A total of 176 riders were involved when the 2022 Tour de France began with the Grand Depart in Copenhagen on July 1.
Quinn Simmons, a 21-year-old representing UCI WorldTeam Trek–Segafredo, is the youngest rider this year, while the oldest squad features four-time Le Tour champion Chris Froome.
Tadej Pogacar was chasing a third consecutive titles across the 3,328 kilometres (2,068 miles), finishing at Paris' Champs-Elysees on July 24, but he was beaten in a thrilling battle by Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard
Here are the teams and riders that contested the 2022 Tour de France, along with the previous winners and schedule.
Who is in the Tour de France 2022?
There were 22 teams in the 2022 Tour de France, with eight riders per team for a total of 176 cyclists in the field.
Last year, Bahrain Victorious won the team classification, ending a run of three straight victories by Movistar Team.
| Team | Country | Riders |
|---|---|---|
| AG2R Citroen Team | France | Ben O'Connor, Geoffrey Bouchard, Mikael Cherel, Benoit Cosnefroy, Stan Dewulf, Oliver Naesen, Aurelien Paret-Peintre, Bob Jungels |
| Astana Qazaqstan Team | France | Alexey Lutsenko, Andrey Zeits, Dmitriy Gruzdev, Fabio Felline, Simone Velasco, Samuele Battistella, Gianni Moscon, Joe Dombrowski |
| Bahrain Victorious | Bahrain | Damiano Caruso, Kamil Gradek, Jack Haig, Matej Mohoric, Luis Leon Sanchez, Dylan Teuns, Jan Tratnik, Fred Wright |
| Bora-Hansgrohe | Germany | Aleksandr Vlasov, Lennard Kamna, Patrick Konrad, Marco Haller, Felix Grossschartner, Nils Politt, Max Schachmann, Danny van Poppel |
| Cofidis | France | Guillaume Martin, Pierre-Luc Perichon, Ion Izagirre, Simon Geschke, Victor Lafay, Anthony Perez, Benjamin Thomas, Max Walscheid |
| Ef Educations-Easypost | United States | Rigoberto Uran, Ruben Guerreiro, Alberto Bettiol, Stefan Bissegger, Owain Doull, Magnus Cort, Neilson Powless, Jonas Rutsch |
| Groupama-FDJ | France | Antoine Duchesne, Valentin Madouas, Olivier Le Gac, Michael Storer, Kevin Geniets, David Gaudu, Thibaut Pinot, Stefan Kung |
| Ineos Grenadiers | Great Britain | Jonathan Castroviejo, Filippo Ganna, Daniel Felipe Martinez, Thomas Pidcock, Luke Rowe, Geraint Thomas, Dylan van Baarle, Adam Yates |
| Intermarche- Wanty-Gobert Materiaux | Belgium | Alexander Kristoff, Kobe Goossens, Sven Erik Bystrom, Louis Meintjes, Andrea Pasqualon, Adrien Petit, Taco van der Hoorn, Georg Zimmermann |
| Israel-Premier Tech | Israel | Chris Froome, Hugo Houle, Michael Woods, Simon Clarke, Omer Goldstein, Jakob Fuglsang, Guy Niv, Krists Neilands |
| Jumbo-Visma | Netherlands | Primoz Roglic, Tiesj Benoot, Steven Kruijswijk, Sepp Kuss, Christophe Laporte, Wout van Aert, Nathan van Hooydonck, Jonas Vingegaard |
| Lotto Soudal | Belgium | Caleb Ewan, Reinardt Janse van Rensburg, Frederik Frison, Florian Vermeersch, Brent Van Moer, Philippe Gilbert, Andreas Kron, Tim Wellens |
| Movistar Team | Spain | Enric Mas, Carlos Verona, Imanol Erviti, Albert Torres, Gorka Izagirre, Matteo Jorgenson, Gregor Muhlberger, Nelson Oliveira |
| Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | Belgium | Yves Lampaert, Kasper Asgreen, Mattia Cattaneo, Florian Senechal, Andrea Bagioli, Mikkel Honore, Fabio Jakobsen, Michael Morkov |
| Team BikeExchange-Jayco | Australia | Amund Grondahl Jansen, Nick Schultz, Jack Bauer, Chris Juul-Jensen, Luke Durbridge, Luka Mezgec, Michael Matthews, Dylan Groenewegen |
| Team DSM | Germany | John Degenkolb, Romain Bardet, Alberto Dainese, Nils Eekhoff, Chris Hamilton, Andreas Leknessund, Martijn Tusveld, Kevin Vermaerke |
| Trek-Segafredo | United States | Jasper Stuyven, Bauke Mollema, Mads Pedersen, Giulio Ciccone, Tony Gallopin, Alex Kirsch, Toms Skujins, Quinn Simmons |
| UAE Team Emirates | United Arab Emirates | Tadej Pogacar, George Bennett, Mikkel Bjerg, Marc Hirschi, Vegard Stake Laengen, Rafal Majka, Brandon McNulty, Marc Soler |
| Alpecin-Fenix | Belgium | Mathieu van der Poel, Silvan Dillier, Michael Gogl, Alexander Kreiger, Jasper Philipsen, Edward Planckaert, Kristian Sbaragli, Guillaume van Keirsbulck |
| Team Arkea-Samsic | France | Nairo Quintana, Warren Barguil, Maxime Bouet, Amaury Capiot, Hugo Hofstetter, Matis Louvel, Connor Swift, Lukasz Owsian |
| B&B Hotels-KTM | France | Franck Bonnamour, Cyril Barthe, Alexis Gougeard, Jeremy Lecroq, Cyril Lemoine, Luca Mozzato, Pierre Rolland, Sebastian Schonberger |
| Totalenergies | France | Peter Sagan, Maciej Bodnar, Mathieu Burgaudeau, Pierre Latour, Daniel Oss, Edvald Boasson Hagen, Anthony Turgis, Alexis Vuillermoz |
Tour de France 2022 schedule
The 2022 Tour de France will begin in Copenhagen for an individual time trial, with two more days of flat racing in Denmark before the race transfers to France.
On July 5, cyclists departed from Dunkerque. There were two rest days and 21 total days of biking.
| # | Date (local time) | Length | Stage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | July 1 | 13.2 km (8.2 miles) | Copenhagen to Copenhagen (individual time-trial) |
| 2 | July 2 | 202.5 km (125.8 miles) | Roskilde to Nyborg (flat) |
| 3 | July 3 | 182 km (113.1 miles) | Vejle to Sonderborg (flat) |
| Transfer | July 4 | -- | NA |
| 4 | July 5 | 171.5 km (106.6 miles) | Dunkerque to Calais (hilly) |
| 5 | July 6 | 157 km (97.6 miles) | Lille Metropole to Arenberge Porte du Hainaut (hilly) |
| 6 | July 7 | 220 km (136.7 miles) | Binche to Longwy (hilly) |
| 7 | July 8 | 176.5 km (109.7 miles) | Tomblaine to La Super Planche des Belles Filles (mountain) |
| 8 | July 9 | 186.5 km (115.9 miles) | Dole to Lausanne (hilly) |
| 9 | July 10 | 193 km (119.9 miles) | Aigle to Chatel Les Portes du Soleil (mountain) |
| Rest day | July 11 | -- | Morzine Les Portes du Soleil |
| 10 | July 12 | 148.5 km (92.3 miles) | Morzine Les Portes du Soleil to Megeve (hilly) |
| 11 | July 13 | 152 km (94.4 miles) | Albertville to Col du Granon Serre Chevalier (mountain) |
| 12 | July 14 | 165.5 km (102.8 miles) | Briancon to Alpe D'Huez (mountain) |
| 13 | July 15 | 193 km (119.9 miles) | Le Bourg D'Oisanas to Saint-Etienne (flat) |
| 14 | July 16 | 192.5 km (119.6 miles) | Saint-Etienne to Mende (hilly) |
| 15 | July 17 | 202.5 km (125.8 miles) | Rodez to Carcassonne (flat) |
| Rest day | July 18 | -- | Carcassonne |
| 16 | July 19 | 178.5 km (110.9 miles) | Carcassonne to Foix (hilly) |
| 17 | July 20 | 130 km (80.8 miles) | Saint-Gaudens to Peyragudes (mountain) |
| 18 | July 21 | 143.5 km (89.2 miles) | Lourdes to Hautacam (mountain) |
| 19 | July 22 | 188.5 km (117.1 miles) | Castelnau-Magnoac to Cahors (flat) |
| 20 | July 23 | 40.7 km (25.3 miles) | Lacapelle-Marival to Rocamadour (individual time-trial) |
| 21 | July 24 | 116 km (72.1 miles) | Paris La Defense Arena to Paris Champs-Elysees |
Tour de France past winners
A third straight win in the Tour de France would have made Pogacar the sixth cyclist to win the event in at least three consecutive years.
The others are Louison Bobet (1953-55), Jacques Anquetil (1961-64), Eddy Merckx (1969-72), Miguel Indurain (1991-95) and Chris Froome (2015-17).
Lance Armstrong won seven straight races from 1999 to 2005 but his victories have been vacated due to doping offences.
Recent Tour de France winners
| Year | Winner | Nationality |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Jonas Vingegaard | Denmark |
| 2021 | Tadej Pogacar | Slovenia |
| 2020 | Tadej Pogacar | Slovenia |
| 2019 | Egan Bernal | Colombia |
| 2018 | Geraint Thomas | Great Britain |
| 2017 | Chris Froome | Great Britain |
| 2016 | Chris Froome | Great Britain |
| 2015 | Chris Froome | Great Britain |
| 2014 | Vincenzo Nibali | Italy |
| 2013 | Chris Froome | Great Britain |
| 2012 | Bradley Wiggins | Great Britain |
| 2011 | Cadel Evans | Australia |
| 2010 | Andy Schleck* | Luxembourg |
| 2009 | Alberto Contador | Spain |
| 2008 | Carlos Sastre | Spain |
| 2007 | Alberto Contador | Spain |
| 2006 | Oscar Pereiro** | Spain |
| 2005 | Lance Armstrong*** | USA |
| 2004 | Lance Armstrong*** | USA |
| 2003 | Lance Armstrong*** | USA |
| 2002 | Lance Armstrong*** | USA |
| 2001 | Lance Armstrong*** | USA |
| 2000 | Lance Armstrong*** | USA |
| 1999 | Lance Armstrong*** | USA |
| 1998 | Marco Pantani | Italy |
*Alberto Contador won the race but failed a drug test later
**Floyd Landis won the race but failed a drug test later
***Lance Armstrong has had all his titles vacated due to doping. No winner was named in his place.