Tour de France 2022 Tour de France Start List

[Valv.Piti]

no alaphilippe at the tour according to het...who does this leave a space for.....

Honore potentially. Maybe he was in anyways though

 

[Billie]

Who could they take instead? Pernsteiner is like too tiny for the TOURDEFRANCE, Buitrago among others already did the Giro, Govekar, Zambanini, Maciejuk and Price-Pejtersen are neopros, Milan basically also.

So Williams was the only other option. I would have picked Gradek too to help protect the leaders in the first week.

Pernnsteiner also tested positive. I think Haussler and Novak were the only feasible other options

 

[Carrick-On-Seine]

no alaphilippe at the tour according to het...who does this leave a space for.....

Senechal

 

[Lequack]

Remco Evenepoel.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Likely both Jacobsen and Cavendish.

 

[CyclistAbi]

McNulty for the green?

 

[Lequack]

Apparently no Alaphillipe and no Cavendish as well. What a blow to Quickstep fans!

"Julian Alaphilippe (30) will not be in this year's Tour de France. This has been confirmed to our editors. The two-time world champion only made his comeback in the French championship on Sunday after he crashed heavily in Liège-Bastogne-Liège. Also brand new British champion Mark Cavendish is not at the start, although that was not the expectation. "

Géén Julian Alaphilippe in de Tour: “Ontgoocheld, maar wil zelf ook niet starten als ik niet op mijn beste niveau ben”

Julian Alaphilippe (30) zal er dit jaar niet bij zijn in de Ronde van Frankrijk. Dat nieuws is nu ook officieel meegedeeld door Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl. De tweevoudige wereldkampioen maakte zondag pas zijn rentree in koers op het Frans kampioenschap nadat hij zwaar ten val kwam in...

www.nieuwsblad.be

 

[KZD]

Interesting to see UAE with 3 domestiques for the flat. Seems lika good idea actually but I am not sure if Længen and Trentin are exactly the quality riders that Pogačar needs if he is caught out in an echelon or crash.

 

[wheresmybrakes]

Remco Evenepoel.

Please no! It wouldn't be the "Tour de France" then, it would be the "Race all about Remco"

 

[CyclistAbi]

For me it was perfectly clear that Alaphilippe won't make the cut. After all the injuries he got at LBL this would be pushing it. As for Cavendish i don't know. To be honest it's a bit strange for him not to participate.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Interesting to see UAE with 3 domestiques for the flat.

They need them for McNulty and the ambitions for green.

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1541330576514449408

View: https://mobile.twitter.com/TrekSegafredo/status/1541330576514449408

The Vikings of Trek-Segafredo have arrived to the party.

 

[dercuforever]

Remco Evenepoel.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1541099340395053057

View: https://twitter.com/EvenepoelRemco/status/1541099340395053057?s=20&t=QfRn6c528bZCjdE7IlviJQ

but, who knows ?

 

[gregrowlerson]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1541099340395053057

View: https://twitter.com/EvenepoelRemco/status/1541099340395053057?s=20&t=QfRn6c528bZCjdE7IlviJQ

but, who knows ?

Yep, a short break could mean just a few days.

 

[BR2]

Apparently no Alaphillipe and no Cavendish as well. What a blow to Quickstep fans!

"Julian Alaphilippe (30) will not be in this year's Tour de France. This has been confirmed to our editors. The two-time world champion only made his comeback in the French championship on Sunday after he crashed heavily in Liège-Bastogne-Liège. Also brand new British champion Mark Cavendish is not at the start, although that was not the expectation. "

Géén Julian Alaphilippe in de Tour: “Ontgoocheld, maar wil zelf ook niet starten als ik niet op mijn beste niveau ben”

Julian Alaphilippe (30) zal er dit jaar niet bij zijn in de Ronde van Frankrijk. Dat nieuws is nu ook officieel meegedeeld door Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl. De tweevoudige wereldkampioen maakte zondag pas zijn rentree in koers op het Frans kampioenschap nadat hij zwaar ten val kwam in...

www.nieuwsblad.be

I hope this was his own decision, too.

 

[Roku]

Interesting to see UAE with 3 domestiques for the flat. Seems lika good idea actually but I am not sure if Længen and Trentin are exactly the quality riders that Pogačar needs if he is caught out in an echelon or crash.

Trentin has not been performing at his best this year, but during his prime he has been a force in echelons and positioning. He was rarely caught off guard. Despite not being great on cobbles, he should be a plus for the team.

Laengen has a big engine and can climb a bit, but I'm not sure about his strength on echelons.

 

[Carrick-On-Seine]

I hope this was his own decision, too.

He rode well yesterday and helped set up the tricolour for Senechal who will no doubt return the favour when it comes to retaining the rainbow jersey
Here’s hoping Julian gets a good race programme together to help win it again.

 

[Bolder]

I hope this was his own decision, too.

Regardless, if he's not close to his best shape or didn't feel great yesterday, no point in just riding around France for 3 weeks. Sounds like more structured training is in order.

 

[Carrick-On-Seine]

Sporza reporting:

Andrea Bagioli (Ita)

Kasper Asgreen (Den)

Mattia Cattaneo (Ita)

Mikkel Honoré (Den)

Tim Declercq

Yves Lampaert

Fabio Jakobsen (Ned)

Michael Morkov (Den)

 

[Jan the Man]

Sporza reporting:

Andrea Bagioli (Ita)

Kasper Asgreen (Den)

Mattia Cattaneo (Ita)

Mikkel Honoré (Den)

Tim Declercq

Yves Lampaert

Fabio Jakobsen (Ned)

Michael Morkov (Den)

All or nothing on the two danish stages. Looks a very strong team with those sprints in mind

 

[Lequack]

UAE going without Pogacar! Haha, just kidding, this isn't Quickstep.

 

[titan31]

Surprised QS left Seneschal out. Knew Ala and Cav weren't going in but French national champion at the Tour and leaving out just doesn't make sense.

 

[Lequack]

Its all a ploy by Quickstep, you can put more sponsor logos on a regular jersey than a national or worlds champ one.

 

[Carrick-On-Seine]

Surprised QS left Seneschal out. Knew Ala and Cav weren't going in but French national champion at the Tour and leaving out just doesn't make sense.

Also, I thought he was part of the lead out train plus Honore hasn't had the most noticeable of seasons.

 

[titan31]

Also, I thought he was part of the lead out train plus Honore hasn't had the most noticeable of seasons.

Yup, I'd have left him out for Honore. It's not like they're challenging for GC anyway so don't need Honore being a bit better of a climber and can switch him to the Vuelta for Remco.