INEOS Grenadiers Tour de France lineup with up to four leaders close to taking its final shape
CyclingSaturday, 22 June 2024 at 14:29
Visma | Lease a Bike with Jonas Vingegaard. UAE Team Emirates with Tadej Pogacar. Which team is next to confirm their Tour de France lineup? It seems like the ball rolls over to INEOS Grenadiers.
At least that should be the case according to Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport, which claims the British team's lineup is close to complete. Six names appear to be a certainty while the remaining two spots are to be filled out in next days.
So who's in? Well, it's not a big mystery as the team has been very transparent about their selection for Grande Boucle. INEOS won't enter the race with a clear leader, however it's clear it'll be between 2019 winnner Egan Bernal, 2018 winner Geraint Thomas, young Carlos Rodríguez and the ever-ambitious Tom Pidcock. The four potential leaders will be backed up by strong Laurens De Plus and experienced Michal Kwiatkowski.
However the battle for remaining spots appears to be open at the moment, with three candidates for just two tickets to Florence. The names in consideration are all-rounder Omar Fraile, rouleur Ben Turner and experienced mountain domestique Jonathan Castroviejo.
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- Pidcock has never been consistent enough for a Grand Tour GC fight. Perhaps, the early season success in the stage race was due to the lack of depth in the field. Now that the top dogs are in the Grand Tour, he seems to be overshadowed. But how far can he go? If he doesn't try till the end, he will never know.
KerisVroom23-05-2025 - Del Toro and Ayuso it not Contador and Armstrong. Contador was leader as well as Armstrong. Conatdor had already 3 GTs won. Del Toro came as gregario and Ayuso the leader with Adam Yates. Also Del Toro hasn't even finished top 10 in GTs and also not many 1 week races.abstractengineer23-05-2025
- As Contador did, lets see who wins on the road at least Del Torro doesn't have to deal with Armstrong and Bruyneel doing everything to stop him winningslappers6623-05-2025
- Visma have screwed up immeasurably, tactically on this, Vuelta 24 remember that debacle! Tel Toro is the strongest. During a notable Giro Mikel Landa was the strongest but who kept getting backed, Fabio Aru, he never won that Giro - a team SHOULD always ride for the strongest rider!
leedorney23-05-2025 - Very true, the strongest should and will win, in the moment - I know what I would do...leedorney23-05-2025
- Lets not forget it's a 3 week race and Del Toro doesn't have a track record of doing these long GTs. All it takes it one bad moment on a climb to blow up.frieders323-05-2025
- I like this young man, if he is feeling good he should go for it on the next mountain stage.awp23-05-2025
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- Froome was, in my book, the greatest Grand Tour rider ever. Better than Armstrong, better than Induarain. It all ends in a second for these guys. I remember that whenever people complain about Pogacar, and I am grateful.
Barney23-05-2025 - Tom retired instead of signing another contract. Visma offered him a contract renewal, he decided to retire which shocked everyone because he is such a strong cyclist.awp23-05-2025
As a big fan of Pidcock since the ‘22 tour, it pains me to say- post TdF s2 just leave him at home you don’t need someone like that on the team.
Get behind Rodriguez, bring Tarling who was super impressive at the Dauphine.
Carlos Rodriguez is the only real option. What a joke team they have turned into, 4 leaders the rest of the peleton are laughing out so loud.
This is just Cycling Updates opinion so don't belive every word you read. It's better to wait and see what INEOS have to say before you pass judgement
This is going to be fun to watch how this plays out.
4 leaders- The first and last time in the history of cycling. G will collapse in the first week. Pidcock will collapse in the third week. Bernal will collapse in the TT. Carlos will be close to Top 5, Same results as last year
It won't reach Nice with 4 leaders though, it'll be no different to Jumbo with 3 leaders last year, all but one have to yield to the strongest or who has the time buffer within a podium finishing result.