Tour de France 2022 team guide: Start list, star riders for Ineos Grenadiers, Jumbo-Visma and all 22 outfits

After a run-through of every stage in the 2022 Tour de France, and ahead of yellow, green and polka dot jersey guides, our preview series continues with a look at all 22 teams featuring in the 109th edition of the race, which gets under way in Copenhagen this Friday. We name all eight riders selected for each team, while discussing their stand-out stars, racing styles, targets for the next month, and memorable Tour moments from past races – while also asking the burning question of what French food they are most like.

Ad/> Tour de France 2022 route: Every stage assessed for bruising 109th edition Cavendish misses out on Tour de France, Alaphilippe also absent Tour de France‘It won’t get better than this’ – Jakobsen on horror crash return and Tour bow2 HOURS AGO AG2R CITROEN Geoffrey Bouchard Mikael Cherel Benoit Cosnefroy Stan Dewulf Bob Jungels Oliver Naesen Ben O’Connor Aurelien Paret-Peintre Star Rider: Ben O’Connor Memorable Moment: The Bardet years were fruitful but nothing beats Christophe Riblon’s stirring win on Alpe d’Huez in the centenary Tour of 2013 – although Jean-Christophe Peraud’s runner-up spot in 2014 comes close, ditto O’Connor’s win last year at Tignes and the, er, Rinaldo Nocentini glory years. Racing Style: Attacking Tour Goals: A stage win and another top five for the Australian O’Connor.

Breakaways for Cosnefroy, Bouchard and Paret-Peintre. Something, anything, from Jungels.

If they were a French food: Oeufs mayonnaise, an inexplicable bistro classic; looks bland but actually tastes quite nice. ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK Mathieu van der Poel Silvan Dillier Michael Gogl Alexander Kreiger Jasper Philipsen Edward Planckaert Kristian Sbaragli Guillaume van Keirsbulck Star Rider: Mathieu van der Poel Memorable