21 stages. 21 battles. It begins Saturday. 21 étapes. 21 batailles. Début des hostilités samedi. 💛 #TDF2023
The national championships weekend has just passed, and as is the case every year the Tour de France will be the first stage for many new jerseys. This year is no exception, in this article we take a look into all 19 national champions that will take part in the 2023 race.
This list includes double national champions such as Tadej Pogacar, Alex Kirsch and Alexey Lutsenko who will ride their national colours in every single stage - if they do not abandon. On the time-trial alone they will be joined by Wout van Aert, Jonathan Castroviejo, Kasper Asgreen, Rémi Cavagna, Michal Kwiatkowski, Nils Politt and Soren Waerenskjold.
Meanwhile in the road stages alone, there will be the likes of Richard Carapaz and Esteban Chaves who already got their jerseys in February, but new national champions in Mattias Skjelmose, Fred Wright, Dylan van Baarle, Emanuel Buchmann, Valentin Madouas, Quinn Simmons and Gregor Mühlberger.
All national champions in 2023 Tour de France startlist:
Road
# Rider Country
1 SKJELMOSE Mattias Denmark
2 POGAČAR Tadej Slovenia
3 CARAPAZ Richard Ecuador
4 WRIGHT Fred Great Britain
5 BUCHMANN Emanuel Germany
6 VAN BAARLE Dylan Netherlands
7 KIRSCH Alex Luxembourg
8 MADOUAS Valentin France
9 LUTSENKO Alexey Kazakhstan
10 SIMMONS Quinn United States
11 MÜHLBERGER Gregor Austria
12 CHAVES Esteban Colombia
Time trial
# Rider Country
1 POGAČAR Tadej Slovenia
2 VAN AERT Wout Belgium
3 KIRSCH Alex Luxembourg
4 CASTROVIEJO Jonathan Spain
5 LUTSENKO Alexey Kazakhstan
6 CAVAGNA Rémi France
7 KWIATKOWSKI Michał Poland
8 POLITT Nils Germany
9 WÆRENSKJOLD Søren Norway
10 ASGREEN Kasper Denmark
21 stages. 21 battles. It begins Saturday. 21 étapes. 21 batailles. Début des hostilités samedi. 💛 #TDF2023