Team Profiles
22 teams in the 2022 Tour de France, each aiming for glory. Here’s how the rosters stack up.
UAE Team Emirates
The overall favorite to win the Tour is no secret. Tadej has won the last two and looks in great form this season. Can his team do enough to support him?
2. BENNETT George
3. BJERG Mikkel
4. LAENGEN Vegard Stake
5. MAJKA Rafał
6. MCNULTY Brandon
7. SOLER Marc
8. HIRSCHI Marc
Jumbo-Visma
An embarrassment of riches. The team will be riding for Roglic’s GC ambitions, but he’s had bad luck in the Tour and super talented Vingegaard is waiting in the wings if he stumbles. Van Aert is always a threat to take a stage, but lacks the climbing dominance to vie for GC.
12. BENOOT Tiesj
13. KRUIJSWIJK Steven
14. KUSS Sepp
15. LAPORTE Christophe
17. VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan
Ineos Grenadiers
Talented riders on a once dominant team. A three-headed monster of sorts with previous winner Thomas, plus Martinez and Yates. But no clear leader means no clear strategy to win.
23. CASTROVIEJO Jonathan
24. GANNA Filippo
25. PIDCOCK Thomas
26. ROWE Luke
27. VAN BAARLE Dylan
AG2R Citroën
Ben O’Connor surprised many with a 4th place finish in the 2021 Tour. Australia will be hoping for more this year, but O’Connor looks just a cut beneath the serious GC contenders.
32. BOUCHARD Geoffrey
33. CHEREL Mikael
34. COSNEFROY Benoît
35. DEWULF Stan
36. JUNGELS Bob
37. NAESEN Oliver
38. PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien
Bora-Hansgrohe
Vlasov is a mercurial talent who can win the big ones, but likely lacks the consistency for a three week race against the toughest competition.
42. GROßSCHARTNER Felix
43. HALLER Marco
44. KÄMNA Lennard
45. KONRAD Patrick
46. POLITT Nils
47. SCHACHMANN Maximilian
48. VAN POPPEL Danny
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl
Quick-Step offers no serious GC contender, opting instead for stage wins. Sprinter Jakobsen has been having a fantastic season, though many are mindful of the sprinter who got left home for the Tour: Cavendish.
52. ASGREEN Kasper
53. BAGIOLI Andrea
54. CATTANEO Mattia
55. HONORÉ Mikkel Frølich
56. LAMPAERT Yves
57. MØRKØV Michael
58. SÉNÉCHAL Florian
Movistar
Mas has been touted as an upcoming elite GC contender for years. He stays with the top guys until he gets tired, and then he doesn’t.
62. ERVITI Imanol
63. IZAGIRRE Gorka
64. JORGENSON Matteo
65. MÜHLBERGER Gregor
66. OLIVEIRA Nelson
67. TORRES Albert
68. VERONA Carlos
Cofidis
Martin rides with style and flair and strength, but is not a serious GC threat. He wrote a book about philosophy and cycling: Socrate à vélo.
72. PERICHON Pierre-Luc
73. GESCHKE Simon
74. IZAGIRRE Ion
75. LAFAY Victor
76. PEREZ Anthony
77. THOMAS Benjamin
78. WALSCHEID Max
Bahrain-Victorious
B-V have neither the riders nor coherent strategy to mount a serious GC campaign. Mohoric is good for a stage win.
81. HAIG Jack
82. CARUSO Damiano
83. GRADEK Kamil
84. MOHORIČ Matej
85. SÁNCHEZ Luis León
86. TEUNS Dylan
87. TRATNIK Jan
88. WRIGHT Fred
Groupama-FDJ
Gaudu is the GC guy though many in France will be rooting for fan favorite Pinot (watch for him on Bastille Day).
92. DUCHESNE Antoine
93. GENIETS Kevin
94. KÜNG Stefan
95. LE GAC Olivier
96. MADOUAS Valentin
98. STORER Michael
Alpecin-Deceuninck
There’s no serious threat for the GC here because team leader MvdP can’t climb mountains for three weeks. But he’s one of the most exciting young riders in cycling at the moment and he will find a way to make his mark on the race.(pictured, the old Alpecin-Fenix jerseys)
102. DILLIER Silvan
103. GOGL Michael
104. KRIEGER Alexander
105. PHILIPSEN Jasper
106. PLANCKAERT Edward
107. SBARAGLI Kristian
108. VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume
Team DSM
Romain Bardet has finished on the Tour podium but lacks the extra gear for the overall win. Another to go big on Bastille Day.
112. DAINESE Alberto
113. DEGENKOLB John
114. EEKHOFF Nils
115. HAMILTON Chris
116. LEKNESSUND Andreas
117. TUSVELD Martin
118. VERMAERKE Kevin
Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
Intermarche is a plucky team that punches above its weight. They’d be wise to search out stage wins.
122. BYSTRØM Sven Erik
123. GOOSSENS Kobe
124. MEINTJES Louis
125. PASQUALON Andrea
126. PETIT Adrien
127. VAN DER HOORN Taco
128. ZIMMERMANN Georg
Astana Qazaqstan
Lutsenko has some nice wins in his career, but this team ain’t it.
132. RIABUSHENKO Aleksandr
133. DOMBROWSKI Joe
134. FELLINE Fabio
135. GRUZDEV Dmitriy
136. MOSCON Gianni
137. VELASCO Simone
138. ZEITS Andrey
EF Education-EasyPost
Uran is a cool customer with solid palmares, but does he have the right team to support his bid? EF will be stage hunting and, after a dismal season, want wins in the worst way.
142. GUERREIRO Ruben
143. BETTIOL Alberto
144. BISSEGGER Stefan
145. DOULL Owain
146. CORT Magnus
147. POWLESS Neilson
148. RUTSCH Jonas
Arkéa Samsic
Quintana is the man, but his best days are behind him. Will he give up the ghost on GC ambitions and use his climbing ability for stage wins?
152. BARGUIL Warren
153. BOUET Maxime
154. CAPIOT Amaury
155. HOFSTETTER Hugo
156. LOUVEL Matis
157. OWSIAN Łukasz
158. SWIFT Connor
Lotto Soudal
With no real GC contender, Lotto Soudal is all about its vaunted sprinter Caleb Ewan. He’s good for stage wins in bunches, but he will need a good leadout train.
162. FRISON Frederik
163. GILBERT Philippe
164. JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt
165. KRON Andreas
166. VAN MOER Brent
167. VERMEERSCH Florian
168. WELLENS Tim
Trek-Segafredo
No real GC threat here. The team will look for stage wins. Mollema is always in the mix.
171. PEDERSEN Mads
172. CICCONE Giulio
173. GALLOPIN Tony
174. KIRSCH Alex
176. SIMMONS Quinn
177. SKUJINS Toms
178. STUYVEN Jasper
TotalEnergies
Big $$$ acquisition Peter Sagan has not been doing much winning since he moved from Bora. It confirms a downward trend of a once indomitable rider. Perennial green jersey winner in his day, he’ll struggle to match that form.
182. BOASSON HAGEN Edvald
183. BODNAR Maciej
184. BURGAUDEAU Mathieu
185. LATOUR Pierre
186. OSS Daniel
187. TURGIS Anthony
188. VUILLERMOZ Alexis
Israel-Premier Tech
A mish mash of names and talent. 4x-Tour winner Froome is the ostensible team leader and GC guy, but he never recovered form after a vicious training accident that would have ended the career of most.
192. BOIVIN Guillaume
193. CLARKE Simon
194. FUGLSANG Jakob
195. NIV Guy
196. HOULE Hugo
197. NEILANDS Krists
198. WOODS Michael
BikeExchange-Jayco
Not the right mix of talent for the GC competition, the riders will look for stage wins. Matthews finding his green jersey form is a dream.
202. BAUER Jack
203. DURBRIDGE Luke
204. GROENEWEGEN Dylan
205. JANSEN Amund Grøndahl
206. JUUL-JENSEN Christopher
207. MEZGEC Luka
208. SCHULTZ Nick
B&B Hotels-KTM
Don’t expect much from B&B except a few foolhardy, TV-hogging breakaways off the front.
211. BONNAMOUR Franck
212. BARTHE Cyril
213. GOUGEARD Alexis
214. LECROQ Jérémy
215. LEMOINE Cyril
216. MOZZATO Luca
217. ROLLAND Pierre
218. SCHÖNBERGER Sebastian
