Tour de France 2022 Tour de France Start List

[Jungle Cycle]

Bahrain Victorious Riders and Staff Investigated - Team Bahrain

Some riders and staff of Team Bahrain Victorious had Police search their homes today before their departure to the Tour de France. Team Bahrain Victorious always works based on the highest standards of professionalism in sports, including the integrity of all professional members and...

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[Jungle Cycle]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1541423838315126785

View: https://twitter.com/kwiato/status/1541423838315126785

 

[Faserr]

Intermarché, Bora, EF, Alpecin an INEOS still missing.
I think they want to get some of their riders negativ. Schachmann for example was positiv around 5-6 days ago.

 

[Sciatic]

Ok thanks. So it was all trolling from dercuforever
Either that or he got the threads completely mixed up.

I got confused too because at a quick 1st glance I thought the “But you never know” was in Remco’s tweet, but it was dercuforever’s post.

 

[Escarabajo]

Florian Sénéchal: "I heard the news on Friday. I had hoped that being champion of France would change the situation... The team informed me that they wanted to put Danes for the big start at Copenhagen to give a good image."

He shouldn't be saying this anyway!

 

[Remy55]

Bora with Vlasov, Schachmann, Kämna, Großschartner, Konrad, Politt, Haller and Van Poppel

no Bennett

 

[18-Valve. (pithy)]

He shouldn't be saying this anyway!

Who cares. I'm glad he put them on blast.

It's a ridiculous decision.

 

[RedheadDane]

It really is strange: Demare, Cavagna, Senechal. That's three years in a row the French Champion did/will not ride the TdF.
And the ITT Champion won't be starting either, same as last year.

 

[Escarabajo]

Bora with Vlasov, Schachmann, Kämna, Großschartner, Konrad, Politt, Haller and Van Poppel

no Bennett

I was expecting this. Bennett is nowhere to be see. Not many flat stages and last but not least the strong performances by Bora this year puts them with a good possibility of the podium. No surprise to me TBH.

 

[Sciatic]

Bora with Vlasov, Schachmann, Kämna, Großschartner, Konrad, Politt, Haller and Van Poppel

no Bennett

Strong team . . . Hope they perform like it.

 

[Roku]

They go all in with Vlasov while keeping flexibility for chasing breaks and stage wins.

Bora's line-up only lacks an elite mountain domestique, but Kämna, Grossschartner, Konrad and Schachmann should be enough to at least guarantee a couple of riders staying with Aleks in each stage when the peloton is heavily reduced.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Old man and his kids

No Gesbert, Edet, Dayer, Bouhanni, Ries, Vauquelin, Anacona, Delaplace, Ledanois (other than in a team car) or Guernalec?

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Bora with Vlasov, Schachmann, Kämna, Großschartner, Konrad, Politt, Haller and Van Poppel

no Bennett

Said a few weeks back that Van Poppel is Bora's best sprint option for the Tour but really wasn't expecting them to actually go there and drop Bennett. Good on them for picking class over names or salaries.

 

[Faserr]

Bora with Vlasov, Schachmann, Kämna, Großschartner, Konrad, Politt, Haller and Van Poppel

no Bennett

We talked about it during the TDS. I'm glad that they took the strongest riders. Nevertheless I'm surprised that they really didn't select Bennett.
Schachmann quickly recoverd from COVID. In a german podcast a german reporter said that he talked to Zemke. Zemke said that Vlasov didn't really have symptoms. Haller was a good again at the austian championships and Schachmann seems to be negativ after 5 day, too.

 

[RedheadDane]

Huh, PCS definitely had the green check-mark on Movistar before.

Both FirstCycling and Cyclingfever only has six riders listed for Movistar, but CF also got it wrong for DSM, having Pedersen listed, and no Juul-Jensen for BEX.

 

[Remy55]

We talked about it during the TDS. I'm glad that they took the strongest riders. Nevertheless I'm surprised that they really didn't select Bennett.
Schachmann quickly recoverd from COVID. In a german podcast a german reporter said that he talked to Zemke. Zemke said that Vlasov didn't really have symptoms. Haller was a good again at the austian championships and Schachmann seems to be negativ after 5 day, too.

Listening to the podcast, between the lines it sounds they are going all-in for Vlasov.

 

[Sciatic]

They go all in with Vlasov while keeping flexibility for chasing breaks and stage wins.

Bora's line-up only lacks an elite mountain domestique, but Kämna, Grossschartner, Konrad and Schachmann should be enough to at least guarantee a couple of riders staying with Aleks in each stage when the peloton is heavily reduced.

There will be large enough Jumbo /Ineos contingents when the select groups form so he can just hook onto those. But that doesn’t help if he has a mechanical or other mishap and needs assistance to get back to the front.

 

[Faserr]

Großschartner seems to be in great shape. I think he can be there at some mountain stages.

 

[yaco]

Quickstep better hope that Jakobsen is in form or they may not win a stage.

 

[Lequack]

Quickstep better hope that Jakobsen is in form or they may not win a stage.

Cavendish and Alaphillipe if that happens

 

[RedheadDane]

Cavendish and Alaphillipe if that happens

You'll use any opportunity to post that picture, won't you?

 

[Lequack]

You'll use any opportunity to post that picture, won't you?

 

[Krzysztof_O]

After bullying the rest for the whole race this is how JV powerhouses looked at the end. Moment of the decade so far.

 

[Salvarani]

Großschartner seems to be in great shape. I think he can be there at some mountain stages.

He is a solid rider and he has been good over three weeks in the two past editions of the Vuelta, and like you said... he seems to be in great shape.

 

[tobydawq]

Have you guys seen the route for this race? To me it makes absolute sense that QuickStep bring some guys for the tough terrain like Honoré and Bagioli and don't go all-in on a sprint train. French jersey or not. I don't buy that it's a question of nationality.