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- In the lead up to the 2021 Tour de France, Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) and Primož Roglič (Team Jumbo–Visma) were seen by many pundits as the top pre-race favourites for the general classification. Their closest rivals were considered to be the trio of Geraint Thomas, Richard Carapaz and Richie Porte from Ineos Grenadiers.
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Jun 18, 2021 · The Critérium du Dauphiné and Tour de Suisse are the traditional warm-up races and have helped establish a hierarchy, although arguably the two biggest favourites - Tadej Pogačar and Primož...
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Jun 26, 2021 · Last year, Jumbo-Visma successfully challenged Ineos' dominance, but UAE Team Emirates ran away with the yellow jersey. Who are the pre-race favourites for t
Jun 11, 2021 · Riders to look out for at longer odds are Jack Haig (Bahrain Victorious) at 100/1, Jakob Fuglsang (Astana-Premier Tech) at 175/1, Esteban Chaves (BikeExchange) at 200/1, Michael Woods (Israel...
- Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) Age: 22. Highlight of the 2021 Tour de France: It’ll be easier to list what he didn’t win. Tour report: At times Pogačar looked like he was in a different race, toying with the breathless and desperate as he dropped them either one-by-one or all at once.
- Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) Age: 24. Highlight: Finishing second on his debut. Tour report: Originally not even in the team, Vingegaard was drafted into the eight-man selection after Tom Dumoulin took a well-needed break but the Dane seized his chance with arguably the best Tour debut since Pogačar’s in 2020.
- Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers) Age: 28. Highlight: You can question the tactics, you can question the leadership, but you can’t fault Carapaz’s tenacity and determination.
- Ben O’Connor (AG2R Citroën) Age: 25. Highlight: Winning the stage into Tignes and igniting not just his Tour but his entire team’s season. Tour report: Not quite the revelation of the Tour de France but O’Connor certainly left his mark.
- Richard Carapaz
- Julian Alaphilippe
- Richie Porte
- Tao Geoghegan Hart
Nationality:Ecuador Odds:25/1 Best Tour de France Finish:13th, 2020 Best Grand Tour Finish:1st, 2019 Giro d’Italia Carapaz came close to taking his second Grand Tour victory in the Vuelta a Espana last season, ultimately finishing 2nd to Roglič. The winner of the 2019 Giro d’Italia will be teetering on that line of super-domestique but could find h...
Nationality:France Odds:33/1 Best Tour de France Finish:5th, 2019 Best Grand Tour Finish:5th, 2019 Tour de France Any French hopes for success lie with Julian Alaphilippe. The winner of the mountains jersey in 2018 surprised most of us by finishing 5th in 2019’s race. Despite taking an early stage win in 2020’s race and the yellow jersey with it, A...
Nationality:Australia Odds:35/1 Best Tour de France Finish:3rd, 2020 Best Grand Tour Finish:3rd, 2020 Tour de France It almost feels strange that Porte is considered one of the Tour de France favourites this year. Porte finally reached the podium in last year’s race for Trek Segafredo. However, part of his consideration in moving back to Team Ineos...
Nationality:United Kingdom Odds:50/1 Best Tour de France Finish:Never raced before Best Grand Tour Finish:1st, 2020 Giro d’Italia It says a lot about the strength in depth of the Ineos Grenadiers team that Tao Geoghegan Hart appears here as the 4th member. Tao is another former grand tour winner in the line-up here. He won the 2020 Giro by beating ...
Mark Cavendish won four sprints finishes to match the all-time record of 34 stage wins held by Belgian legend Eddy Merckx since the 1970’s. Read about the pre-race favourites or click on the links in underneath scheme for our prognosis regarding the individual stages.
Tour de France 2021 Favourites stage 9: First high altitude finish foto: Cor Vos The 9th stage is a relatively short ride - 145 kilometres - with five climbs. The race serves Le Tour's first uphill finish in the high mountains.
