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BILBAO, Spain : Tadej Pogacar has named Jonas Vingegaard as the big favourite for the Tour de France, but the defending champion would not be drawn into mind games two days before the race starts on Saturday.
UAE Team Emirates have named Adam Yates as their co-leader for the Tour de France due to fitness concerns of two-time champion Tadej Pogacar.
The long wait is over; the riders are gathering in Bilbao and the 110th edition of the Tour de France is almost upon us. Two stages in the Basque Country are followed by an undulating coastal schlep over the French border to Bayonne for the first of what could be eight frantic sprint finishes.
Tom Pidcock is feeling confident ahead of the Tour de France and is targeting stage wins and winning the general classification. The Ineos Grenadiers rider is ready to jostle with the likes of Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) and Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) for the yellow jersey, hoping that his experience on the mountains will give him an ideal start. Ad Stage 1 will see riders take part in a hilly opener going to and from Bilbao, which takes in 3,300 metres of vertical gain.
While defending champion Jonas Vingegaard and twice winner Tadej Pogacar look set to battle it out for this year's Tour de France, riders' safety will be under the microscope after the death of Gino Mader.
PARIS : The Tour de France looks set to be a battle between defending champion Jonas Vingegaard and twice winner Tadej Pogacar, but there is a question mark over the Slovenian's form while riders' safety will be scrutinised after the death of Gino Mader.
Twenty-two teams of eight riders have descended upon Bilbao for the grand depart of the 2023 Tour de France – including 18 WorldTour outfits and four UCI ProTeams. Once again, the Jumbo-Visma and UAE Team Emirates squads of race favourites Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar stand head and shoulders above the rest, while there is a Tour debut for Norwegian minnows Uno-X Pro Cycling.
Eurosport cycling expert Philippe Gilbert believes that Team Jumbo-Visma should attack Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) early at the Tour de France to test the Slovenian. Pogacar and Jumbo superstar Jonas Vingegaard come into the second Grand Tour of the year as the heavy favourites for the yellow jersey. Pogacar won back to back General Classification titles in 2020 and 2021 before Vingegaard prevented him from completing the hat-trick in 2022.