AG2R La Mondiale
The main character of the French team is the pet Romain Bardet. In 2016, he was second overall, a year later third, and last year he dominated the mountaineering competition. According to the original plan, he wanted to go to the Giro this year, but he changed his plans due to the pandemic. He is extremely motivated because it is the last performance in the team. He has a contract with the Sunweb team for the next two seasons.
Number of overall championships: 0
Number of stage championships: 18
Arkéa-Samsic
The team belonging to the second division of the world of professional cycling has hired Naira Quintana for this season. And the Colombian mountaineer shone at the beginning of the season after leaving Movistar. He dominated the Tour de La Provence, then the Tur du Var, one stage near Paris Nice, where he fell, and after the restart of the season he was third on the Tour de l´Ain. In 2013 and 2015 he was second on the Tour, a year later third. Now he is ready to fight for the yellow jersey again.
Number of overall championships: 0
Number of stage championships: 0
Astana
The team led by former star Alexander Vinokurov experienced great times when his jersey was worn by Contador, Armstrong or Nibali. Now the main star is Miguel Angel López, who was on the podium at both Giro and Vuelta. He will make his debut at the Tour de France. However, he is under a lot of pressure, because the team is facing economic problems and necessarily needs a great result.
Number of overall championships: 2
Number of stage championships: 12
B & B Hotels-Vital Concept
The second-division French team has only been operating for the third season and will premiere at the Tour de France. The key character is Bryan Coqucard, who focuses on spurts. In 2015 and 2016, it boasted a finish in one of the stages in second place. He has not started on the Tour for three years and believes that he will finally triumph now.
Number of overall championships: 0
Number of stage championships: 0
Bahrain McLaren
Prince Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa founded a team in whose jersey the Czech cyclist Ondřej Cink also spent the only road season of his career. The goal of the formation is to recognize the victory on the Grand Tour. Nibali’s dream of sheikhs did not come true, so he gained the trust of Mikel Land, who, after years of strikes in Astana, Sky and Movistar, gained a clear position as a leader. The route interwoven with hills should suit Land.
Number of overall championships: 0
Number of stage championships: 2
Bora-Hansgrohe
The formation, which was formed on the basis of the NetApp team, whose jersey was worn by Jan Bárta or Leopold König. Now the main star is Peter Sagan, a seven-time winner of the scoring competition of the most famous race in the world. However, Bora also has men for the overall standings. Emanuel Buchmann was fourth in the final accounting last year. And now he wants even higher. However, the question is whether his unmarked fall in General Critérium du Dauphiné.
Number of overall championships: 0
Number of stage championships: 6
CCC
In 2019, the Polish formation took over the position of BMC Racing. And he faces the threat of bankruptcy because the shoe giant has announced its departure from the world of cycling after the season. In France, he will fight for the favor of sponsors. As an Olympic champion, Greg van Avermaet has twice experienced the joy of winning the Tour stage, as has Matteo Trentin. Their task will be to fight again for partial success. Czech mountaineer Jan Hirt will also try. Ilnur Zakarin will discuss the overall placement
Number of overall championships: 0
Number of stage championships: 6
Cofidis
For ten years, the French team operated in the second division, but this year it returned to the elite and the 27-year-old leader Guillaume Martin is tasked with winning the elite ten. After the third place in the Critérium du Dauphiné, it is certainly not an unrealistic task.
Number of overall championships: 0
Number of stage championships: 10
Deceuninck Quick Step
Last year, Julian Alaphilippe was in a yellow leotard for the past week, fueling France’s hopes that the home rider would be at the top again in Paris after years. In the end, in the stage ended prematurely due to landslides after previous storms, the leader’s yellow jersey was lost. Alaphilippe intends to focus on the stage championships, as does his teammate Sam Bennett, dedicated to flat springs. Zdeněk Štybar does not hide his ambition for a partial triumph either.
Number of overall championships: 0
Number of stage championships: 39
EF Pro Cycling
The American team betting on a squadron of mountaineers from Colombia can be a big surprise in an unpredictable year. Rigoberto Uranus, who was second overall in 2017, has ambitions for the overall standings. The winner of the Critérium du Dauphiné, Daniel Martínez, is also present in the line-up, and their 23-year-old compatriot Sergio Higuita also has climbing skills.
Number of overall championships:
Number of stage championships: 8
The start of the Tour de France will take place almost to the exclusion of the public
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Groupama-FDJ
The French formation boasts the longest partnership in the sport, as FDJ has been sponsoring the team for twenty-three years. The main star is Thiabaut Pinot, who last year held the hopes of the whole of France for the overall championship, but an injured knee forced him to resign with tears in his eyes. He promised to return stronger …
Number of overall championships: 0
Number of stage championships: 13
Ineos
Five times in a row, the British formation dominated the Tour de France. Chris Froome, Geraint Thomas and Egan Bernal are entered in the trophy as champions. But the first two did not gain confidence due to poor performance. The key role was entrusted to the defending champion Bernal, who will be supported by Ecuadorian and last year’s winner Gira Carapaz. Will they bear a great burden in conjunction with the intention of the organizers who built the route to end the British team’s rule?
Number of overall championships: 7
Number of stage championships: 17
Izrael Start-Up Nation
The successor of the Katyus formation, who hired Chris Froom for the next season. This year, however, the formation, where René Andrle is one of the sports directors, will rely on the services of Dan Martin, who has three places in the top 10. Twenty-six-year-old Guy Niv will be the first Israeli to ride the Tour de France.
Number of overall championships: 0
Number of stage championships: 0
The Tour de France is here! Is Landa shocked? “Green” Sagan again?
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Jumbo-Visma (WT)
The only task of the Dutch stable is to end the government of Ineos. And there are several adepts in the jersey of the former Rabobank team. Slovenian Primož Roglič won the Vuelta last year and shone this season until the Critérium du Dauphiné, which he left after the fall. He can easily be replaced by Dutch star Tom Dumoulin, winner of Gira 2017. Sepp Kuss, a 25-year-old American, is in reserve. And Wout van Aert, who won Strade Bianche and Milan-San Remo, will undoubtedly shine.
Number of overall championships: 0
Number of stage championships: 57
Lotto Soudal
The Belgian formation is focusing on partial successes and the overall ranking leaves the fighters in their jerseys cold. Just 165 centimeters tall, Australian Caleb Ewan won three stages last year at the Tour de France and is one of the best spurters in the peloton.
Number of overall championships: 0
Number of stage championships: 38
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Slovak star Peter Sagan before the start of the Tour de France.
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Mitchelton-Scott (WT)
An Australian team formed in 2012 and funded by businessman Gerry Ryan.
Number of overall championships: 0
Number of stage championships: 7
NTT Pro Cycling
Thirty-year-old Giacomo Nizzolu is to try to win the podium in the Italian champion’s jersey for a team that previously operated under the name MTN-Qhubeka and Dimension Data. He now has a Japanese sponsor and the director is Bjarne Riis, who is the winner of the Tour and worked as the head of Saxo Bank or Tinkoff Saxo, where he met Roman Kreuziger. It is the Czech cyclist in the NTT jersey who would like to fulfill his dream of a stage championship at the tenth start on the Tour.
Number of overall championships: 0
Number of stage championships: 6
Movistar Team (WT)
The formation, which for many years belonged to the first-place adepts, but vague tactics and internal tensions prevented the yellow jersey. Nairo Quintana and Mikel Landa cleared their positions. The leader will be the talented Enric Mas, his back will be covered by the unpredictable veteran Alejandro Valverde.
Number of overall championships: 7
Number of stage championships: 34
Sunweb Team (WT)
The biggest stars have decided to focus on the Tour de France, which is extremely challenging. That is why the team will try to collect mainly stage championships. Twenty-five-year-old Dutch spurter Cees Bol will focus on the flat stages, Tiesj Benoot hopes for a partial triumph in the rolling stages.
Number of overall championships: 0
Number of stage championships: 16
Total-Direct Energy
The French team from the second division, in whose colors Thomas Voeckler or Sylvain Chavanel shone in the past. Their successor is Lilian Calmejane. He will definitely not go to the overall championship, but he can win a stage from the escape. In the year of twenty years of the stable’s existence, it would be a great reward.
Number of overall championships: 0
Number of stage championships: 10
Trek-Segafredo
American formation with significant Italian influence. He speaks for himself that the Italian Vincenzo Nibali joined the team before this season. But he will focus on the Giro, so the team in France will rely on the duo of Richie Porte and Bauke Mollem. The Australian will ride the tenth Tour de France, but his maximum is the fifth place in 2016. The 33-year-old Dutch longhorn will also be in the tenth time at the start of the Old Lady. But the best was sixth in 2013.
Number of overall championships: 0
Number of stage championships: 5
Emirates Team UAE (WT)
He is only twenty-one years old. Even so, the whole team relies on his feet. Last year, Slovenian Tadej Pogačar won three stages at the Vuelta, where he was third in the final reckoning on his Grand Tour debut. Will it bear a lot of pressure and manage the premiere at the Tour de France?
Number of overall championships: 0
Number of stage championships: 14
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