This Saturday sees the start of the Tour de France 2023 in Bilbao, in Spain's Basque Country.

Having already discovered the route of the Tour de France 2023 in great detail on Open Street Maps and Google Earth, velowire.com now presents the list of starters for the 110th edition of the Grande Boucle.

The list of Tour de France starters and their bib numbers

The 176 starters of the Tour de France 2023 in 22 teams in statistics

22 teams, each with 8 riders, will line up at the start of this edition of the Grande Boucle. Among them are 27 nationalities, of which France will be the most strongly represented, with 32 riders. Belgium (21), Spain and the Netherlands (14), Australia (12), Denmark (11) and Norway (8) follow. Australia is also at 8, while Italy is under-represented compared to usual, with 7 riders.Quinn Simmons (Lidl-Trek) is the youngest rider in the Tour de France 2023 at 22 years, 1 month and 23 days on start day, followed by Carlos Rodriguez (INEOS Grenadiers).
The oldest rider will be Dries Devenyns (Soudal Quick-Step), who will celebrate his 40th birthday on the penultimate stage to Markstein. 36 riders will be taking part in the Tour de France for the very first time, including Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty).

12 riders will be representing their respective countries as national champions: Tadej Pogacar (Slovenia), Richard Carapaz (Ecuador), Valentin Madouas (France), Emanuel Buchmann (Germany), Mattias Skjelmose Jensen (Denmark), Esteban Chaves (Colombia), Fred Wright (UK), Dylan van Baarle (Netherlands), Alex Kirsch (Luxembourg), Alexey Lutsenko (Kazakhstan), Quinn Simmons (USA) and Gregor Mühlberger (Austria).
Fabio Jakobsen is the 13th rider to wear a distinctive jersey before the start of the race, as European champion.

What about the list of starters?

Let's get straight to the list, starting with the team of outgoing Tour winner Jonas Vingegaard and his Jumbo-Visma team!

Jumbo-Visma

Jumbo-Visma's team for this 110th Tour de France was strictly identical to the one that lined up in Copenhagen last year, with the exception of Dylan van Baarle, the Dutch team's new recruit this year, who replaces Primož Roglič who had made the Giro his number one priority and returned from Rome in the pink jersey!

However, Steven Kruijswijk's terrible crash (fractured pelvis and collarbone) on stage 2 of the Critérium du Dauphiné put an end to his dream of returning to the Tour after last year's great success of his team. Wilco Kelderman replaced Kruijswijk in the Jumbo-Visma Dream Team.

In the spirit of "you don't change a winning team", here are the riders of the Dutch Jumbo-Visma team:

1/ Jonas Vingegaard
2/ Tiesj Benoot
3/ Wilco Kelderman
4/ Sepp Kuss
5/ Christophe Laporte
6/ Wout van Aert
7/ Dylan van Baarle
8/ Nathan van Hooydonck

UAE Team Emirates

Jonas Vingegaard's main rival is Tadej Pogačar at UAE Team Emirates, even if his injury doesn't seem to have completely resolved itself. His team has evolved a little since the last edition and is as follows:

11/ Tadej Pogačar
12/ Mikkel Bjerg
14/ Felix Grossschartner
15/ Vegard Stake Længen
16/ Rafal Majka
17/ Marc Soler
18/ Matteo Trentin
19/ Adam Yates

INEOS Grenadiers

At INEOS Grenadiers, it's not Geraint Thomas who has been chosen to lead the British team, but Egan Bernal. The Colombian rider will have a compatriot and 3 Spanish team-mates at his side:

21/ Egan Bernal
22/ Jonathan Castroviejo
23/ Omar Fraile
24/ Michal Kwiatkowski
25/ Daniel Felipe Martinez
26/ Thomas Pidcock
27/ Carlos Rodriguez
28/ Ben Turner

Groupama-FDJ

At Groupama-FDJ, the most talked-about topic was the non-selection ofArnaud Démare, who will be leaving the team at the end of the season, and the selection of Thibaut Pinot, who will also be leaving the team but to retire, and who showed good results at the Giro d'Italia. The team's undisputed leader, however, will be David Gaudu, so it's basically the same team as in 2022 that will be lining up at the start in Bilbao. The only last-minute change is that Michael Storer has been replaced by Lars van den Berg.

31/ David Gaudu
32/ Kévin Geniets
33/ Stefan Küng
34/ Olivier Le Gac
35/ Valentin Madouas
36/ Quentin Pacher
37/ Thibaut Pinot
38/ Lars van den Berg

EF Education-Easypost

The Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz will lead the EF Education-Easypost team and he will be supported by a team that can make a strong impression: 41/ Richard Carapaz 42/ Andrey Amador 43/ Alberto Bettiol 44/ Esteban Chaves 45/ Magnus Cort Nielsen 46/ Neilson Powless 47/ James Shaw 48/ Rigoberto Uran

Soudal Quick-Step

The Belgian Soudal Quick-Step team will start with 3 Belgians and 2 Frenchmen. Julian Alaphilippe will have to prove himself in this team at the Tour:

51/ Julian Alaphilippe
52/ Kasper Asgreen
53/ Rémi Cavagna
54/ Tim Declercq
55/ Dries Devenyns
56/ Fabio Jakobsen
57/ Yves Lampaert
58/ Michael Mørkøv

Bahrain Victorious

Mikel Landa will be the leader of the Bahrain Victorious team, but there will be no "1" bib in this team, as a tribute to Gino Mäder, who died during the Tour de Suisse, so Landa will start with bib 62.

62/ Mikel Landa
63/ Nikias Arndt
64/ Phil Bauhaus
65/ Pello Bilbao
66/ Jack Haig
67/ Matej Mohoric
68/ Wout Poels

Bora-Hansgrohe

Jai Hindley, winner of the Giro d'Italia 2022, is one of the outsiders of this Tour de France 2023, with his team Bora-Hansgrohe:

71/ Jai Hindley
72/ Emanuel Buchmann
73/ Marco Haller
74/ Bob Jungels
75/ Patrick Konrad
76/ Jordi Meeus
77/ Nils Politt
78/ Danny van Poppel

Lidl-Trek

The Lidl-Trek team presents itself for the first time under its new colors, with Lidl replacing Segafredo from the 2023 Tour de France onwards, and even taking over the most important position from Trek, which becomes the second title sponsor.

Here's the team in the new jersey:

81/ Giulio Ciccone
82/ Tony Gallopin
83/ Mattias Skjelmose Jensen
84/ Alex Kirsch
85/ Juan Pedro Lopez
86/ Mads Pedersen
87/ Quinn Simmons
88/ Jasper Stuyven

AG2R Citroën Team

The AG2R Citroën Team will still count on Ben O'Connor as its mountain and general classification man, but the team around him has changed quite a bit since the Tour de France 2022 when it lacked success.

Here are the 8 names for the Tour de France 2023:

91/ Ben O'Connor
92/ Clément Berthet
93/ Benoit Cosnefroy
94/ Stan Dewulf
95/ Felix Gall
96/ Oliver Naesen
97/ Aurélien Paret Peintre
98/ Nans Peters

Alpecin-Deceuninck

Not surprisingly, Mathieu van der Poel is the leader of the Alpecin-Deceuninck team:

101/ Mathieu van der Poel
102/ Silvan Dillier
103/ Michael Gogl
104/ Quinten Hermans
105/ Søren Kragh Andersen
106/ Jasper Philipsen
107/ Jonas Rickaert
108/ Ramon Sinkeldam

Intermarché-Circus-Wanty

Biniam Girmay will lead the Intermarché-Circus-Wanty team:

111/ Biniam Girmay
112/ Lilian Calmejane
113/ Rui Costa
114/ Louis Meintjes
115/ Adrien Petit
116/ Dion Smith
117/ Mike Teunissen
118/ Georg Zimmermann

Cofidis

The French team Cofidis is bringing the Guillaume Martin card, as it did last year. Except for 2 elements, the team is entirely French:

121/ Guillaume Martin
122/ Bryan Coquard
123/ Simon Geschke
124/ Ion Izaguirre Insausti
125/ Victor Lafay
126/ Anthony Perez
127/ Alexis Renard
128/ Axel Zingle

Movistar Team

On the Movistar side, Enric Mas has a very international team surrounding him:

131/ Enric Mas
132/ Ruben Almeida Guerreiro
133/ Alex Aranburu
134/ Gorka Izagirre
135/ Matteo Jorgenson
136/ Gregor Mühlberger
137/ Nelson Oliveira
138/ Antonio Pedrero

Team DSM-Firmenich

Team DSM now features the name of the company with which DSM merged, Firmenich, on its jersey. Unsurprisingly, Romain Bardet will be the team leader:

141/ Romain Bardet
142/ John Degenkolb
143/ Matthew Dinham
144/ Alexander Edmondson
145/ Nils Eekhoff
146/ Christopher Hamilton
147/ Kevin Vermaerke
148/ Sam Welsford

Israel-Premier Tech

Canadian Michael Woods will this time be the leader of Team Israel-Premier Tech:

151/ Michael Woods
152/ Guillaume Boivin
153/ Simon Clarke
154/ Hugo Houle
155/ Krists Neilands
156/ Nicholas Schultz
157/ Corbin Strong
158/ Dylan Teuns

Team Jayco Alula

Simon Yates will be the man of the Jayco Alula team :

161/ Simon Yates
162/ Lawson Craddock
163/ Luke Durbridge
164/ Dylan Groenewegen
165/ Chris Harper
166/ Juul Christopher Jensen
167/ Luka Mezgec
168/ Elmar Reinders

Team Arkéa-Samsic

The French team Arkéa-Samsic will start this 110th Tour de France with Warren Barguil:

171/ Warren Barguil
172/ Jenthe Biermans
173/ Clément Champoussin
174/ Anthony Delaplace
175/ Simon Guglielmi
176/ Matis Louvel
177/ Luca Mozzato
178/ Laurent Pichon

Lotto Dstny

For Lotto Dstny, Australian Caleb Ewan wears the number 1 bib in the series:

181/ Caleb Ewan
182/ Victor Campenaerts
183/ Jasper de Buyst
184/ Pascal Eenkhoorn
185/ Frederik Frison
186/ Jacopo Guarnieri
187/ Maxim van Gils
188/ Florian Vermeersch

Astana Qazaqstan Team

Astana doesn't have a big ranking rider and so Mark Cavendish, who will be aiming for his 35th stage win, wears the team's first bib:

191/ Mark Cavendish
192/ Cees Bol
193/ David de la Cruz
194/ Yevgeniy Fedorov
195/ Alexey Lutsenko
196/ Gianni Moscon
197/ Luis Leon Sanchez
198/ Harold Alfonso Tejada Canacue

Uno-X Pro Cycling Team

The Uno-X team is taking part in the Tour de France for the first time, having already competed in several other races. For Alexander Kristoff this is not his first appearance at the Tour, so the Norwegian rider will be able to guide the other team members:

201/ Alexander Kristoff
202/ Jonas Abrahamsen
203/ Anthon Charmig
204/ Tobias Halland Johannessen
205/ Rasmus Tiller
206/ Torstein Træen
207/ Søren Wærenskjold
208/ Gregaard Jonas Wilsly

TotalEnergies

At TotalEnergies, Peter Sagan will continue to lead a half-French, half-international team:

211/ Peter Sagan
212/ Edvald Boasson-Hagen
213/ Mathieu Burgaudeau
214/ Steff Cras
215/ Valentin Ferron
216/ Pierre Latour
217/ Daniel Oss
218/ Anthony Turgis

The complete list of starters for the Tour de France 2023, with bib numbers, for download

Below you can download the complete list of starters for the Tour de France 2023, with bib numbers:

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