The 2017 Tour de France is the 104th edition of the race, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The 21-stage race takes place from 1 to 23 July 2017, starting in Düsseldorf in Germany and finishing on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. [1] All eighteen Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) WorldTeams were automatically invited and were obliged to attend the race. Four UCI Professional Continental teams were given wildcard places into the race by the organiser – Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) – to complete the 22-team peloton. As each team is entitled to enter nine riders, the peloton on the first stage consists of 198 riders from 32 countries. [2]
As the Tour de France is a UCI World Tour event, all eighteen UCI WorldTeams were invited automatically and obliged to enter a team in the race. Four UCI Professional Continental teams were announced as wildcard teams on 26 January 2017, and thus completing the 22-team peloton. [3] Of these teams, Wanty–Groupe Gobert rode the race for the first time. [4]
UCI WorldTeams
UCI Professional Continental teams
No. | Starting number worn by the rider during the Tour |
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Pos. | Position in the general classification |
Time | Deficit to the winner of the general classification |
‡ | Denotes riders born on or after 1 January 1992 eligible for the young rider classification |
Denotes the winner of the general classification | |
Denotes the winner of the points classification | |
Denotes the winner of the mountains classification | |
Denotes the winner of the young rider classification (eligibility indicated by ‡) | |
Denotes riders that represent the winner of the team classification | |
Denotes the winner of the super-combativity award | |
DNS | Denotes a rider who did not start a stage, followed by the stage before which he withdrew |
DNF | Denotes a rider who did not finish a stage, followed by the stage in which he withdrew |
DSQ | Denotes a rider who was disqualified from the race, followed by the stage in which this occurred |
HD | Denotes a rider finished outside the time limit, followed by the stage in which they did so |
Age correct as of Saturday 1 July 2017, the date on which the Tour began |
The following teams and cyclists took part in the 2017 Tour de France: [5]
The 198 riders that competed in the 2017 Tour de France originated from 32 different countries.
Country | No. of riders | Finishers | Stage wins |
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Argentina | 1 | 1 | |
Australia | 9 | 6 | 2 (Michael Matthews ×2) |
Austria | 3 | 3 | |
Belarus | 1 | 1 | |
Belgium | 16 | 14 | |
Colombia | 7 | 7 | 1 (Rigoberto Urán) |
Costa Rica | 1 | 1 | |
Croatia | 2 | 2 | |
Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | |
Denmark | 3 | 2 | |
Ethiopia | 1 | 1 | |
France | 39 | 35 | 5 (Arnaud Démare, Lilian Calmejane, Romain Bardet, Warren Barguil ×2) |
Germany | 16 | 14 | 5 (Marcel Kittel ×5) |
Great Britain | 9 | 6 | 1 (Geraint Thomas) |
Ireland | 2 | 2 | |
Italy | 18 | 13 | 1 (Fabio Aru) |
Japan | 1 | 1 | |
Kazakhstan | 4 | 4 | |
Lithuania | 1 | 0 | |
Luxembourg | 1 | 1 | |
Netherlands | 15 | 12 | 2 (Bauke Mollema, Dylan Groenewegen) |
New Zealand | 4 | 3 | |
Norway | 3 | 3 | 1 (Edvald Boasson Hagen) |
Poland | 4 | 3 | 1 (Maciej Bodnar) |
Portugal | 1 | 1 | |
Slovakia | 2 | 0 | 1 (Peter Sagan) |
Slovenia | 4 | 4 | 1 (Primož Roglič) |
South Africa | 4 | 4 | |
Spain | 13 | 11 | |
Switzerland | 6 | 6 | |
Ukraine | 1 | 1 | |
United States | 3 | 3 | |
Total | 198 | 167 | 21 |
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