This Friday 1st of July, the Tour de France 2022 starts in the streets of Copenhagen in Denmark, with an initial time trial of 13.2 kilometers, on a city track which gets quite technical.

If there's no further last minute surprises, 176 riders (22 teams of 8 riders) will come to the start of this 109th edition of the Tour de France.

In this article, you'll find the complete list of these riders, as well as their start order and -times for the initial time trial in the streets of Copenhagen.

The Tour de France 2022 participants list

Positive Covid-19 tests have had some impact on the peloton of the Tour de France 2022 even before the start, with some luck for the brand new French Champion Florian Sénéchal (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team) who was not part of the selection of the Belgian team but who's finally in Denmark to take the place of Tim Declercq who got a positive test, and with bad luck for riders like Bryan Coquard (Cofidis), Bob Jungels (AG2R Citroën Team) or Daryl Impey (Israel-Premier Tech).

Let's no longer wait, let's now discover hereunder the 176 riders who managed to make the selection and who managed to not get a positive test result. Click on the image to open it and on the 4 arrows if you want to see it full size:


>> Download the Tour de France 2022 participants list

The start order and times for the time trial in Copenhagen on 1st of July 2022

Hereunder you'll find the start order and times for the time trial which makes up the first stage of this Tour de France 2022:


We see that the big general classification contenders, and thus the leaders of most of the teams, start relatively early. If they ride a good time they might get a very long lasting sit in the hot seat, but this choice is motivated by the fack that some rain is expected at the very end of the day in Copenhagen, which would make the roads humid and slippery and could thus lead to crashes. The team prefer not to take any such risk.

>> Have a look at the detailed race route of the time trial which is the first stage of the Tour de France 2022

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