And the gravel stage is clearly there for him not to return.
He can't. He's doing the Vuelta.
And now for the teams:
WorldTour
EF Education - EasyPost
Team DSM
Lotto-Soudal
Quick- Step - Alpha Vinyl
Jumbo-Visma
Ineos Grenadiers
Israel - Premier Tech
Trek-Segafredo
No major surprises there. PCS was wrong about UAE - and honestly that would have surprised me - and Ineos comes in as the team nobody guessed (well, nobody apart from toby and his "just mention all the teams" thing.)
ProTeams
Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
Alpecin-Fenix
Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise
Novo Nordisk
Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè
Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
HUMAN POWERED HEALTH
Also what you'd expect. Though, I do wonder why HPH is written in all-caps...
Kontinentalhold
Restaurant SURI - Carl Ras
BHS - PL Beton Bornholm
Riwal Cycling Team
Team ColoQuick
Mazowsze Serce Polski
Team Coop
I guess it's not even a surprise that Serce Polski participates any longer.