Ventidue squadre di otto corridori ciascuna saranno al via, a partire dal 7 luglio, del Tour de France 2018. Il palcoscenico più prestigioso al mondo merita la più importante startlist possibile: non mancherà quasi nessuno, dunque, degli attuali campioni delle due ruote.
In primis quelli che si contenderanno la maglia gialla. Ci sarà il campione uscente Chris Froome (Sky), che se la vedrà, tra gli altri, con Nairo Quintana (Movistar), Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb), Romain Bardet (Ag2R La Mondiale), Richie Porte (Bmc) e con Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain – Merida), l’azzurro più atteso. Clicca qui per un focus completo sui favoriti per la vittoria finale.
Grande attesa per quanto concerne le ruote veloci, in particolare per la sfida alla maglia verde tra i due fenomeni Peter Sagan (Bora – Hansgrohe) e Fernando Gaviria (Quick Step Floors), senza dimenticare il detentore Michael Matthews (Sunweb). Accanto a loro, occhio a Marcel Kittel (Katusha-Alpecin), Arnaud Démare (Groupama – FDJ), Dylan Groenewegen (LottoNL – Jumbo), Andre Greipel (Lotto Soudal), Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data), Alexander Kristoff (UAE Team Emirates), John Degenkolb (Trek – Segafredo). In questo caso le speranze azzurre sono affidate a Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain – Merida).
Gli italiani al via sono tredici e la maggior parte di loro avranno compiti di gregariato: sarà così per i compagni di Nibali e Colbrelli (Franco Pellizotti e Domenico Pozzovivo), per Daniele Bennati (Movistar), per Daniel Oss (Bora), per Damiano Caruso (Bmc), per Jacopo Guarnieri (Groupama), per Marco Marcato, Roberto Ferrari e Oliviero Troia (UAE). Più chance di gettarsi nella mischia, ma non facili possibilità di raccogliere un successo, per il velocista Andrea Pasqualon (Wanty-Gobert).
Allora ecco, di seguito, la startlist della Grande Boucle 2018.
TEAM SKY
1 FROOME Christopher United Kingdom
2 BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley Colombia
3 CASTROVIEJO NICOLAS Jonathan Basque Country
4 KWIATKOWSKI Michal Poland
5 MOSCON Gianni Italy
6 POELS Wouter Netherlands
7 ROWE Luke United Kingdom
8 THOMAS Geraint United Kingdom
TEAM EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC p/b CANNONDALE
11 URAN URAN Rigoberto Colombia
12 CLARKE Simon Australia
13 CRADDOCK Lawson United States
14 MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe Colombia
15 PHINNEY Taylor United States
16 ROLLAND Pierre France
17 SCULLY Thomas New Zealand
18 VANMARCKE Sep Belgium
AG2R LA MONDIALE
21 BARDET Romain France
22 DILLIER Silvan Switzerland
23 DOMONT Axel France
24 FRANK Mathias Switzerland
25 GALLOPIN Tony France
26 LATOUR Pierre France
27 NAESEN Oliver Belgium
28 VUILLERMOZ Alexis France
TEAM SUNWEB
31 MATTHEWS Michael Australia
32 DUMOULIN Tom Netherlands
33 ARNDT Nikias Germany
34 GESCHKE Simon Germany
35 HAGA Chad United States
36 KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren Denmark
37 TEN DAM Laurens Netherlands
38 THEUNS Edward Belgium
TEAM FORTUNEO – SAMSIC
41 BARGUIL Warren France
42 BOUET Maxime France
43 GESBERT Elie France
44 HARDY Romain France
45 LEDANOIS Kevin France
46 MOINARD Amaël France
47 PICHON Laurent France
48 VACHON Florian France
BAHRAIN – MERIDA
51 NIBALI Vincenzo Italy
52 COLBRELLI Sonny Italy
53 HAUSSLER Heinrich Australia
54 IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI Gorka Basque Country
55 IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI Ion Basque Country
56 KOREN Kristjan Slovenia
57 PELLIZOTTI Franco Italy
58 POZZOVIVO Domenico Italy
MITCHELTON – SCOTT
61 YATES Adam United Kingdom
62 BAUER Jack New Zealand
63 DURBRIDGE Luke Australia
64 HAYMAN Mathew Australia
65 HEPBURN Michael Australia
66 HOWSON Damien Australia
67 IMPEY Daryl South Africa
68 NIEVE ITURALDE Mikel Basque Country
MOVISTAR TEAM
71 QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander Colombia
72 AMADOR BIKKAZAKOVA Andrey Costa Rica
73 BENNATI Daniele Italy
74 ERVITI Imanol Spain
75 LANDA MEANA Mikel Basque Country
76 ROJAS GIL Jose Joaquin Spain
77 SOLER GIMENEZ Marc Spain
78 VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro Spain
BMC RACING TEAM
81 PORTE Richie Australia
82 BEVIN Patrick New Zealand
83 CARUSO Damiano Italy
84 GERRANS Simon Australia
85 KÜNG Stefan Switzerland
86 SCHÄR Michael Switzerland
87 VAN AVERMAET Greg Belgium
88 VAN GARDEREN Tejay United States
UAE – TEAMEMIRATES
91 MARTIN Daniel Ireland
92 ATAPUMA HURTADO Jhon Darwin Colombia
93 DURASEK Kristijan Croatia
94 FERRARI Roberto Italy
95 KRISTOFF Alexander Norway
96 MARCATO Marco Italy
97 SUTHERLAND Rory Australia
98 TROIA Oliviero Italy
QUICK STEP FLOORS
101 ALAPHILIPPE Julian France
102 DECLERCQ Tim Belgium
103 GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando Colombia
104 GILBERT Philippe Belgium
105 JUNGELS Bob Luxembourg
106 LAMPAERT Yves Belgium
107 RICHEZE Ariel Maximiliano Argentina
108 TERPSTRA Niki Netherlands
BORA-HANSGROHE
111 SAGAN Peter Slovakia
112 BODNAR Maciej Poland
113 BURGHARDT Marcus Germany
114 MAJKA Rafal Poland
115 MUHLBERGER Gregor Austria
116 OSS Daniel Italy
117 POLJANSKI Pawel Poland
118 POSTLBERGER Lukas Austria
ASTANA PRO TEAM
121 FUGLSANG Jakob Denmark
122 FRAILE MATARRANZ Omar Basque Country
123 GRUZDEV Dmitriy Kazahkstan
124 HANSEN Jesper Denmark
125 KANGERT Tanel Estonia
126 CORT NIELSEN Magnus Denmark
127 SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon Spain
128 VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael Denmark
TEAM DIMENSION DATA
131 CAVENDISH Mark United Kingdom
132 BOASSON HAGEN Edvald Norway
133 JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt South Africa
134 PAUWELS Serge Belgium
135 RENSHAW Mark Australia
136 SLAGTER Tom Jelte Netherlands
137 THOMSON Jay Robert South Africa
138 VERMOTE Julien Belgium
TEAM KATUSHA-ALPECIN
141 ZAKARIN Ilnur Russia
142 BOSWELL Ian United States
143 KISERLOVSKI Robert Croatia
144 KITTEL Marcel Germany
145 KOCHETKOV Pavel Russia
146 MARTIN Tony Germany
147 POLITT Nils Germany
148 ZABEL Rick Germany
GROUPAMA – FDJ
151 DEMARE Arnaud France
152 GAUDU David France
153 GUARNIERI Jacopo Italy
154 LE GAC Olivier France
155 LUDVIGSSON Tobias Sweden
156 MOLARD Rudy France
157 SINKELDAM Ramon Netherlands
158 VICHOT Arthur France
TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO
161 KRUIJSWIJK Steven Netherlands
162 GESINK Robert Netherlands
163 GROENEWEGEN Dylan Netherlands
164 JANSEN Amund Grøndahl Norway
165 MARTENS Paul Germany
166 ROGLIC Primoz Slovenia
167 ROOSEN Timo Netherlands
168 TOLHOEK Antwan Netherlands
LOTTO – SOUDAL
171 GREIPEL André Germany
172 BENOOT Tiesj Belgium
173 DE BUYST Jasper Belgium
174 DE GENDT Thomas Belgium
175 KEUKELEIRE Jens Belgium
176 MARCZYNSKI Tomasz Poland
177 SIEBERG Marcel Germany
178 VANENDERT Jelle Belgium
DIRECT ENERGIE
181 CALMEJANE Lilian France
182 BOUDAT Thomas France
183 CHAVANEL Sylvain France
184 COUSIN Jerome France
185 GAUDIN Damien France
186 GRELLIER Fabien France
187 SICARD Romain Basque Country
188 TAARAMAE Rein Estonia
TREK-SEGAFREDO
191 MOLLEMA Bauke Netherlands
192 BERNARD Julien France
193 DE KORT Koen Netherlands
194 DEGENKOLB John Germany
195 GOGL Michael Austria
196 GRMAY Tsgabu Gebremaryam Ethiopia
197 SKUJINS Toms Latvia
198 STUYVEN Jasper Belgium
COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CRÉDITS
201 LAPORTE Christophe France
202 CLAEYS Dimitri Belgium
203 EDET Nicolas France
204 HERRADA LOPEZ Jesús Spain
205 NAVARRO GARCIA Daniel Spain
206 PEREZ Anthony France
207 SIMON Julien France
208 TURGIS Anthony France
WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT
211 MARTIN Guillaume France
212 DEGAND Thomas Belgium
213 DUPONT Timothy Belgium
214 MINNAARD Marco Netherlands
215 OFFREDO Yoann France
216 PASQUALON Andrea Italy
217 SMITH Dion New Zealand
218 VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume Belgium