2017 Tour de France startlist & field speculation

[Anderis]

Another American making his Le Tour de France debut with #GreenArgyle. Make some noise for @natebrown0707!

That's some kind of a surprise. I had actually expected him to have a chance to go to TdF this year but since the guys like Bevin and Phinney were confirmed, I thought guy like Langeveld wouldn't be left out after a strong spring, as he had been a regular member of Cannondale's TdF rosters even during his worse years.

Or maybe it's Uran who will not make it? :surprised:

 

[Alexandre B.]

AG2R La Mondiale

Jan Bakelants
Romain Bardet
Axel Domont
Mathias Frank
Ben Gastauer
Cyril Gautier
Pierre Latour
Oliver Naesen
Alexis Vuillermoz

 

[May0maniac]

Re:

AG2R La Mondiale

Jan Bakelants
Romain Bardet
Axel Domont
Mathias Frank
Ben Gastauer
Cyril Gautier
Pierre Latour
Oliver Naesen
Alexis Vuillermoz

That's a really strong team for the mountains, they have the firepower to do a lot of damage.

 

[Alexandre B.]

Indeed. A pity Chérel is out due to injury, he's Bardet closest friend and a very useful dom.

 

[TM Dane]

Re:

Direct Energie

Thomas Boudat
Lilian Calmejane
Sylvain Chavanel
Yohann Gène
Adrien Petit
Perrig Quéméneur
Romain Sicard
Angelo Tulik
Thomas Voeckler

Who will be their sprinter, Boudat or Petit?

 

[tobydawq]

Cavendish confirmed.

 

[Alexandre B.]

Wanty-Groupe Gobert

Frederik Backaert
Thomas Degand
Guillaume Martin
Marco Minnaard
Yoann Offredo
Andrea Pasqualon
Dion Smith
Guillaume Van Keirsbulck
Pieter Vanspeybrouck

 

[jaylew]

Re:

Direct Energie

Thomas Boudat
Lilian Calmejane
Sylvain Chavanel
Yohann Gène
Adrien Petit
Perrig Quéméneur
Romain Sicard
Angelo Tulik
Thomas Voeckler

Leaving Coquard out makes them look so small and petty. He stuck with the team during some tough times when he could have left for WT, he tells the team his plans well in advance so they can plan out next year and you're going to blame the guy for wanting to step up a level after 5 years with the team? Pathetic. Well, they've definitely made sure no one will ever let them know they're leaving before the Tour again. Is Calmejane under contract for next year? It would be funny if he decided to sign with someone else for 2018.

 

[jaylew]

DD:

Cavendish
Cummings
EBH
Eisel
Renshaw
Venter
Thwaites
Pauwels
Janse Van Rensburg (Reinardt)

 

[ppanther92]

Re:

AG2R La Mondiale

Jan Bakelants
Romain Bardet
Axel Domont
Mathias Frank
Ben Gastauer
Cyril Gautier
Pierre Latour
Oliver Naesen
Alexis Vuillermoz

Strong team with a shot at team classification. Will have a look at the odds. Backed them 2014 @50 (1st, of course a bit lucky) and also last year @100 (4th) and will do so again this year.

 

[May0maniac]

UAE Team Emirates:
MEINTJES Louis
LAENGEN Vegard Stake
ULISSI Diego
SWIFT Ben
ATAPUMA John Darwin
BONO Matteo
DURASEK Kristijan
MORI Manuele
MARCATO Marco

It's not bad, Atapuma and Durasek can hel Meintjes in the mountains and Laengen and Swift can also help them early on on a climb. Ulissi to go stagehunting Swift for the harder sprint stages and better support for Meintjes than last year.

 

[TheYouyou7]

Re: Re:

Direct Energie

Thomas Boudat
Lilian Calmejane
Sylvain Chavanel
Yohann Gène
Adrien Petit
Perrig Quéméneur
Romain Sicard
Angelo Tulik
Thomas Voeckler

Leaving Coquard out makes them look so small and petty. He stuck with the team during some tough times when he could have left for WT, he tells the team his plans well in advance so they can plan out next year and you're going to blame the guy for wanting to step up a level after 5 years with the team? Pathetic. Well, they've definitely made sure no one will ever let them know they're leaving before the Tour again. Is Calmejane under contract for next year? It would be funny if he decided to sign with someone else for 2018.

Excellent post

 

[DNP-Old]

Re:

DD:

Cavendish
Cummings
EBH
Eisel
Renshaw
Venter
Thwaites
Pauwels
Janse Van Rensburg (Reinardt)

''Africa's Team''.

 

[TommyGun]

Re: Re:

DD:

Cavendish
Cummings
EBH
Eisel
Renshaw
Venter
Thwaites
Pauwels
Janse Van Rensburg (Reinardt)

''Africa's Team''.

I like to call it Sky's B-team.
This team is like a remnant of the old Empire, as if South Africa was still a British colony .

 

[May0maniac]

Re: Re:

DD:

Cavendish
Cummings
EBH
Eisel
Renshaw
Venter
Thwaites
Pauwels
Janse Van Rensburg (Reinardt)

''Africa's Team''.

Yes, but on the other hand a few of their African riders, mainly Kudus and Debesay, are probably better off riding the Vuelta as their only gt. Add a few riders from the Giro squad (Anton, Fraile, Gibbons, Sbaragli and maybe also one of the Eritreans who raced the Giro) and maybe even Morton, who only seems to be good at climbing in the heat, and you have an interesting Vuelta squad.
All in all I don't mind their Tour squad.

 

[Alexandre B.]

Cofidis

Nacer Bouhanni
Dimitri Claeys
Christophe Laporte
Cyril Lemoine
Luis Angel Maté
Daniel Navarro
Florian Sénéchal
Julien Simon
Geoffrey Soupe

 

[capuldemetal]

bananito and iasha! it's gonna be fun!

 

[deValtos]

Nairo
Valverde
Erviti
BETANCUR!!
Sutterlin
Bennati
Jesus Herrada
Castro
Amador

 

[RedheadDane]

Re: Re:

Direct Energie

Thomas Boudat
Lilian Calmejane
Sylvain Chavanel
Yohann Gène
Adrien Petit
Perrig Quéméneur
Romain Sicard
Angelo Tulik
Thomas Voeckler

Leaving Coquard out makes them look so small and petty. He stuck with the team during some tough times when he could have left for WT, he tells the team his plans well in advance so they can plan out next year and you're going to blame the guy for wanting to step up a level after 5 years with the team? Pathetic. Well, they've definitely made sure no one will ever let them know they're leaving before the Tour again. Is Calmejane under contract for next year? It would be funny if he decided to sign with someone else for 2018.

THIS! He's a young, super talented guy. Of course he was gonna leave for a WT team eventually.

 

[deValtos]

Bahrain:

Brajkovic
Cink
Arashiro
Grmay
Izagirre
Colbrelli
Bozic
Moreno
Bole

 

[Escarabajo]

Re:

Nairo
Valverde
Erviti
BETANCUR!!
Sutterlin
Bennati
Jesus Herrada
Castro
Amador

Betancur!!!!!!!

Holy smoke!!

 

[RedheadDane]

Re: Re:

Nairo
Valverde
Erviti
BETANCUR!!
Sutterlin
Bennati
Jesus Herrada
Castro
Amador

Betancur!!!!!!!

Holy smoke!!

I hardly think he's gonna start smoking.
Holy or otherwise...

 

[Alexandre B.]

FDJ

Davide Cimolai
Mickaël Delage
Arnaud Démare
Jacopo Guarnieri
Ignatas Konovalovas
Olivier Le Gac
Rudy Molard
Thibaut Pinot
Arthur Vichot

 

[Squire]

Damn, Demare is really bringing the firepower.

 

[Leinster]

Re: Re:

DD:

Cavendish
Cummings
EBH
Eisel
Renshaw
Venter
Thwaites
Pauwels
Janse Van Rensburg (Reinardt)

''Africa's Team''.

Van Rensburg and Venter are names you wouldn't be surprised to see in a Springbok XV, in fairness.