Picking
Tadej Pogacar,
Jonas Vingegaard, and
Remco Evenepoel is the easy part of filling out your
Tour de France fantasy team. But who are the lesser-known gems that could make the difference over the next three weeks? Here are seven golden tips to help you complete your team for the
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1. Thibau Nys (7.9 million)
This year’s Tour de France route is anything but typical. Usually, there's a stage or two for puncheurs—but this first week offers four ideal opportunities, in stages 2, 4, 6, and 7. That puts Ardennes-style riders like Thibau Nys right in the spotlight. The 22-year-old Belgian is making his Grand Tour debut, but expectations are already high. He impressed last year with five pro wins and held his own this spring at both Flèche Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège.