With simply ten days till the 2024 Tour de France, we’re due squad bulletins, however Uno-X Mobility are the primary to launch their lineup.
The Norwegian staff will likely be led by Magnus Cort and Alexander Kristoff, two riders who’ve tasted success on the French Grand Tour previously.
The pair will likely be joined by six extra Scandinavians – all Norwegians, by the way – Jonas Abrahamsen, Tobias Halland Johannessen, Rasmus Fossum Tiller, Søren Wærenskjold, Johannes Kulset and Odd Christian Eiking.
2024 would be the second consecutive yr that Uno-X will likely be current on the Tour, after an aggressive debut in 2023, which noticed them end within the high 10 on phases 11 separate occasions. Nonetheless, they’re nonetheless chasing a stage win.
Cort is likely to be the distinction maker. The Dane received the staff’s first ever WorldTour stage on the Critérium du Dauphiné earlier this month, and has received phases in any respect three Grand Excursions. He final received on the Tour in 2022.
“Our focus within the staff choice has been to discover a good mixture of lead-out expertise, climbing expertise, and normal driving power,” Thor Hushovd, Uno-X’s normal supervisor, mentioned on Monday. “The riders we’ve chosen complement one another very effectively, and I’m assured that we’ll make our mark on a number of phases all through the race.”
Johannessen is the most effective climbing possibility among the many group, with the 24-year-old victorious on the Tour de l’Avenir in 2021.
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The 2024 race begins on Saturday 29 June in Florence, Italy, and finishes in Good, France, simply over three weeks afterward 20 July. Learn our information to the Tour’s route right here.
Eight males are allowed in every squad, with a mixture of climbers, sprinters, normal classification hopefuls and domestiques. All 18 WorldTour groups will likely be current, alongside ProTeams Israel-Premier Tech, Lotto Dstny, Uno-X, and TotalEnergies.
Beneath are the confirmed squads for the race. We’ll replace this web page with extra riders as groups are introduced.
Tour de France 2024 begin listing
Alpecin-Deceuninck
Arkéa-B&B Resorts
Astana-Qazaqstan
Bahrain-Victorious
Bora-Hansgrohe
Cofidis
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale
dsm-firmenich PostNL
EF Training-EasyPost
Groupama-FDJ
Ineos Grenadiers
Jayco-AlUla
Intermarché-Wanty
Israel-Premier Tech
Lidl-Trek
Lotto Dstny
Movistar
Soudal Fast-Step
TotalEnergies
UAE Group Emirates
Uno-X Mobility
CORT Magnus (Den)
KULSET Johannes (Nor)
TILLER Rasmus (Nor)
EIKING Odd Christian (Nor)
KRISTOFF Alexander (Nor)
WÆRENSKJOLD Søren (Nor)
JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland (Nor)
ABRAHAMSEN Jonas (Nor)
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