With simply ten days till the 2024 Tour de France, we’re due squad bulletins, however Uno-X Mobility are the primary to launch their lineup.
The Norwegian group will probably be led by Magnus Cort and Alexander Kristoff, two riders who’ve tasted success on the French Grand Tour up to now.
The pair will probably be joined by six extra Scandinavians – all Norwegians, by the way – Jonas Abrahamsen, Tobias Halland Johannessen, Rasmus Fossum Tiller, Søren Wærenskjold, Johannes Kulset and Odd Christian Eiking.
2024 would be the second consecutive 12 months that Uno-X will probably be current on the Tour, after an aggressive debut in 2023, which noticed them end within the prime 10 on levels 11 separate instances. Nonetheless, they’re nonetheless chasing a stage win.
Cort is likely to be the distinction maker. The Dane received the group’s first ever WorldTour stage on the Critérium du Dauphiné earlier this month, and has received levels in any respect three Grand Excursions. He final received on the Tour in 2022.
“Our focus within the group choice has been to discover a good mixture of lead-out abilities, climbing abilities, and common driving energy,” Thor Hushovd, Uno-X’s common supervisor, stated on Monday. “The riders we’ve got chosen complement one another very nicely, and I’m assured that we’ll make our mark on a number of levels all through the race.”
Johannessen is the perfect climbing choice among the many group, with the 24-year-old victorious on the Tour de l’Avenir in 2021.
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The 2024 race begins on Saturday 29 June in Florence, Italy, and finishes in Good, France, simply over three weeks afterward 20 July. Learn our information to the Tour’s route right here.
Eight males are allowed in every squad, with a mixture of climbers, sprinters, common classification hopefuls and domestiques. All 18 WorldTour groups will probably be current, alongside ProTeams Israel-Premier Tech, Lotto Dstny, Uno-X, and TotalEnergies.
Under are the confirmed squads for the race. We are going to replace this web page with extra riders as groups are introduced.
Tour de France 2024 begin record
Alpecin-Deceuninck
Arkéa-B&B Motels
Astana-Qazaqstan
Bahrain-Victorious
Bora-Hansgrohe
Cofidis
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale
dsm-firmenich PostNL
EF Training-EasyPost
Groupama-FDJ
Ineos Grenadiers
Jayco-AlUla
Intermarché-Wanty
Israel-Premier Tech
Lidl-Trek
Lotto Dstny
Movistar
Soudal Fast-Step
TotalEnergies
UAE Crew Emirates
Uno-X Mobility
CORT Magnus (Den)
KULSET Johannes (Nor)
TILLER Rasmus (Nor)
EIKING Odd Christian (Nor)
KRISTOFF Alexander (Nor)
WÆRENSKJOLD Søren (Nor)
JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland (Nor)
ABRAHAMSEN Jonas (Nor)
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