The man, who will dress in a yellow leotard on the podium in Paris on July 18, will receive a total of half a million euros. The second collects 200 thousand euros, the third half. For each day in yellow, its holder collects a bonus of 500 euros.
The holder of the green jersey after the last stage can look forward to 128 thousand euros, the king of climbers will receive a bonus of 108,700 euros, the winner of the competition for the best competitor under twenty-five years (white jersey) will collect 66,500 euros and the best team will share 178,800 euros. The winner of the competition for the biggest fighter, or if you want the most aggressive rider, will credit 56,000 euros. And for the winners of each stage, a solid 11 thousand euros is prepared.
Which teams or riders will be the hottest adepts for part of the fairytale bonus from the Tour’s box office in the next three weeks, not to mention sponsors’ bonuses and contracts for next season?
AG2R Citroen
The French team left Romain Bardet, so rather than a battle for the overall standings, a battle for the stages can be expected. Great attention will be paid to Ben O’Connor, who is to become the overall candidate in the future. Leader: Greg van Avermaet.
Alpecin Fenix
Universal Mathieu van der Poel handles cyclocross, mountain bikes and the road. He has already mastered weekly stage races, famous classics and will now make his debut at the Tour de France. The goal of the team leader, who is dressed by the Czech company Kalas and the only Czech in the formation is Petr Vakoč at the start, is to win the yellow jersey after one of the introductory stages. Leader: Mathieu van der Poel.
Petr Vakoč in Alpecin-Fenix’s best player.
Alpecin-Fenix Cycling Team
Astana Premier Tech
Fuglsang, Lutsenko, Ion Izagirre, Fraile and Aranburu can easily attack partial triumphs in hilly stages. The goal will not be the overall standings, but the stage triumphs, although Fuglsang’s third place overall in the Around Switzerland race and Lutsenko’s second position in the Critérium du Dauphiné undoubtedly gave the stars of the team from Kazakhstan the necessary dose of confidence. Leader: Jakob Fuglsang.
BB Hotels KTM
French procontinental team, which is on the starting list thanks to the wild card of the organizers. The goal will be a stage triumph in the spurt, which should be ensured by Bryan Coquard. Although he has forty-five professional victories, he only rarely celebrated in the World Tour. Veteran Pierr Rolland will be waiting for the opportunity in the mountains. Lidr: Brayn Coquard.
Bahrain Victorious
The fighters, sponsored by the oil sheikhs, have the task of triumphs in stages, in the battle for the green jersey and an attack on the overall standings. Sonny Colbrelli as a fresh Italian champion attacks the green jersey, in the hills Jack Haig and Wout Poels as leaders try to show the legitimacy of the adjective leader. Leader: Jack Haig.
Bora Hansgrohe
Bora is no longer a team that bets everything on Peter Sagan. It is clear that the attack on the record eighth triumph in the scoring competition for the green jersey for the Slovak showman is one of the priorities. Sagan’s future is still shrouded in mystery, so he needs to win. However, Bora is preparing for the future without a three-time world champion. The face of the coming seasons is to be Kelderman, who won the Grand Tour (3rd on Giro) for the first time in his career last year. Leader: Wilco Kelderman.
Cofidis
Star Elia Viviani has announced that she will focus on the Tokyo Olympics. And so the team will try to attack the partial championship in the mountains, where Martin will be number one. The indestructible Jesús Herrada lurks in ambush, who has a feeling for the right escapes, from which stage winners are born. Leader: Guillaume Martin.
Deceuninck Quick Step
After the unsuccessful Giro, where they did not celebrate a single triumph, they want to return to the winning wave. And they have several options for achieving this. The reigning world champion Alaphilippe is to be surprised by the leaks and it is necessary to try a yellow jersey at the beginning of the race in unpredictable stages. Then there’s Kasper Asgreen as King of Flanders, spurter David Ballerini and the second most successful man in history in the number of stage wins on the Tour Cav Cavish. The veteran is hungry to expand the collection of thirty partial triumphs. Leader: Julian Alaphilippe.
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Julian Alaphilippe in an archival image on the podium in a yellow jersey after the Tour de France.
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EF Education Nippo
The experienced Colombian finished second around Switzerland, so the team reconsidered the strategy and will not only attack the stage championships through Swiss Bissegger. Although Uranus finished second on the Tour in 2017, it was followed by injuries and falls. Will he confirm he’s back in shape? Leader: Rigoberto Urán.
Groupama FDJ
Thibaut Pinot was the only card the team played with in the Tour de France in the past. And it was a very fickle bet. Now a French fighter is injured. And so they get another chance. The young Gaudu assured him of his abilities with two partial triumphs at last year’s Vuelta, and he can be an adept in the top five. Démare will try to expand his collection of two Tour prizes in 2017 and 2018. Leader: David Gaudu.
Ineos Grenadiers
The British Tour de France team ruled for five years before their representative was removed from the throne last year by Tadej Pogačar. That’s why the Brailsford manager put together an extraordinarily strong team. Thomas, Carapaz and Hart have won the Grand Tour in the past. And an army of brutally strong domesticists, whose only goal is to get one of the leaders to the yellow jersey in Paris. Leader: Geraint Thomas.
Intermaché Wanty Gobert Materials
The Belgian formation took over the license from the failing CCC. At Giro, the modest team managed to win one partial championship. And the same result from the Tour de France would be a dream come true. Meintjes and Bakelants can surprise in the mountains, Danny van Poppel and his brother Boy try to impress in mass commutes. Leader: Louis Meintjes.
Israel Start-Up Nation
What to expect from an ambitious team that aims to win the Tour de France in three years? Betting on Chris Froom after his injury seems like a big mistake. The four-time winner of the Old Lady is on the starting list, but probably only as an overpriced domestic. Canadian Woods will take the overall standings after the stage wins on the Vuelta and one place in the top ten. Dan Martin will try to attack the stage triumph. And then there is the 38-year-old spurter André Greipel, who has eleven partial victories from the Tour, but the last from 2016. Leader: Michael Woods.
Jumbo Visma
From the missed chance for the overall triumph last year, when Primož Roglič lost his yellow jersey on the last possible day during the time trial with the finish of the Beautiful Girls’ Plan, the Dutch team wants to bounce back to victory. The former ski jumper from Slovenia regained his trust. Nothing but the yellow jersey in Paris is of interest to the management. Perhaps only the exceptional Wout van Aert will get the green light to attack the partial championship. Leader: Primož Roglič.
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Primož Roglič in action
Lotto Soudal
Caleb Ewan wants to win a stage on each of the Grand Tour this year. He won two in Italy. During the Tour de France, the spurturs will probably have the opportunity in seven stages, so this is a very generous year on the part of the organizers to men for whom the hills are a disaster. Ewan already has five “cuts” from the Tour and hopes to expand the balance this year. But in addition to the Australian fighter, Gilbert or De Gendt can easily take the team’s daily victory. Leader: Caleb Ewan.
Movistar
The Spanish formation stubbornly adheres to the tactics of the three leaders. López should be number one, but even Mas and Soler do not want to give up ambitions for the overall standings. And forty-one-year-old Valverde will go in reserve, for whom the Tour will be a preparation for the Olympic Games in Tokyo. However, during the General Critérium du Dauphiné, he mastered the stage and showed that he was definitely not written off. Leader: Miguel Angel López.
Arkéa Samsic
Great expectations must be met by a team whose fame should be ensured especially by spurter Nacer Bouhanni. But he has never won a Tour stage before, and recently returned to racing after a penalty for a dangerous sprint. In the mountains, mountaineers Nairo Quintana and Warren Barguil will try their luck. Leader: Nairo Quintana.
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Colombian cyclist Nairo Quintana.
Bike Exchange
At this year’s Giru the goal was the overall standings, in France the task is to hunt the stages. Who will have a partial championship on the fly? Simon Yates, Michael Matthews and Esteban Chaves. Twenty-five-year-old Hamilton, who was second overall on the Czech Cycling Tour 2019, will drive without pressure on the overall result, yet as a leader. Leader: Lucas Hamilton.
DSM Team
Last year, the fighters in DSM colors won three stages. But now they are at the start without Hirschi, Bardet and Hindley. Even so, the list is full of names with ambitions for stage championships. Andersen, Bennot and Bol are to repeat last year’s successes. Leader: Sören Kragh Andersen.
Total Energies
A procontinental team whose fulfilled wish would be a triumph on stage. Pierre Latour, the king of the competition for the best young rider from 2018, should meet the high expectations, and the burden of expectations will help be relieved by sprinter Edvald Boasson Hagen. The other four members of the team will make their debut on the Tour, so their goal will be to survive in good health. Leader: Pierre Latour.
Continue Assos
Nicholas Dlamini will go down in history as the first black South African to start the Tour de France. The team won three partial prizes from this year’s Gira. At the Tour de France, he would be content with a single one. And no matter if it is won by leader Henao or sprinter Walscheid. Leader: Sergio Henao.
Trek Segafredo
A magnificent set! Jasper Stuyven as Milan-San Remo winner, former World Champion Mads Pedersen or King of the Grand Tour Vincenzo Nibali. These are to ensure that last year will not be repeated without a stage victory. And then there’s Bauke Mollema, who has been seventh on one of the Grand Toures and third on the Vuelta in 2011. The podium from the Tour is his goal. Leader: Bauke Mollema.
UAE Emirates
If last year the second youngest champion in the history of the Tour de France, Tadej Pogačar, had to rely mainly on himself, this year the sheikhs bought him good domestications. In addition, the young Slovenian obviously holds great form. He won a stage in the Emirates, then Tirreno Adriatico, Liège-Bastogne-Liège and Around Slovenia. Leader: Tadej Pogačar.
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