In this special edition of The Grand Tour, we will be taking a look at all the teams competing in what has been named the hardest sporting event in the world. There are 22 teams in the competition, each consisting of nine riders.
AG2R La Mondiale
Founded in 1992, AG2R La Mondiale is a French cycling team with UCI ProTour status.
General manager: Vincent Lavenu
Team manager: Laurent Biondi
Cyclists: Romain Bardet
Jan Bakelants
Mickael Cherel
Samuel Dumoulin
Ben Gastauer
Cyril Gautier
Alexis Gougeard
Domenico Pozzovivo
Alexis Vuillermoz
Astana Pro Team
Sponsored by a coalition of companies from Kazakhstan, Astana Pro Team is one of the major road racing teams of the world, and won the event back in 2014 with team captain Vincenzo Nibali.
General manager: Alexander Vinokourov
Team managers: Serguei Yakovlev
Gorazd Stangelj
Stefano Zanini
Dmitriy Sedoun
Dmitriy Fofonov
Alexandre Shefer
Cyclists: Fabio Aru
Vincenzo Nibali
Jakob Fuglsang
Andrei Grivko
Tanel Kangert
Alexey Lutsenko
Diego Rosa
Luis Leon Sanchez
Paolo Tiralongo
BMC Racing Team
Co-owned by American cyclist Jim Ochowicz, BMC Racing Team are a UCI WorldTeam status cycling team.
General manager: Jim Ochowicz
Team manager: Allan Peiper
Cyclists: Richie Porte
Brent Bookwalter
Marcus Burghardt
Damiano Caruso
Rohan Dennis
Amael Moinard
Micheal Schar
Greg Van Avermaet
Tejay van Garderen
Bora Argon 18
Established in 2010, Bora Aragon 18 is a road cycling team that has very recently announced that from 2017 it will be known by Bora-Hansgrohe.
Team manager: Ralph Denk
Cyclists: Emanuel Buchmann
Shane Archbold
Jan Barta
Cesare Benedetti
Sam Bennett
Bartosz Huzarski
Patrick Konrad
Andreas Schillinger
Paul Voss
Cannondale
With a UCI code of CDT, Cannondale are a professional American cycling team.
General manager: Jonathon Vaughters
Team Manager: Charles Wegelius
Cyclists: Pierre Rolland
Matti Breschel
Lawson Craddock
Alex Howes
Kristijan Koren
Sebastian Langeveld
Ramunas Navardauskas
Tom-Jelte Slagter
Dylan van Baarle
Cofdis Solutions Credits
Started in 1996 by Cyrille Guimard, COF is a french professional road racing team, sponsored by a money-lending company, Cofdis.
General manager: Yvon Sanquer
Cyclists: Daniel Navarro
Borut Bozic
Jerome Cousin
Arnold Jeannesson
Christophe Laporte
Cyril Lemoine
Luis Angel Mate
Geoffrey Soupe
Nacer Bouhanni
Nicolas Edet
Dimension Data
Dimension Data is a World Tour Cycling Team based in South Africa.
General manager: Brian Smith
Team managers: Douglas Ryder
Rolf Aldag
Roger Hammond
Cyclists: Mark Cavendish
Natnael Berhane
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Stephen Cummings
Bernhard Eisel
Reinardt Janse van Rensburg
Serge Pauwels
Mark Renshaw
Daniel Teklehaimanot
Direct Energie
Previously Team Europcar, competing in UCI WorldTour races as a wild card entry.
General manager: Jean-Rene Bernaudeau
Cyclists: Bryan Coquard
Sylvain Chavanel
Yohann Gene
Fabrice Jeandesboz
Adrien Petit
Romain Sicard
Angelo Tulik
Thomas Voeckler
Etixx-Quick Step
Ettix-Quick Step is a Belgian UCI World Tour cycling team sponsired by Etixx, a brand of supplements and nutrition by Omega Pharma.
General manager: Patrick Lefevere
Team managers: Brian Holm
Rolf Aldag
Davide Bramati
Wilfried Peeters
Rik Van Slycke
Tom Steels
Jan Schaffrath
Cyclists: Marcel Kittel
Julian Alaphilippe
Lijo Keisse
Daniel Martin
Tony Martin
Ariel Maximillio Richeze
Fabio Sabatini
Petr Vakoc
Julien Vermote
FDJ
Named for its sponsor, the French National Lottery, this team is predominately french.
General manager: Marc Madiot
Cyclists: Thibaut Pinot
William Bonnet
Matthieu Ladagnous
Steve Morabito
Cedric Pineau
Sebastien Reichenbach
Anthony Roux
Jeremy Roy
Arthur Vichot
Fortuneo- Vital Concept
FVC is a professional continental cycling team based in Rennes, France. They comete in UCI WorldTour races when given a wild card entry.
General manager: Emmanuel Hubert
Cyclists: Eduardo Sepulevda
Vegard Breen
Anthony Delaplace
Brice Feillu
Armindo Fonseca
Daniel Mclay
Pierre-Luc Perichon
Chris Anker Sorensen
Florian Vachon
IAM Cycling
Founded in 2013, IAM is a Swiss registered UCI WorldTour cycling team, managed by former French Road Race champion Serge Beucherie.
General manager: Serge Beucherie
Cyclists: Mathias FRank
Stef Clement
Jerome Coppel
Martin Elmiger
Sondre Holst Enger
Reto Hollenstein
Oliver Naesen
Jarlinson Pantano
Leigh Howard
Lampre-Merida
LAM is an Italian road racing cycling team. It was founded back in 2005.
General manager: Giuseppi Saronni
Team manager: Fabrizio Bontempi
Cyclists: Rui Costa
Yukiya Arashiro
Matteo Bono
Davide Cimolai
Kristijan Durasek
Tsgabu Grmay
Louis Meintjes
Luka Pibernik
Jan Polanc
Lotto Soudal
Founded in 1985, LTS is a Belgian professional cycling team sponsored by the Belgian lottery and Soudal, an adhesives manufacturer.
General manager: Cees Pille
Team manager: Marc Sergeant
Cyclists: Andre Greipel
Lars Ytting Bak
Thomas de Gendt
Jens Debusschere
Tony Gallopin
Adam Hansen
Gregory Henderson
Jurgen Roelandts
Marcel Sieberg
Movistar Team
Founded in 1980 as Reynolds, is a UCI WorldTour road racing team which participates in the UCI ProTour and has achieved thirteen general classification victories in Grand Tours. They have had 7 Tour De France wins, most recent being Pereiro in 2006.
General manager: Eusebio Unzue
Team manager: Jose Vincente Garcia
Cyclists: Nairo Quintana
Alejandro Valverde
Winner Anacona
Imanol Erviti
Jesus Herrada
Gorka Izagirre
Daniel Moreno
Nelson Oliveira
Orica Bike Exchange
Previously Orica Green Edge, OBE is an Australian professional cycling team. Founded in 2011, it competes in the UCI WorldTour.
General Manager: Shayne Bannan
Cyclists:Simon Gerrans
Micheal Albasini
Luke Durbridge
Matthew Hayman
Daryl Impey
Micheal Matthews
Ruben Plaza
Adam Yate
Team Giant-Alpecin
TGA is a German cycling team that participates in UCI WorldTour events and, when selected, in UCI Continental Circuit races.
General manager: Iwan Spekenbrink
Cyclists: Warren Barguil
Roy Curvers
John Degenkolb
Tom Dumoulin
Simon Geschke
Georg Preidler
Ramon Sinkeldam
Laurens ten Dam
Albert Timmer
Team Katusha
Founded in 2009, Team Katshua(KAT) is a Russian road racing team which competes using Canyon bikes. In March 2009 their rider Christian Pfannberger tested positive for EPO and was banned for life.
General manager: Viatcheslav Ekimov
Team manager: Jose Azevedo
Cyclists: Jaoquim Rodriguez
Jacopo Guarnieri
Marco Haller
Alexander Kristoff
Alberto Losada
Micheal Morkov
Jurgen van den Broek
Angel Vicioso
Ilnur Zakarin
Team LottoNL- Jumbo
Founded in 1984, Team LottoNL-Jumbo has entered every single Tour De France. This team has previously been called Belkin, Blanco and Wordperfect.
General manager: Richard Plugge
Cyclists: Wilco Kelderman
George Bennett
Dylan Groenewegen
Bert-Jan Lindeman
Paul Martens
Timo Roosen
Sep Vanmarcke
Robert Wagner
Maarten Wynants
Team Sky
Team Sky(SKY) is a British cycling team that competes in the UCI WorldTour. They have won the Tour De France 3 times in the last four years, with Bradley Wiggins in 2012, and Chris Froome in 2013 and 2015.
General manager: Dave Brailsford
Cyclists: Chris Froome
Sergio Luis Henao
Vasil Kiryienka
Mikel Landa
Mikel Nieve
Wout Poels
Luke Rowe
Ian Stannard
Geraint Thomas
Tinkoff
Tinkogg(TNK) is a Russian- registered professional cycling team from Russia. It competes in the UCI WorldTour.
General manager: Stefano Feltrin
Cyclists: Alberto Contador
Peter Sagan
Maciej Bodnar
Oscar Gatto
Robert Kiserlovski
Roman Kreuziger
Rafat Majka
Matteo Tosatto
Micheal Valgren
Trek – Segafredo
TFS is a road racing team licensed in the USA. In 2014, Trek took over the ownership of the team and its ProTeam License.
Genral manager: Luca Guercilena
Cyclists: Bauke Mollema
Fabian Cancellara
Markel Iriza
Gregory Rast
Frank Schleck
Peter Stetina
Jasper Stuyven
Edward Theuns
Haimar Zubeldia
That sums up our team by team special for today, thanks for reading and stay tuned!
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