Geraint Howell Thomas, is a Welsh professional racing cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers, Wales and Great Britain. He is one of the few riders in the modern era to achieve significant elite success as both a track and road rider, with notable victories in the velodrome, in one-day racing and in stage racing. On the track, he has won three World Championships, and two Olympic gold medals, while on the road he won the 2018 Tour de France becoming the first Welshman and third British rider to win it.
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.
Christopher Clive Froome [kɹɪs fɹuːm], is a Kenyan-British professional road racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Israel–Premier Tech. He has won seven Grand Tours: four editions of the Tour de France, one Giro d'Italia (2018) and the Vuelta a España twice. He has also won several other stage races, and the Vélo d'Or three times. Froome has also won two Olympic bronze medals in road time trials, in 2012 and 2016, and took bronze in the 2017 World Championships.
Ineos Grenadiers is a British professional cycling team that competes at the UCI WorldTeam level. The team is based at the National Cycling Centre in Manchester, England, with a logistics base in Deinze, Belgium. The team is managed by British Cycling's former performance director, Sir Dave Brailsford. The company Tour Racing Ltd. is the corporate entity behind the team in all its iterations, which in line with cycling practice adopts the name of their current primary sponsor.
Thibaut Pinot is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional from 2010 to 2023, spending his entire career with Française des Jeux. Once considered one of the most promising talents in French cycling, he finished third overall in the 2014 Tour de France and first in the young rider classification. He has won stages in all three Grand Tours, with 3 in the Tour de France, 1 in the Giro d'Italia and 2 in the Vuelta a España. Pinot has taken more than thirty professional victories, including the Giro di Lombardia in 2018, and he won the mountains classification at the 2023 Giro d'Italia.
Arnaud Démare is a professional road racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Arkéa–B&B Hotels. In 2011 he won the UCI World Under-23 Road Race Championships, and in 2016 he won the Milan–San Remo. He is one of five riders to have won the French National Road Race Championships three times, having won the race in 2014, 2017 and 2020.
Nairo Alexánder Quintana Rojas, ODB, is a Colombian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Movistar Team.
Romain Bardet is a French professional racing cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam Team dsm–firmenich PostNL. Bardet is known for his climbing and descending abilities, which make him one of the top general classification contenders in Grand Tours.
Warren Barguil is a French cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam Team dsm–firmenich PostNL. He is best known for winning two mountain stages and the mountains classification of the 2017 Tour de France.
Rudy Molard is a French road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Groupama–FDJ.
Adam Richard Yates is a British professional road and track racing cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates. Yates placed fourth overall at the 2016 Tour de France and became the first British rider to win the young rider classification, one year ahead of his twin brother Simon Yates.
Julian Alaphilippe is a French professional road cyclist, former cyclo-cross racer and two-time UCI World Road Champion, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Soudal–Quick-Step. He is the brother of racing cyclist Bryan Alaphilippe.
Emanuel Buchmann is a German professional racing cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam Bora–Hansgrohe. He is a two-time winner of the German National Road Race Championships, in 2015 and 2023. He has competed in twelve Grand Tours, with a best result of fourth place, recorded at the 2019 Tour de France.
Guillaume Martin is a French cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Cofidis.
The 2017 Tour de France was the 104th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The 21-stage race took place across 3,540 km (2,200 mi), commencing with an individual time trial in Düsseldorf, Germany on 1 July, and concluding with the Champs-Élysées stage in Paris on 23 July. A total of 198 riders from 22 teams entered the race. The overall general classification won by Chris Froome of Team Sky, his third consecutive victory and fourth overall. Rigoberto Urán (Cannondale–Drapac) and Romain Bardet finished second and third, respectively.
Ben Alexander O'Connor is an Australian road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale.
Benoît Cosnefroy is a French cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale.
Valentin Madouas is a French cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Groupama–FDJ.
Xavier Pache (SWI)
David Gaudu (FRA)
