The 2020 Tour de France kicks off on Saturday, August 29 in Nice, with 176 riders set to take to the start line.

The Tour was originally scheduled to start on June 27, however due to the coronavirus pandemic and the subsequent lockdowns across much of the world, the race was postponed. The UCI announced in May that the race would take place in August and September in a revamped schedule of WorldTour races.

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Some riders have since confirmed their intention to ride the uniquely scheduled edition of the Tour, Team Ineos will not be fielding three former winners, as previously thought.

Defending champion Egan Bernal will be taking the start in Nice but 2018 winner Geraint Thomas, and four-time winner Chris Froome have not been selected, with Team Ineos taking Richard Carapaz instead.

Jumbo-Visma have confirmed they will send a strong team that could challenge for victory, including 2017 Giro d’Italia winner Tom Dumoulin, last year’s Vuelta a España champion Primož Roglič, with Steven Kruijswijk, who was third overall at the 2019 Tour, missing out due to injury.

Other overall contenders confirmed include Miguel Ángel López (Astana), Nairo Quintana (Arkèa-Samsic), and Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ). Sprinters set to feature include Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Soudal), Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe), Elia Viviani (Cofidis), and Sam Bennett (Deceuninck-Quick-Step).

Last year’s most exciting rider Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) will return on the hunt for more stage wins, as will his compatriot Romain Bardet (Ag2r La Mondiale), who will look to be up there in the general classification.

France’s best hope is Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ), who showed good form at the Critéium du Dauphiné.

Tour de France confirmed 2020 start list

Team Ineos

1. BERNAL Egan

2. AMADOR Andrey

3. CARAPAZ Richard

4. CASTROVIEJO Jonathan

5. KWIATKOWSKI Michał

6. ROWE Luke

7. SIVAKOV Pavel

8. VAN BAARLE Dylan

Jumbo – Visma

11. ROGLIČ Primož

12. BENNETT George

13. JANSEN Amund Grøndahl

14. DUMOULIN Tom

15. GESINK Robert

16. KUSS Sepp

17. MARTIN Tony

18. VAN AERT Wout

Bora–Hansgrohe

21. SAGAN Peter

22. BUCHMANN Emanuel

23. GROßSCHARTNER Felix

24. KÄMNA Lennard

25. MÜHLBERGER Gregor

26. OSS Daniel

27. PÖSTLBERGER Lukas

28. SCHACHMANN Max

AG2R La Mondiale

31. BARDET Romain

32. CHEREL Mikaël

33. COSNEFROY Benoit

34. LATOUR Pierre

35. NAESEN Oliver

36. PETERS Nans

37. VENTURINI Clément

38. VUILLERMOZ Alexis

Deceuninck – Quick-Step

41. ALAPHILIPPE Julian

42. ASGREEN Kasper

43. BENNETT Sam

44. CAVAGNA Rémi

45. DECLERCQ Tim

46. DEVENYNS Dries

47. JUNGELS Bob

48. MØRKØV Michael

Groupama–FDJ

51. PINOT Thibaut

52. BONNET William

53. GAUDU David

54. KÜNG Stefan

55. LADAGNOUS Matthieu

56. MADOUAS Valentin

57. MOLARD Rudy

58. REICHENBACH Sébastien

Bahrain–McLaren

61. LANDA Mikel

62. BILBAO Pello

63. CARUSO Damiano

64. COLBRELLI Sonny

65. HALLER Marco

66. MOHORIČ Matej

67. POELS Wout

68. VALLS Rafael

EF Pro Cycling

71. URÁN Rigoberto

72. BETTIOL Alberto

73. CARTHY Hugh

74. HIGUITA Sergio

75. KEUKELEIRE Jens

76. MARTÍNEZ Daniel

77. POWLESS Neilson

78. VAN GARDEREN Tejay

Arkèa-Samsic

81. QUINTANA Nairo

82. ANACONA Winner

83. BARGUIL Warren

84. LEDANOIS Kevin

85. QUINTANA Dayer

86. ROSA Diego

87. RUSSO Clément

88. SWIFT Connor

Movistar Team

91. VALVERDE Alejandro

92. CATALDO Dario

93. ERVITI Imanol

94. MAS Enric

95. OLIVEIRA Nelson

96. ROJAS José Joaquín

97. SOLER Marc

98. VERONA Carlos

Trek–Segafredo

101. PORTE Richie

102. EG Niklas

103. ELLISONDE Kenny

104. MOLLEMA Bauke

105. PEDERSEN Mads

106. SKUJIŅŠ Toms

107. STUYVEN Jasper

108. THEUNS Edward

CCC Team

111. VAN AVERMAET Greg

112. DE MARCHI Alessandro

113. GESCHKE Simon

114. HIRT Jan

115. KOCH Jonas

116. SCHÄR Michael

117. TRENTIN Matteo

118. ZAKARIN Ilnur

Cofidis, Solutions Crédits

121. MARTIN Guillaume

122. CONSONNI Simone

123. EDET Nicolas

124. HERRADA Jésus

125. LAPORTE Christophe

126. PEREZ Anthony

127. PÉRICHON Pierre-Luc

128. VIVIANI Elia

UAE Team Emirates

131. POGAČAR Tadej

132. ARU Fabio

133. DE LA CRUZ David

134. FORMOLO Davide

135. KRISTOFF Alexander

136. LAENGEN Vegard Stake

137. MARCATO Marco

138. POLANC Jan

Astana Pro Team

141. LÓPEZ Miguel Ángel

142. FRAILE Omar

143. HOULE Hugo

144. IZAGIRRE Gorka

145. IZAGIRRE Ion

146. LUTSENKO Alexey

147. SÁNCHEZ Luis León

148. TEJADA Harold

Lotto-Soudal

151. EWAN Caleb

152. CRAS Steff

153. DE BUYST Jasper

154. DE GENDT Thomas

155. DEGENKOLB John

156. FRISON Frederik

157. GILBERT Philippe

158. KLUGE Roger

Mitchelton–Scott

161. YATES Adam

162. BAUER Jack

163. BEWLEY Sam

164. CHAVES Esteban

165. IMPEY Daryl

166. JUUL-JENSEN Christopher

167. MEZGEC Luka

168. NIEVE Mikel

Israel Start-Up Nation

171. MARTIN Dan

172. GREIPEL André

173. HERMANS Ben

174. HOFSTETTER Hugo

175. NEILANDS Krists

176. NIV Guy

177. POLITT Nils

178. VAN ASBROECK Tom

Total Direct Energie

181. BONIFAZIO Niccolò

182. BURGAUDEAU Mathieu

183. CALMEJANE Lillian

184. COUSIN Jérôme

185. GRELLIER Fabien

186. SICARD Romain

187. SOUPE Geoffrey

188. TURGIS Anthony

NTT Pro Cycling

191. NIZZOLO Giacomo

192. BOASSON HAGEN Edvald

193. GIBBONS Ryan

194. GOGL Michael

195. VALGREN Michael

196. KREUZIGER Roman

197. POZZOVIVO Domenico

198. WALSCHEID Max

Team Sunweb

201. BENOOT Tiesj

202. ARNDT Nikias

203. BOL Cees

204. HIRSCHI Marc

205. ANDERSEN Søren Kragh

206. NIEUWENHUIS Joris

207. PEDERSEN Casper

208. ROCHE Nicholas

B&B Hotels – Vital Concept p/b KTM

211. ROLLAND Pierre

212. BARTHE Cyril

213. CHEVALIER Maxime

214. COQUARD Bryan

215. DEBUSSCHERE Jens

216. GAUTHIER Cyril

217. PACHER Quentin

218. REZA Kévin