The 2018 Tour de France was the 105th edition of the race, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The 21-stage race takes place from 7 July to 29 July 2018. 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 was entitled to enter eight riders, the peloton on the first stage consisted of 176 riders from 30 countries. [1]
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 1993 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 7 July 2018, the date on which the Tour began |
The 176 riders that are competing in the 2018 Tour de France originated from 30 different countries.
Country | No. of riders | Finishers | Stage wins |
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Argentina | 1 | 1 | |
Australia | 11 | 7 | |
Austria | 3 | 3 | |
Belgium | 19 | 13 | |
Colombia | 6 | 4 | 3 (Fernando Gaviria x2, Nairo Quintana) |
Costa Rica | 1 | 1 | |
Croatia | 2 | 1 | |
Denmark | 5 | 5 | 1 (Magnus Cort) |
Estonia | 2 | 1 | |
Ethiopia | 1 | 0 | |
France | 35 | 32 | 3 (Julian Alaphilippe x2, Arnaud Démare) |
Germany | 11 | 6 | 1 (John Degenkolb) |
Great Britain | 5 | 4 | 2 (Geraint Thomas x2) |
Ireland | 1 | 1 | 1 (Dan Martin) |
Italy | 13 | 11 | |
Kazakhstan | 1 | 0 | |
Latvia | 1 | 1 | |
Luxembourg | 1 | 1 | |
Netherlands | 14 | 13 | 3 (Dylan Groenewegen x2, Tom Dumoulin) |
New Zealand | 4 | 3 | |
Norway | 3 | 3 | 1 (Alexander Kristoff) |
Poland | 5 | 5 | |
Russia | 2 | 2 | |
Slovakia | 1 | 1 | 3 (Peter Sagan x3) |
Slovenia | 2 | 2 | 1 (Primož Roglič) |
South Africa | 3 | 3 | |
Spain | 13 | 11 | 1 (Omar Fraile) |
Sweden | 1 | 1 | |
Switzerland | 4 | 4 | |
United States | 5 | 5 | |
Total | 176 | 145 | 20 |
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