Thomas Voeckler is a French former road racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2001 and 2017, for the Direct Énergie team and its previous iterations.
Nicolas Roche is an Irish former professional road bicycle racer who last rode for UCI WorldTeam Team DSM–Firmenich. He has twice been national champion and has twice finished in the top ten of the Vuelta a España, and won stages in 2013 and 2015. He started a total of 24 Grand Tours, finishing 22, and he took a total of 65 top 10 finishes in Grand Tour stages, including 43 on the Vuelta. He represented Ireland at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the road race. He has competed for Ireland 7 times at the road world championships.
Leonardo Fabio Duque is a French-Colombian professional road racing cyclist, who last rode for the Delko team. After stage 19 of the 2009 Tour de France, Duque was named the most combative rider of the stage after aggressively pacing a breakaway. In 2011 he became the first Colombian-born cyclist to finish the cobbled One Day Cycling Monuments, the Tour of Flanders and Paris–Roubaix. He also competed in the men's Madison at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Christophe Riblon is a French former road and track racing cyclist who competed as a professional for the AG2R La Mondiale team for 13 seasons between 2005 and 2017. He also competed for France at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Pierre Rolland is a French former professional road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2007 to 2022, and was particularly known for his aggressive style of racing in the mountains.
Przemysław Niemiec is a Polish former road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2018 for the Amore & Vita–Beretta, Miche and UAE Team Emirates squads.
Rui Alberto Faria da Costa, ComIH is a Portuguese professional road bicycle racer, who rides for UCI WorldTeam Intermarché–Circus–Wanty. He is best known for winning the 2013 UCI Road World Championships in Tuscany, Italy, three stages of the Tour de France in 2011 and 2013, and the 2012, 2013 and 2014 editions of the Tour de Suisse, becoming the first cyclist to win the event for three consecutive years.
Guillaume Bonnafond is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2009 and 2018 for the AG2R La Mondiale and Cofidis teams. He had excelled at both basketball and cycling as a youth, but eventually concentrated on the latter, training with Ag2r–La Mondiale's Chambéry Cyclisme Formation, subsequently joining the squad as an amateur and, in 2009 as a professional.
Thomas De Gendt is a Belgian professional road racing cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam Lotto–Dstny. He previously rode for rivals Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator, Vacansoleil–DCM, and Omega Pharma–Quick-Step.
Jan Bakelants is a Belgian former professional road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2009 to 2022.
Bob Jungels is a Luxembourgish road bicycle racer, who rides for UCI WorldTeam Bora–Hansgrohe.
Alexandre Geniez is a French professional cyclist, who last rode for UCI ProTeam Team TotalEnergies.
Simon Geschke is a German professional road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Cofidis.
Simon Clarke is an Australian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Israel–Premier Tech. He previously rode for the Astana (2011) and Orica–GreenEDGE (2012–2015) teams in the UCI World Tour. Before turning professional, Clarke competed in track cycling as an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. He is not related to fellow Australian cyclist and past teammate Will Clarke.
Romain Bardet is a French professional racing cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam Team DSM–Firmenich. Bardet is known for his climbing and descending abilities, which make him one of the top general classification contenders in Grand Tours.
The 2014 Tour de France was the 101st edition of the race, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The 3,660.5-kilometre (2,274.5 mi) race included 21 stages, starting in Leeds, Yorkshire, United Kingdom, on 5 July and finishing on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on 27 July. The race also visited Belgium for part of a stage. Vincenzo Nibali of the Astana team won the overall general classification by more than seven minutes, the biggest winning margin since 1997. By winning, he had acquired victories in all Grand Tours. Jean-Christophe Péraud placed second, with Thibaut Pinot (FDJ.fr) third.
Kenny Elissonde is a French professional road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Trek–Segafredo.
The 2013 Roma Maxima was the 75th edition of the Italian semi-classic cycle race previously known as Giro del Lazio. The Giro del Lazio has not been raced since 2008, and the 2013 edition was the first one with the new name.
Silvan Dillier is a Swiss cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Alpecin–Deceuninck.
Ben Alexander O'Connor is an Australian road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam AG2R Citroën Team.
