cold. Small wonder, given how much it must have cost them to keep hold of one of cycling's biggest prospects.

When we met in April, Tom Pidcock had just signed a new five-year contract believed to be worth something in the region of 3-5m euros a year. He and his team were about to race the Tour of Flanders, the one-day classic where Ineos's Dylan van Baarle would finish second.

Now Pidcock - last year's Olympic mountain bike champion - and Ineos are looking for a bigger statement at cycling's greatest race, the Tour de France.

They hope it will mark the beginning of a journey back to the top, driven in no small part by a unique British talent.

But the odds are stacked against them.

A cold Saturday in the middle of the Belgian countryside might seem a far cry from the heat-soaked Alpine summits where the infamous Team Sky train sealed seven Tour titles through Sir Bradley Wiggins, Chris Froome, Geraint Thomas and Egan Bernal.

But the city of Ghent, just eight miles away, is the birthplace of Wiggins, who began that stream of success in 2012.

"They were kind of my first heroes I guess," says Pidcock. "Sky in 2012 was a big year with Brad winning the Tour, [Mark] Cavendish becoming world champion and Brad winning the Olympic time trial.

"What motivates me is the profile I can create and want to create. What my legacy is, is a big driving point for me."

Ten years on and the team - racing under their new name since 2019 - no longer have that same footing in the sport but they believe that in Leeds-born Pidcock they have a rider of great potential.

Now 22, he's in his second season with Ineos, having arrived in 2021 with a strong reputation from the junior ranks forged in a large part from his performances in cyclo-cross races.

On the roads too there had been success, winning the prestigious 'baby Giro' in 2020 - a week-long under-23 level stage race which has launched several of the sport's top talents.

Last year, he used that same race-craft to win the prestigious Belgian one-day classic De Brabantse Pijl, where usually only the toughest riders from the low countries triumph.

Then at the beginning of this year, he went back to his roots and won the world cyclo-cross title and in some style, famously - in cycling circles a least - aping Superman as he crossed the line.

It was that victory - and the versatility behind it - that sparked the contract renewal talks. Several American teams wanted him for his apparent ability to win races on almost every type of bike, a quality that sells. Ineos wanted him to stay.

"Tom is very much central to the plans," deputy team principal Rod Ellingworth says.

"The character he is… we wanna win races and have a love and affection to what we do, to get the fans right behind us.

"Before, when we were trying to win the Tour we knew we had to be laser-focused - we didn't always consider people externally. He fits the model of the diversity of the team, as in the off-road area and the road racing and classics."

Thomas (right), who won the Tour de Suisse in June, may represent Ineos' best hope at the Tour this year, aged 36

A cycling lifer, Ellingworth worked closely with Sir Dave Brailsford as head of performance at Team Sky - he even constructs his sentences the same way, and in the same Derbyshire twang. The pair have clearly spent a lot of their adult lives in planning meetings together.

More recently, the Team Sky management has gone through something of a change since the days of Tour de France glory when, according to some, they lacked style in success.

Distinctive figurehead Brailsford is still around, but now looks after Ineos' whole sports portfolio. A huge multi-national chemicals company run by billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe, they are branching out across elite sport, with sailing legend Ben Ainslie and F1's one-time all conquering Mercedes team now also part of the stable.

Day-to-day leadership of the cycling team comes under Ellingworth's role.

They still have a lot of planning meetings. They are still thinking of ways to get ahead, still looking for the marginal gains so emblematic of the first era of success.

Every hotel room booked for riders is cleaned again by Ineos' own team, bed sheets are changed again, the carpets re-hoovered, curtains blacked out.

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There are six separate performance coaches, several grades of reconnaissance set-ups depending on the importance of the race or specific stage.

So what's changed? Why are they no longer dominating?

"Competition has really heated up over the last few years - it has reached a whole new level of professionalism," says Ellingworth.

"We took it to a new level. I think there were some easy pickings when we first came to the sport [in 2010].

"[Rivals] weren't really looking at the detail and being rider focused. Now, what's happened over time, all the other teams have learnt - they've got their eyes wide open. Naturally things progressed."

Pidcock agrees that the sport is different now. It is not just that other teams have caught up with Ineos' ultra-professionalism, the speed and intensity of the peloton has increased.

"I don't think it's possible [to win everything] in this current state of cycling," he says.

"The level the sport is at now, it's not feasible to do what Sky did - to dominate in the way they did with trains and everything, especially with that style of racing.

"I mean you'd have to ride really fast to keep control of the races now. I think we are adapting the way we race."

That 'new way of racing' was coined by Brailsford after Tao Geoghegan Hart's unexpected Giro d'Italia win in 2020, and Egan Bernal won the same race convincingly last year.

This year Richard Carapaz's surprise late capitulation in the Dolomites saw the team lose their grip on the Giro.

However, nothing is a bigger problem to Ineos' plans than the form of a key rival - 2020 and 2021 Tour de France winner Tadej Pogacar.

Pogacar (centre) is aiming for a third consecutive Tour de France title this year

Riding for the relatively new UAE Team Emirates squad, the 23-year-old has been unbeatable in every stage race he has contested during 2022, controlling his rivals without showing any pain on the climbs.

In Ineos' favour is their strength in depth. Alongside Pidcock they have young talent in abundance - American Magnus Sheffield won this year's De Brabantse Pijl, while Ethan Hayter, 23, is a British talent already winning races. Ben Tulett, aged 20, is another British prospect and Australian Luke Plapp has also shown promise.

They have Grand Tour winners in Bernal, Thomas and Carapaz. Adam Yates is also capable and in his prime at 29.

Thomas, now 36, is even promising something of a renaissance, having won the Tour de Suisse and even showing a little patriarchal chutzpah in the press in establishing the intra-team pecking order.

But it's widely appreciated that none of them have so far come close to matching Slovenian Pogacar.

On the eve of the Tour de France, Ineos' task of returning to the main objective of winning cycling's most high-profile race is far from guaranteed.

For his part, Pidcock thinks he needs more time.

"I think I am capable of winning a Grand Tour, and this year I will have a much better idea about my capabilities," he says. "But I need to do more stage races as well.

"I'm light enough and I think I can climb pretty well and can do pretty good time trials when I get down to it, so yeah I believe whatever I put my mind to it's possible.

"You need that kind of confidence if you want to achieve anything."

Ellingworth adds: "I always use Geraint Thomas as an example - I worked with him since he was a young lad. We would never have said 15 years ago: 'Is he going to win the Tour de France?'

"Same for Chris Froome - it wasn't clear. Did they have the desire? Yes. Did they have the commitment? Yes. Did they have numbers and the physical make-up? Yes.

"Who knows if Tom can win the Tour, but I think he is in that space - he's got all those things.

"But I think Pogacar's completely out there on his own at the minute. And potentially yes he could dominate for a few years.

"Sometimes I think I take it for granted when we got back-to-back Tour wins. You look now at how Pogacar is performing and you think that we did do something quite special.

"But we'll have a damn good go at him that's for sure."

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Ag2R-Citroën

Veteran French Tour battlers notorious for wearing brown shorts. Their Australian climber Ben O’Connor had a nightmare in 2022, ripping a muscle in a crash, but O’Connor is back on form this season so they need a repeat of his 2021 feats, with Paret-Peintre and Cosnefroy likely to target hilly stages.

Team Stan Dewulf, Clément Berthet, Felix Gall, Aurélien Paret-Peintre, Ben O’Connor, Benoît Cosnefroy, Oliver Naesen, Nans Peters

Main man Ben O’Connor – Aussie mountain man still out to prove 2021’s fourth overall was not a fluke

Alpecin-Deceuninck

From a relatively small cyclo-cross squad this cannily managed Dutch team has grown into a force to be reckoned with, mainly due to the presence of Mathieu van der Poel, the most charismatic racer in the bunch, but also because the team has recruited wisely around him. At the Tour they focus on Jasper Philipsen for the sprints and perhaps the green points jersey, with VdP targeting everything bar the high mountains; he will be a favourite on stage one’s short steep hills. Van der Poel took a long rest after his Classics campaign which seems to have paid off given his form in late June.

Team Silvain Dillier, Michael Gogl, Søren Kragh Andersen, Mathieu van der Poel, Quinten Hermans, Jasper Philipsen, Jonas Rickaert, Ramon Sinkeldam

Main man Mathieu van der Poel – flying this year, with two major Classic wins and a dominant display in the Tour of Belgium: expect fireworks.

Arkea-Samsic

This Breton-centred squad don’t have enough firepower to thrive in cycling’s most competitive milieu. Leader Warren Barguil was the future once but now looks like just another plucky contender. They will put riders in the daily daring moves but it’s hard to foresee a great deal more.

Team Warren Barguil, Clément Champoussin, Simone Guglielmi, Anthony Delaplace, Luca Mozzato, Jenthe Biermans, Matîs Louvel, Laurent Pichon

Main man Warren Barguil. “Wawa” was King of the Mountains and double stage winner in 2017, but there’s only so long you can live off past glories.

Astana Qazaqstan

Kakakhstan’s finest have changed tack by hiring Mark Cavendish; a stage win for the Manxman is the obvious target but there’s not a lot of sprint support here apart from Cees Bol, with Moscon for the grunt work beforehand. To hedge their bets, Federov and Lutsenko will target mountain stages.

Team Mark Cavendish, Aleksei Lutsenko, Cees Bol, David de la Cruz, Yevgeniy Federov, Luis Leon Sanchez, Gianni Moscon, Harold Tejada

Main man Mark Cavendish – the greatest sprinter of all needs one Tour stage win for the absolute record but it won’t be simple given the dearth of sprint stages.

Bahrain Victorious

Likely to be scarred mentally by the shocking death of Gino Mäder in the Tour of Switzerland, but if that tragedy brings them together, most of the riders look to be coming to form and they have a raft of chances to be “victorious” with new British champion Wright, Poels, Bilbao and Mohoric.

Team Niklas Arndt, Phil Bauhaus, Jack Haig, Pello Bilbao, Fred Wright, Mikel Landa, Matej Mohoric, Wout Poels

Main man Mikel Landa – the Basque climber is a cult figure due to his enigmatic, tragic mien; he could make the top five or fall apart. That’s “Landismo”.

Bora-Hansgrohe

Multiple opportunities for Germany’s finest, who pulled an excellently crafted Giro d’Italia win out of the bag last year with Australian climber Jai Hindley – quite the progression since their humble beginnings as team NetApp more than 10 years ago. Once again there is no place for the sprinter Sam Bennett, who has not ridden the Tour since winning two stages and the points prize in 2020. Around Hindley there’s plenty of climbing strength with Konrad, Buchman and Higuita plus a 2022 stage winner in Jungels, and a sprinter who can look after himself in Meeus.

Team Emanuel Buchman, Marco Haller, Jai Hindley, Bob Jungels, Patrick Konrad, Nils Politt, Jordi Meeus, Danny van Poppel, plus one to be named by Friday 30 June

Main man Jai Hindley. Fourth in the recent Criterium du Dauphiné bodes well but can he step up into cycling’s most hostile environment?

A team of options and caveats. Zingle, Martin, Lafay, Izaguirre and Geschke can hope for an opportunistic stage win, while Coquard is competitive in a small group finish. But they will struggle to rival the heavyweights so will probably end up with the French fallback: the daily suicide break.

Team Bryan Coquard, Simon Geschke, Ion Izaguirre, Victor Lafay, Guillaume Martin, Anthony Perez, Alexis Renard, Axel Zingle

Main man: Guillaume Martin – a cerebral climber who has written a book on philosophy; he could scrape into the top 10 overall but that looks like his limit.

DSM-Firmenich

This squad doesn’t have the biggest budget but it has a knack of landing key wins when it matters. They split neatly into a climbing half around the evergreen Romain Bardet, and Degenkolb, Edmondson and Eeckhoff in the sprint half in support of Sam Welsford – one of the surprises of this season.

Team Nils Eeckhoff, John Degenkolb, Kevin Vermaerke, Alex Edmondson, Sam Welsford, Matthew Dinham, Chris Hamilton, Romain Bardet.

Main man Romain Bardet. No longer the force he was when he finished second in the 2016 Tour but still capable of a solid top 10 overall.

EF Education-Easypost

The American team that loves to act the kooky underdogs but the facts belie this. They had a great Tour in 2022 thanks to Magnus Cort’s stage win; this year they had notched up 20 race wins by late June. The Olympic champion Carapaz, Bettiol, Uran and Powless could all land a stage.

Team Richard Carapaz, Rigoberto Uran, Neilson Powless, Alberto Bettiol, Esteban Chaves, Magnus Cort, James Shaw, Andrey Amador

Main man Magnus Cort – behind the (sponsored) fighter pilot moustache is a ruthless stage hunter chasing his 10th Grand Tour stage win.

Groupama-FDJ

In their 27th Tour, as usual it’s going to be fly or flop, with a bit more pressure after leader David Gaudu’s spat with sprinter Arnaud Démare sidelined this proven winner. Much loved Thibaut Pinot starts his final Tour; expect tears aplenty, hopefully on the Champs Elysées rather than before.

Team David Gaudu, Kevin Geniets, Stefan Küng, Olivier Le Gac, Valentin Madouas, Quentin Pacher, Thibaut Pinot, Lars Van den Berg

Main man David Gaudu – is France’s best hope for a podium finish but can he bear the weight of a nation?

Ineos Grenadiers

Once upon a time, the squad reputed to be the richest in cycling were the ones to beat in the Tour, but they have lost direction since Chris Froome’s departure and Egan Bernal’s horrific crash in 2022, and are now scrabbling to keep up with Jumbo and UAE. That’s reflected in a victory haul this season of around half that of the Big Two. A lot hangs on Tom Pidcock, winner at l’Alpe d’Huez last year; with Bernal struggling to return to his best, this line-up prompts a mild chin stroke rather than a sense of shock and awe.

Team Dani Martínez, Tom Pidcock, Michal Kwiatkowski, Jonathan Castroviejo, Carlos Rodriguez, Egan Bernal, Omar Fraile, Ben Turner

Main man Tom Pidcock. Super talented and a terrifyingly good bike handler, the 23-year-old Yorkshireman needs to build on a great 2022 race.

Intermarché-Circus-Wanty

Seamless progress for the Walloon team since their Tour debut in 2018. No Belgians in their squad which won’t go down well at home, but they have a real stage win hope in Girmay, a potential top 10 finisher in Meintjes and wildcards such as Calmejane, Costa and Teunissen.

Team Lilian Calmejane, Rui Costa, Biniam Girmay, Louis Meintjes, Adrien Petit, Dion Smith, Mike Teunissen, Georg Zimmerman.

Main man Biniam Girmay – after landing a sprint stage of the Giro last year, the Eritrean is a good bet to become the first black African Tour stage winner.

Israel-PremierTech

With only five wins this year, they need to buck that trend with climber Woods, the punchy Teuns, sprinter Strong or all-rounder Clarke. They will have to box clever, because none of these is the very best at their speciality. No place for Chris Froome after his poor start to 2023.

Team Guillaume Boivin, Simon Clarke, Hugo Houle, Krists Neilands, Nick Schultz, Corbin Strong, Dylan Teuns, Michael Woods

Main man Michael Woods – 36 years old and a four-minute miler in the past, the Canadian is a decent outside bet on any steep uphill finish.

Jayco-AlUla

All in for sprinter Groenewegen and climber Yates. Yates has had a lean 2023, but he’s notched up 10 Grand Tour stages since 2018 and will have plenty of chances in a very hard Tour. Harper and Craddock support him in the mountains; Mezgec will deliver Groenewegen in the sprints.

Lawson Craddock, Luke Durbridge, Dylan Groenewegen, Chris Harper, Chris Juul-Jensen, Luka Mezgec, Elmar Reinders, Simon Yates

Main man Dylan Groenewegen. Looking for his sixth career Tour stage win, the Dutchman has had a strong season with half a dozen wins to his name already.

Jumbo-Visma

One of the two “superteams” in the race; there are times when Jumbo seem to win when, how and where they want. Here it’s all in for Vingegaard with Küss, Van Baarle and Kelderman his mountain support crew. The biggest asset is Wout van Aert, the most powerful all-rounder in cycling, who could probably hope to win half a dozen stages if he was the team leader. What’s disconcerting is that Jumbo put out a strong squad to win this year’s Giro with Primoz Roglic, and they can afford to leave all of them out of the Tour including the Slovene.

Team Wilco Kelderman, Dylan van Baarle, Wout van Aert, Tiesj Benoot, Christopher Laporte, Nathan van Hooydonck, Sep Küss, Jonas Vingegaard

Main man Jonas Vingegaard – wraith-like Dane who had the climbing legs to break Tadej Pogacar when it mattered last year, but the second Tour win never comes easy

There’s plenty of value for money here. It’s all about stage wins. The 2019 world champion Mads Pedersen is the best bet, but Skjelmose took the recent Tour of Switzerland while Ciccone landed stages in Catalonia and the Dauphiné. They boast three newly crowned national champions in Skjelmose, Kirsch and Simmons.

Giulio Ciccone, Tony Gallopin, Alex Kirsch, Juan Pedro Lopez, Mads Pedersen, Quinn Simmons, Mattias Skjelmose, Jesper Stuyven

Main man Mads Pedersen – he has stage wins at the Giro and Paris-Nice to his name this year, and will have a good chance on the hillier days at the Tour

Lotto-Dstny

Relegated to the second division last season, Belgium’s oldest team put most of their eggs in a basket labelled Caleb Ewan. Most of the team will be dedicated to ensuring he is in the right place at sprint finishes; strongmen Vermeersch and Campenaerts may be let off the leash on the non-sprint days.

Team Caleb Ewan, Jasper de Buyst, Jacopo Guarnieri, Florian Vermeersch, Frederik Frison, Victor Campenaerts, Pascal Eenkhorn, Maxim van Gils

Main man Caleb Ewan – five Tour stages to his name so far, one more would make Lotto’s Tour.

There’s a mid-table look to cycling’s oldest team, a far cry from when Miguel Indurain won five Tours in a row. Mas can target the podium, and Jorgensen is one of the most exciting prospects in the sport, but the fact he’s rumoured to be moving on in 2024 speaks volumes.

Team Alex Aranburu, Ruben Guerreiro, Gorka Izaguirre, Matteo Jorgensen, Enric Mas, Gregor Mühlberger, Neilson Oliveira, Antonio Pedrero

Main man Enric Mas – often the bridesmaid never the bride, the Spaniard is one of the big group targeting third place behind the Big Two while aiming for better if they falter.

Soudal-Quickstep

Belgian winning machine have converted themselves to a Grand Tour team led by Remco Evenepoel, who sits this one out. Here it’s about fidgety Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe and sprinter Fabio Jakobsen. “Juju” is under pressure from manager Patrick Lefevère and needs to find his former magic touch, while Jakobsen needs to at least repeat his stage win of last year; his five victories this year suggest that’s on the cards with the support of top lead-out man Mørkøv. Asgreen, Lampaert and Cavagna will support Alaphilippe in the hills and go in the breaks when he’s having a recovery day.

Team Julian Alaphilippe, Yves Lampaert, Tim Decelercq, Dries Devenyns, Fabio Jakobsen, Kasper Asgreen, Michael Mørkøv, Remi Cavagna

Main man Julian Alaphilippe – double world champion endured a torrid 2022 but has won twice this year and will be a favourite for stage one.

TotalEnergies

Once a reservoir of developing French talent, now a home for stars past their sell-by dates such as Boasson-Hagen, Oss and Sagan, while French riders Turgis and Latour are no longer cutting edge. Between them they will deliver various near misses, while a stage win would be a miracle.

Team Edvald Boasson-Hagen, Mathieu Burgaudeau, Steff Cras, Valentin Ferron, Pierre Latour, Daniel Oss, Peter Sagan, Anthony Turgis

Main man Peter Sagan. Once a mega star, the multiple world champion, Tour stage winner and record points winner is now on his farewell Tour.

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Cycling’s other “super team”, with a wealth of strong men to rival Jumbo-Visma in support of double Tour winner Tadej Pogacar, who had taken on another dimension this year with his wins in the Tour of Flanders, Amstel Gold and Flèche Wallonne before his untimely crash in Liège-Bastogne-Liège. Behind “Pog”, Adam Yates has hit form in the Critérium du Dauphiné and won the Tour de Romandie back in May, so should prove a decent understudy. After illness ripped through their ranks in last year’s Tour, arguably contributing to Pogacar’s defeat to Vingegaard, every cough, sniffle and minor headache will be viewed with suspicion.

Team Mikkel Bjerg, Felix Grossschartner, Vejgard Stake Langen, Rafal Majka, Tadej Pogacar, Marc Soler, Matteo Trentin, Adam Yates

Main man Tadej Pogacar – cycling’s biggest winner is targeting a third Tour; wins in his national road and time trial titles suggests the form has returned after a hiatus to nurse a broken wrist.

Invited to their first Tour, the Norwegian squad have a solid reputation for developing new talent and making the most of their resources. They bring a promising line-up fronted by veteran sprinter Kristoff, climbers Johanneson and Traeen, a strong all rounder in Waerenschold, plus the gritty Rasmus Tiller at the helm.

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Main man Alexander Kristoff – is long in the tooth but could still snag a stage win; in a team of Tour debutants his experience will be crucial.

Changes can be made until Friday 30 June. Team line-ups correct at time of publication

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TEAM INEOS GRENADIERS FOR THE TOUR DE FRANCE

When it comes to dominating the Tour de France, over the last decade no team has proven as successful at the task as Team Ineos. For their 2022 the British based squad is relying on both race veterans like former winner Geraint Thomas and up and comers like Tom Pidcock.

INEOS HEADS TO THE TOUR

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The INEOS Grenadiers are proud to confirm the lineup to compete at the 2022 Tour de France with eight riders ready to go all in and attack the 109th edition of the race.

Fronted by the GC trio of 2018 Tour de France winner and 2022 Tour de Suisse champion Geraint Thomas, Tour of the Basque Country winner Dani Martinez, and multiple Tour de France stage winner Adam Yates, the team is completed by the formidable Jonathan Castroviejo, Filippo Ganna, Tom Pidcock, Luke Rowe and Dylan van Baarle.

Two-time reigning world time trial champion Ganna and all-round racer Pidcock are set to make their Tour de France debuts, while the experienced backbone of the Grenadiers is provided by Castroviejo, Rowe and Paris-Roubaix winner Van Baarle who arrive in Copenhagen with a combined 20 Tour de France starts.

INEOS Grenadiers Team Principal Sir Dave Brailsford said: “The competition this year is tougher than ever and that’s a great thing for the sport, the Tour and the fans. But we all know that anything can happen in cycling, especially over three weeks of hard racing across different terrains and weather conditions. This group of Grenadiers is the epitome of all that INEOS stands for. They have the grit, rigour and humour that we know is critical to success at the Tour and we can’t wait to get racing.”

INEOS Grenadiers Deputy Team Principal Rod Ellingworth said: “We’ve got a really dynamic and versatile group of riders that are ready to go full gas and really take this race on.

“In Adam, Dani and Geraint we have three fantastic GC heavyweights who can mount a real challenge. They have proved their form across the season and are lining up in Copenhagen in great shape.

“It’s also a proud moment for the team to see Filippo and Tom make their Tour de France debuts. They’re phenomenal riders who have big careers ahead of them and both are ready to leave their mark on the Tour. And no team could ask for three better super domestiques than Dylan, Jonathan and Luke. Collectively they have racing instincts and experience that are second to none.”

Jonathan Castroviejo – 35, Spain

Fresh off a courageous ride at the Giro d’Italia, Castroviejo brings an invaluable blend of experience and climbing skill. A selfless teammate, he has evolved from a time trial specialist to one of the best mountain support riders in the peloton. Often going above and beyond to take huge turns on the front, his steady support and calming presence will be key across the three weeks.

Filippo Ganna – 25, Italy

Filippo Ganna has rapidly risen to become one of the best time trialists in the sport. A two-time World Champion, the Italian starts his first Tour de France with the intention of replicating his incredible results at the Giro d’Italia. Ganna racked up six stage wins across two editions, pulling on the pink jersey in both 2020 and 2021. He’ll be gunning for the yellow jersey in Copenhagen, but will also play a key team role once the climbing begins.

Daniel Martínez – 26, Colombia

One of the most consistent general classification riders in the peloton this season, Martínez claimed overall victory at Itzulia Basque Country, in addition to an overall podium finish at Paris-Nice. The Colombian won a stage at the Tour de France in 2020 in the same year he won the Criterium du Dauphine. The climber will be one of the team’s three leaders this year as he begins his eighth Grand Tour.

Tom Pidcock – 22, Great Britain

One of the sport’s most exciting young talents, Pidcock has risen through the ranks, taking titles and world championships in cyclo-cross and mountain biking. Now in his second year as a pro on the road, the young Brit tackles his first Tour de France. In addition to gaining experience and learning from team mates, he’ll play an important team role on the flat and in the medium mountain stages.

Luke Rowe – 32, Great Britain

Lining up for a milestone 10th Grand Tour and eighth consecutive Tour de France appearance, Luke Rowe knows what this race is all about. A road captain since the early years of his career, the Welshman is a great leader and loves nothing more than battling it out for position in the peloton and crosswinds. He can also turn his hand to climbing and has form of setting an impressive tempo on the front for long periods.

Geraint Thomas – 36, Great Britain

One of the most experienced and well-liked riders in the sport, Geraint won the Tour de France in 2018, cementing his status as a British and Welsh hero. ‘G’ was also a runner up at the Tour de France one year later and knows exactly what it takes to win this race. With a background on the track and comfortable on any terrain, he is a true all-round talent. Whether he’s riding for overall victory like his performance at the recent Tour de Suisse or giving it his all to help the team, he is always all in for the win.

Dylan van Baarle – 30, Netherlands

Arriving in Copenhagen following a dream Classics season that saw him win Paris-Roubaix, Dylan has shown what an impressive and versatile rider he is. After battling it out across the cobbles during the spring, the Dutchman has the skills to transform himself into an elite mountain support rider for the Tour each year. His performances continue to improve and he will play a key role in setting a tempo on the climbs this year.

Adam Yates – 29, Great Britain

One of Britain’s best stage racers, Adam Yates holds a top-10 finish at all three Grand Tours and only just missed out on a Tour de France podium with a fourth in 2016. He knows how to ride at the sharp end of a three-week race and can produce a stinging turn of pace in the mountains. As a protected rider with a leadership role, he heads into his 11th Grand Tour ready to battle it out in the mountains.

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Team Ineos Tour de France squad: Here are the eight riders that made the cut

After the loss of Chris Froome to injury, it was back to the drawing board for the British outfit

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The Tour de France 2019 is here and all eyes are fixed on defending squad Team Ineos, as they look to add another Grand Tour to their ever-growing tally.

Sir Dave Brailsford’s team return as the outright favourites, having won six of the last seven editions with three different riders.

Last year, the long-serving Geraint Thomas took his first ever Grand Tour victory when he rode to a surprise win in France.

His four-time Tour winning team-mate Chris Froome finished on the podium, having won the Giro d’Italia just weeks earlier.

But disaster struck the squad a month before the start of this year's race, when Chris Froome suffered horrific injuries in a crash during a recon of the time trial stage at the Critérium du Dauphiné.

Having suffered multiple fractures, including his femur, elbow and ribs, Froome will not start the Tour this year, which leaves the race more open than we might have expected.

Here are the eight riders the British team have at the Tour de France 2019 .

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Team Ineos find themselves in an unusual situation this Tour de France as they have lost their race favourite leader Froome, but they still have two riders strong enough to take the yellow jersey in Paris.

Froome was of course the bookmakers’ favourite, as he looked for a record-equalling fifth Tour victory, but Geraint Thomas will return to the Tour with number one on his back after his 2018 victory.

After a handful of promising performances this year, including a podium finish at the Tour de Romandie, Thomas's winning experience and motivation for a strong showing make him one of the main leaders of the team.

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The Welshman will be keen to prove his talents once more in France and repeat his first Grand Tour win despite crashing out of the Tour de Suisse, thankfully he didn't pick up any lasting injuries.

Thomas was always guaranteed a spot in the squad, even based purely on his abilities as a support rider and back-up general classification contender, but after last year’s win he now becomes one of the race favourites.

The other Ineos rider believed to have the capability of winning a three-week race is young Colombian star Egan Bernal. Tipped as a future Grand Tour winner and have wasted no time in giving him opportunities to prove his potential.

Having won Paris-Nice this season, Bernal was due to be given his first leadership responsibilities in only his second Grand Tour at the 2019 Giro d’Italia but suffered a broken collarbone during a training crash on the eve of the race.

After Thomas crashed out of the Tour de Suisse, team leadership responsibilities where handed over to Bernal, who promptly won the race.

This victory is a main reason for Ineos giving Bernal equal billing in France, making him co-leader of the team alongside Thomas.

Mountain domestiques

Much of Ineos’s dominance in the Tour de France has come down to their wealth of talent in the high mountains, where they are regularly the squad with the most riders remaining at the head of field.

With two potential leaders, there are only two riders to take on the key support roles on the steeper gradients – Polish champion Michał Kwiatkowski and Wout Poels.

While Kwiatkowski sees himself as a future Grand Tour winner, his Tour de France role will be mountain domestique duties.

The Milan-San Remo winner and former world champion has often been seen emptying himself completely on mountain stages in support of Froome.

After an uncharacteristically quiet first half of the season, Kwiatkowski rode with Froome at the Critérium du Dauphiné, making a strong showing.

Another Dauphiné rider who is one of the first names on the Ineos squad for the Tour is Dutchman Wout Poels, who rode brilliantly in France to a stage victory and fourth place overall.

With 12 Grand Tours to his name, the 31-year-old is an experienced domestique and has plenty of wins on his palmarès to prove his strength.

Helpers on the flat

While mountain domestiques are key to a Grand Tour squad, you also need strong riders to control the race on the flats.

Team Ineos have always picked powerful and experienced riders for the flats and this year they have a few options.

Luke Rowe is the British squad's experienced road captain, always a strong rider and with tactical nous to decimate a race in the crosswinds.

Rowe rode the Tour de Suisse to get one more race in his legs before the Tour and Jonathan Castroviejo has also made the selection and is another powerful option for the squad, possessing a strong time trial pedigree.

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With a team time trial on stage two, the Spaniard’s testing will be a major asset that can then be transferred to the flats.

Castroviejo also climbs well which means he can be a factor later into mountain stages, particularly on the valley roads between the ascents.

Dutchman Dylan van Baarle will also make the trip to France for the Tour, having ridden with Ineos in their major pre-Tour tests including the Dauphiné and the Tour de Romandie.

Van Baarle’s strong sprint also make him a candidate for stage wins if Ineos find themselves chasing a result.

Gianni Moscon has ridden the Dauphiné but has struggled for form this season after a crash in the UAE Tour that left him concussed but also makes the team.

Moscon has also been a controversial figure in the peloton, being disqualified from last year’s Tour for punching Fortuneo-Samsic rider Elie Gesbert.

While he wasn't likely to be first pick for the squad, Moscon was bumped up to a likely candidate after the loss of Chris Froome that left the door open for a strong all-rounder like the Italian.

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Evaluating Team Ineos' 10-man Tour de France long list

Who will join 'the big three' in France in September?

Team Ineos ' 2020 Tour de France roster will move another step closer to completion later this week as Chris Froome , Michał Kwiatkowski, Pavel Sivakov, Geraint Thomas and Dylan Van Baarle all head to Isola 2000 for a small but crucial training camp in the French Alps.

According to two sources, the Team Ineos long list for the Tour de France currently sits at 10 riders, with Froome, Thomas and Egan Bernal all included. Several other Tour veterans are also included, as are a handful of would-be debutants.

Here, Cyclingnews takes a look at the 10 riders and evaluates who will most likely make the cut.

Egan Bernal

Tours raced: 2

Top result: Winner, 2019

Tour pedigree: The first name on Ineos’ Tour de France roster. Bernal was undoubtedly the strongest rider in the race last year and, even if circumstances and shorted stages helped nullify a final assault from his rivals, the likely scenario would have only seen the Colombian further stamp his authority over the competition.

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His 2020 has been complicated by the COVID-19 pandemic and he remains in his native Colombia until July, but he's already talking about an unwillingness to sacrifice his chances for any of his teammates. While he doesn’t have the Grand Tour experience of Chris Froome or Geraint Thomas, it’s hard to envisage Dave Brailsford not anointing Bernal as this year’s undisputed leader.

Chris Froome

Tours raced: 8

Top result: Winner, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017

Tour pedigree: By all accounts within Team Ineos, the four-time Tour de France winner is back to somewhere near his best and is now posting his pre-Dauphiné crash numbers in training. The extra few months away from racing will surely aid his recovery and might even bring other riders down a level or two, but even Froome would admit that the Tour de France represents a journey into the unknown.

In his favour are his experience and ability to grind out results even when not on top form, but he will need to delicately manage the situation between himself and Bernal as the Tour approaches. That said, even if Bernal is positioned as the principal leader Froome isn't necessarily hampered, as he can race with less pressure and wait for the race to open up.

The first hurdle, though, is Froome's contract situation. If he wants joint leadership or to even ensure he makes the Tour line-up he will most likely need to sign a contract extension . If he decides to leave Ineos, then what was a guaranteed Tour slot becomes somewhat ambiguous. Tellingly, he's also the only rider to put his hand up for both the Tour and the Vuelta.

Geraint Thomas

Tours raced: 10

Top result: Winner, 2018

Tour pedigree: Thomas might feel unlucky with his current position. Two years ago he came away with a well-deserved Tour de France title, and he followed that up with second overall 12 months later despite a far from perfect build-up – the way he came back from his heavy crash at the Tour de Suisse is often ignored.

However, with Bernal the reigning champion and Froome gunning for a fifth title, the Welshman has slid down the pecking order and few if any teams can genuinely carry the weight of supporting three Grand Tour contenders.

Whether it’s partly due to results or reputation, it feels as though Thomas is currently third in the Ineos pecking order for the Tour, and with Richard Carapaz targeting a Giro d'Italia defence Thomas is caught in a rather unfortunate position as things currently stand. We know from last year, at least that the Welshman can mount a challenge when he's up against it but team politics could be his greatest obstacle.

Tours raced: 5

Top result: 128th in 2018

Tour pedigree: Pound for pound, Rowe is near enough the best all-round domestique in the current WorldTour. The 30-year-old can shimmy between Classics duties and mountain stage defences with comparative ease while he is also fast becoming one of Ineos' most experienced Grand Tour riders.

Given the top-heavy nature of the line-up, Rowe will be instrumental in any Tour challenge but it's his versatility that makes him stand out. While one can debate the hierarchy of team leadership at Ineos, few would question Rowe's position in the Tour squad.

Michal Kwiatkowski

Tours raced: 6

Top result: 11th, 2013

Tour pedigree: The former road world champion is currently in Isola training with a small group of teammates and earlier this month he confirmed to Cyclingnews that the Tour de France was on his programme.

The Pole has been pivotal in previous Tour wins, although last year he wasn’t quite at the standard we’ve come to expect. The most likely scenario will see Kwiatkowski solely focus on supporting his teammates in the Tour this year before turning his attentions and whatever's left in his tank towards the Classics.

 Dylan Van Baarle

Tours raced: 4

Top result: 46th, 2019

Tour pedigree: The Dutchman was signed as a promising Classics rider, but in the last two years the 28-year-old has developed into a powerful all-rounder. Stronger against the clock than Rowe, and arguably a better climber based off his Dauphiné stage win last year, Van Baarle is a shoo-in for a Tour spot this year.

Van Baarle, who earlier this year spent time training with Froome in South Africa , would walk into any WorldTour team at the Tour and make them stronger, domestique-wise. He's the last of the definites for the Tour.

Pavel Sivakov

Tours raced: 0

Top result: N/A

Tour pedigree: Sivakov first made his desire for a Tour start public at the tail-end of 2019 when he told Cyclingnews that he would be happier riding in support of others at the Tour than mounting another Giro d'Italia challenge.

Since then, the Ineos management have talked up the Russian's chances, with Brett Lancaster telling Cyclingnews earlier this year that the 22-year-old was 'banging on the door' for a Tour place.

Although he only has two Grand Tours under his belt, a ninth place in the Giro last year and titles in the Tour of Alps and the Tour de Pologne suggest that Sivakov could neatly fit into the role vacated by Wout Poels. For the remaining two spots, Sivakov looks like the first favourite.

Tao Geoghegan Hart

Tour pedigree: The British rider's career hasn't yet hit the same high notes as Sivakov but his development at Team Ineos remains impressive. He showed grit and determination after last year's Giro to bounce back with a top-20 ride at the Vuelta, including two very strong breakaway days in the mountains.

Like Sivakov, he has yet to start a Tour de France but he may be better suited to one Tour de France outing this year rather than trying to combine two Grand Tour efforts. From the outside it feels as though Geoghegan Hart is ready to step up .

Andrey Amador

Top result: 54th, 2013

Tour pedigree: A new signing, who at the age of 33, bring with him a wealth of experience and knowledge. It's unclear, however, where Amador currently rests within the team's pecking order given the fact that he’s only raced for them once since his acrimonious move from Movistar, which was only finalised in February.

It's also unclear if he will be used to help defend Carapaz's Giro crown, having formed part of the winning squad at Movistar in 2019. But you know what you get with the Costa Rican. In 15 Grand Tours he's never once abandoned, with a fourth place finish in Italy back in 2015 the highlight.

Jonathan Castroviejo

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Tour pedigree: An underrated part of the team's last two Tour de France wins, Castroviejo is far more than just an accomplished rider against the clock. The five-time national time trial champion can protect his leaders on the flat and set the pace consistently through the medium mountains.

Like Kwiatkowski, he's a vital link between the flat road specialists and the mountains goats but without quite the same firepower. At 33, age isn't a problem but the question may come down to how many Tour rookies the team wants to take.

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7 Riders Who Can Still Challenge Ineos for the Tour de France Win

The crosswinds on Stage 10 damaged many teams, but a few strong contenders remain.

As EF Education First tried to use crosswinds to split the field , Thomas and his teammates hit the front and exploded the race, catching out more than a few riders hoping to challenge them for the win. At the finish, the damage was clear: pre-race favorites Thibaut Pinot, Richie Porte, and Jakob Fuglsang lost 1:40 to the Thomas-led group. After starting hostilities, EF also lost out, with leader Rigoberto Urán missing the split.

But a few alert riders did manage to make the front group under Ineos’s pressure, helping their chances even as Thomas and teammate Egan Bernal jumped to second and third in the overall rankings. (Though not expected to win it all, race leader Julian Alaphilippe managed to keep his yellow jersey into the first rest day.)

With the team surprisingly unable—or unwilling—to control the race’s first summit finish on Stage 6 , these seven riders may feel emboldened to make a move this week in the Pyrenees.

Steven Kruijswijk (Jumbo–Visma)

Kruijswijk has yet to make a wrong move this Tour. His team has won four stages (including Stage 10), held three of four jerseys, and put its leader in fourth overall, just 15 seconds behind Thomas. But there was some damage done on Monday as George Bennett, an outside pick for the win, lost major time and dropped from fourth to 23rd, 10 minutes back. That cuts off any dual-leader strategy Jumbo–Visma might have played, but it does clear up who’s working for whom the rest of the race.

Emanuel Buchmann (Bora–Hansgrohe)

Buchmann is probably the most lightly regarded member of this group, with a best Grand Tour finish of 12th overall in last year’s Vuelta a España. But he’s obviously fit right now and was one of the best on La Planche des Belles Filles, the summit finish on Stage 6. He’s riding completely out of the spotlight, with teammate Peter Sagan winning stages and the green jersey . Plus, he’s got a strong partner for the upcoming mountain stages in Patrick Konrad.

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Enric Mas (Deceuninck–Quick Step)

The young Spanish climber capitalized on his team’s experience in the Classics, where it’s adept at crosswinds and echelons, to make the front group on Stage 10. He placed second overall in last fall’s Vuelta a España and now sits in sixth at the Tour, :34 behind Thomas. He’s one of the few Quick Step riders not doing pacework for Alaphilippe, so he’ll be relatively fresh in the mountains—though he may have work to do if Alaphilippe stays in yellow until then.

Adam Yates (Mitchelton–Scott)

Yates is prone to the “one bad day” issues that beset many overall contenders, though he hasn’t had any this year outside of Mitchelton’s middling performance in the team time trial. He’s now seventh overall, :35 behind Thomas, and riding strongly. He was good, not great, on Stage 6’s summit finish , but if his fitness is rising rather than falling he could peak at the perfect time.

Nairo Quintana (Movistar)

Small riders like Quintana often suffer in crosswinds, but the Colombian climber has a nose for days like Stage 10 and made his way to the front. He sits in eighth, :52 behind Thomas, much of that due to the TTT stage . His teammate Mikel Landa didn’t fare so well, however, and with Alejandro Valverde losing time on Stage 6, Quintana is rising to the top of the Movistar leadership and should command its support in the mountains. The team will have to race with discipline, which frankly hasn’t been its strong suit in Tours past.

Dan Martin (UAE–Emirates)

Martin is a reliable top-10 finisher at the Tour, but has never placed better than sixth. He’s overhauled his training this year with an eye toward improving his spot on the General Classification , and so far it’s working. He’s now in ninth, :57 behind Thomas. If he can continue to ride well, quietly, and stay out of both the spotlight and trouble, he could emerge as a third-week challenger in the Alps.

Thibaut Pinot (Groupama–FDJ)

The one member of this group who didn’t make the split on Monday, Pinot is still in contention because of his aggressive racing on previous stages, which saw him rise to third overall. Now, after losing 1:40, he’s fallen to 11th, at 1:21 behind Thomas. To Pinot’s credit, he’s looking like one of the fittest climbers in the race, has the total support of his team, and was reportedly pissed about the time loss today. That’s a good motivator, because he has quite a bit to make up.

Riders with serious work to do

Rigoberto Urán: Caught out in the split even after it was his team that started forcing the pace (2:06 behind Thomas)

Alejandro Valverde: Wrong place at the wrong time, and seems to use his strength at odd moments (2:06 behind Thomas)

Romain Bardet: Gained back relative positions on the GC by finishing in the Thomas group, but still gained no time on Ineos (2:08 behind Thomas)

Jakob Fuglsang: A moment of distraction is all it takes to lose 1:40—and maybe your shot at the podium (2:10 behind Thomas)

Riders likely out of the running

Richie Porte: The initial gaps from the team time trial stage, combined with today’s loss, may make the podium impossible (2:47 behind Thomas)

Mikel Landa: He’d been in the front group until a touch of wheels took him out of it (3:03 behind Thomas)

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Ineos Grenadiers missed out on a second consecutive victory on stage 2 of the Tour of the Alps after the early breakaway’s stayed away, despite the British team leading the chase for much of the 190km stage. 

With no other teams prepared to offer help with the chase, and the breakaway riders putting up a fight, Ineos Grenadiers eased up with 20km to go knowing the win was no longer possible.

Breakaway specialist Alessandro de Marchi (Jayco AlUla) emerged victorious, blowing up the breakaway on the final climb. He finished 1:47 ahead of the peloton but was not an overall threat and so Tobias Foss kept the race leader's green jersey. 

Only a few words and fist-bumps were shared by the visibly disappointed Ineos Grenadiers riders before they swiftly headed back to their team bus. 

“We knew De Marchi was a dangerous guy to let go in the break, he often wins from the breakaway, but we had belief that we could control it,” Foss explained.

“But it turned out that even though we rode full gas in the pack, I don’t know how, but they stayed away and even gained time so chapeau to them. They rode well in and in the end, we realised that the stage win was out of the picture.”

The original Ineos Grenadiers race plan was to ride for Filippo Ganna and hope he could survive the attacks from other GC teams. If they tried to make the race hard on the final Gnadenwald categorised climb, the powerful Italian rider would perhaps survive and be the fastest finisher and so able to win the sprint.  

“Obviously, Pippo [Ganna] was moving well yesterday. I think with where he’s at now, he is definitely capable of being in that finish and if he’s able to find space then he can win the stage,” Ineos Grenadiers directeur sportif Zak Dempster told Cyclingnews at the start of the stage.

However the six riders that went away in the opening 50km of the longest stage of the race built an advantage of over four minutes on the long ride from Salorno to Stans in Austria that included the long Passo del Brennero pass that climbs from Italy into Austria.

The British team chased for nearly all of the 190km stage, putting Ben Swift, AJ August, Óscar Rodríguez and Salvatore Puccio on the front in the Tyrolean sun to try and pull back the escapees. But their work came to nothing after four hours of riding on the front.

Ganna was gracious in defeat as ever after the stage, going straight to compatriot De Marchi to congratulate his fellow Italian who took his first win since 2021.

Of course Ganna and Ineos Grenadiers had hoped for a different result.

“I had a quick chat with him [Ganna] right after, I think everyone is a bit disappointed that he didn’t get the chance but, to be honest, we raced full gas today and I think we were a bit unlucky with the conditions maybe,” Foss said.

“Normally a headwind should be in our favour but pulling full gas alone unfortunately we didn't have enough power so I think the whole team is a bit disappointed. 

“At the end of the day, we just pulled for… Not for no reason but we ended up with quite different to what we hoped, so for sure he and everyone are disappointed. But this is also cycling, days like this will happen.”

Ineos Grenadiers will try to bounce back on stage 3 starting and finishing in Schwaz, Austria, with Thomas and Foss likely to be back fighting the GC battle on a mountainous 124.8km stage route.

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• Date: 23 April 2024
• Start time: 14:50
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Tour de Romandie 2024: live stream cycling online

The 77th Tour de Romandie packs in 11,000m of climbing across six stages in Switzerland

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Last year's winner Adam Yates and third-placed Damiano Caruso both return to this six day-stage race in Romandie, the French speaking area of west Switzerland to battle again in the region's beautiful mountain scenery.

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Starting with a minuscule 2.3km prologue in the town of Payerne, the 77th Tour de Romandie will cover a total of 657km and pack in over 11,000m of climbing with a time trial on stage three and summit finishes on both stages two and four at Les Marécottes and Leysin.

Favourite to repeat his victory of last year will be Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates) who will be backed up by a strong team including Pavel Sivakov, Felix Großschartner and Juan Ayuso. Leading the challenge will be the ever improving Egan Bernal (INEOS Grenadiers) winner of the recent Giro d’Abruzzo Alexey Lutsenko (Astana Qazaqstan Team) and young French star Lenny Martinez (Groupama - FDJ).

The course isn’t just for the climbers though as with a prologue and a mid-race time trial many TT specialists are on the start sheet too including Josh Tarling and Ethan Hayter from (INEOS Grenadiers) and Rémi Cavagna (Movistar Team).

After the very short prologue normality returned on stage one with the riders facing the 165.7km from Château d’Oex to Fribourg. For a while it looked like the day's early break would succeed but it was consumed by the peloton with around 20km left. 

After a chaotic sprint the win was taken by Dorian Godon (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) with his team mate Andrea Vendrame on his wheel to make it a 1-2 for the team which is having an exceptional year. 

Stage two is where the climbing starts with two huge mountains and a summit finish so read on for where to watch the Tour de Romandie 2024 cycling action live, wherever you are in the world.

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If you live in Switzerland then you can look forward to a FREE Tour de Romandie live stream in 2024. 

Switzerland's SRF is set to serve up a free stream of this six-stage stage race.

But what if you're based in Switzerland but aren't at home to catch that free Tour de Romandie coverage? Maybe you're on holiday and don't want to spend money on pay TV in another country, when you'd usually be able to watch for free at home?

Don't worry — you can watch via a VPN instead. We'll show you how to do that below.

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You can still watch the Tour de Romandie 2024 live thanks to the wonders of a VPN (Virtual Private Network). The software allows your devices to appear to be back in your home country regardless of where in the world you are. So ideal for viewers away on vacation or on business. Our favorite is NordVPN . It's the best on the market:

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1. Install the VPN of your choice . As we've said, NordVPN is our favorite.

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3. Sit back and enjoy the action. Head to SRF or another streaming service and watch the action.

How to watch 2024 Tour de Romandie live streams in the U.S.

Cycling fans in the U.S. can watch the 2024 Tour de Romandie on  FloBikes . A subscription will set you back US$149.99 for the year or US$29.99 on a monthly basis.

And if you're currently out of the U.S. but still want to watch the race, then don't forget to explore  NordVPN  set out above.

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Live coverage of the 2024 Tour de Romandie will be broadcast on Eurosport and Discovery+.

A 'standard' subscription to Discovery+ which includes Eurosport's cycling coverage will set you back £6.99 per month or £59.99 per year. The package includes year-round cycling streams as well as other live sports including snooker, tennis, motorsports, the Paris Olympic Games, and more.

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Cycling fans in the Canada can watch the 2024 Tour de Romandie on  FloBikes . A subscription will set you back CAN$150 for the year or CAN$29.99 on a monthly basis.

Not at home right now? Use NordVPN or another VPN service to trick your device into thinking you're still in Canada.

Tour de Romandie 2024 stages

The race starts with a very short 2.3km prologue which will be contested by the overall favorites, keen to install a pecking order early on, and the short TT specialists looking for a chance to gain a leaders jersey in a big stage race. 

Stage one follows the next day and it’s a lumpy 165.7km from Château d’Oex to Fribourg which will likely end in a sprint finish, although there are very view big name sprinters on the start sheet.

Stage two is where the GC action will really kick off with two huge mountains and a summit finish at Salvan/Les Marécottes. This 10km final ascent, averaging 7.3%, has slopes maxing out at 14% so will be a proper test for the climbers.

Those same climbers will the next day have to take on the 15.5km continuously undulating time trial around Oron and utilise another skill needed to win a stage race.

Stage four from Saillon to Leysin is 151.7km and takes the riders into higher territory with five classified climbs including the 10km summit finish at the end.

After this the GC battle should be stitched up with just the laps around Vernier to contend with on the final stage which will likely end in a sprint.

Prologue | Tuesday April 23, | Payerne - Payerne. 2.3km

Stage 1 | Wednesday April 24, Château d’Oex - Fribourg. 165.7km

Stage 2 | Thursday April 25, Fribourg - Salvan/Les Marécottes. 171km

Stage 3 | Friday April 26, Oron - Oron. 15.5km

Stage 4 | Saturday April 27, Sailion - Leysin. 151.7km

Stage 5 | Sunday April 28, Vernier - Vernier. 150.8km

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Simon Warren has been obsessed with cycling since the summer of 1989 after watching Greg Lemond battle Laurent Fignon in the Tour de France. Although not having what it took to beat the best, he found his forte was racing up hills and so began his fascination with steep roads. This resulted in his 2010’s best-selling  100 Greatest Cycling Climbs , followed to date by 14 more guides to vertical pain. Covering the British Isles, Belgium, France, Italy and Spain he has been riding and racing up hills and mountains for over 30 years now. He hosts talks, guides rides, has written columns for magazines and in 2020 released his first book of cycling routes,  RIDE BRITAIN . Simon splits his time between working as a graphic designer and running  his 100 Climbs brand  and lives in Sheffield on the edge of the Peak District with his wife and two children.

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