67 riders signed for a World Tour team this season, or have turned pro into the top level. This list includes riders as young as 18 years old, and as old as 29 years old.
Markel Beloki of EF Education-EasyPost is the youngest. He and INEOS Grenadiers' Theodor Storm and Andrew August are the three 18-year olds that have turned pro this year directly into the highest level. The oldest rider to race at World Tour level for the first time in his career is Ludovic Robeet, who has made the move over to Cofidis over the winter.
The second oldest is Team Visma | Lease a Bike's Bart Lemmen who already impressed at the Tour Down Under.
ORDER (BY AGE) - NAME - TEAM - AGE (AT THE TIME OF WRITING)
1 BELOKI Markel EF Education - EasyPost 18y + 158d
2 STORM Theodor INEOS Grenadiers 18y + 276d
3 AUGUST Andrew INEOS Grenadiers 18y + 81d
4 FAURE PROST Alexy Intermarché - Wanty 19y + 254d
5 MAGNIER Paul Soudal - Quick Step 19y + 262d
6 MORGADO António UAE Team Emirates 19y + 338d
7 HERZOG Emil BORA - hansgrohe 19y + 87d
8 HAJEK Alexander BORA - hansgrohe 20y + 166d
9 HAGENES Per Strand Team Visma | Lease a Bike 20y + 175d
10 RAFFERTY Darren EF Education - EasyPost 20y + 184d
11 LE HUITOUZE Eddy Groupama - FDJ 20y + 273d
12 PICKERING Finlay Bahrain - Victorious 20y + 339d
13 DEL TORO Isaac UAE Team Emirates 20y + 35d
14 NERURKAR Lukas EF Education - EasyPost 20y + 48d
15 BRUTTOMESSO Alberto Bahrain - Victorious 20y + 63d
16 GELDERS Gil Soudal - Quick Step 21y + 16d
17 VINOKUROV Nicolas Astana Qazaqstan Team 21y + 178d
18 TODOME Yuhi EF Education - EasyPost 21y + 197d
19 LAMPERTI Luke Soudal - Quick Step 21y + 1d
20 REINDERINK Pepijn Soudal - Quick Step 21y + 242d
21 ARRIETA Igor UAE Team Emirates 21y + 24d
22 DE PRETTO Davide Team Jayco AlUla 21y + 257d
23 MORO Manlio Movistar Team 21y + 290d
24 POLLEFLIET Gianluca Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 21y + 338d
25 VAN BELLE Loe Team Visma | Lease a Bike 21y + 342d
26 STAUNE-MITTET Johannes Team Visma | Lease a Bike 21y + 348d
27 UMBA Santiago Astana Qazaqstan Team 21y + 42d
28 MAHOUDO Nolann Cofidis 21y + 45d
29 ROOTKIN-GRAY Jack EF Education - EasyPost 21y + 57d
30 BUSATTO Francesco Intermarché - Wanty 21y + 61d
31 EDDY Patrick Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 21y + 76d
32 LECERF William Junior Soudal - Quick Step 21y + 78d
33 BOVEN Lars Alpecin - Deceuninck 22y + 141d
34 UHLIG Henri Alpecin - Deceuninck 22y + 153d
35 FOLDAGER Anders Team Jayco AlUla 22y + 158d
36 VANGHELUWE Warre Soudal - Quick Step 22y + 162d
37 LEIJNSE Enzo Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 22y + 169d
38 CANAL Carlos Movistar Team 22y + 187d
39 VAN SINTMAARTENSDIJK Roel Intermarché - Wanty 22y + 238d
40 LAURANCE Axel Alpecin - Deceuninck 22y + 263d
41 FRETIN Milan Cofidis 22y + 288d
42 GARCÍA PIERNA Raúl Arkéa - B&B Hotels 22y + 312d
43 HUBY Antoine Soudal - Quick Step 22y + 347d
44 RYAN Archie EF Education - EasyPost 22y + 46d
45 BARRENETXEA Jon Movistar Team 23y + 256d
46 SÁNCHEZ Pelayo Movistar Team 23y + 280d
47 LÓPEZ Harold Martín Astana Qazaqstan Team 23y + 29d
48 VAN DEN BROEK Frank Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 23y + 4d
49 BRAET Vito Intermarché - Wanty 23y + 60d
50 KIELICH Timo Alpecin - Deceuninck 24y + 149d
51 MARUKHIN Daniil Astana Qazaqstan Team 24y + 322d
52 MULUBRHAN Henok Astana Qazaqstan Team 24y + 51d
53 ADRIÀ Roger BORA - hansgrohe 25y + 258d
54 CHARMIG Anthon Astana Qazaqstan Team 25y + 282d
55 DEBEAUMARCHÉ Nicolas Cofidis 25y + 311d
56 DE PESTEL Sander Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 25y + 82d
57 VERGALLITO Luca Alpecin - Deceuninck 26y + 109d
58 ANIOŁKOWSKI Stanisław Cofidis 26y + 346d
59 WARLOP Jordi Soudal - Quick Step 27y + 211d
60 BASTIAENS Ayco Soudal - Quick Step 27y + 212d
61 FORTUNATO Lorenzo Astana Qazaqstan Team 27y + 237d
62 BARTHE Cyril Groupama - FDJ 27y + 321d
63 KUZMIN Anton Astana Qazaqstan Team 27y + 42d
64 ALBANESE Vincenzo Arkéa - B&B Hotels 27y + 50d
65 TRÆEN Torstein Bahrain - Victorious 28y + 169d
66 LEMMEN Bart Team Visma | Lease a Bike 28y + 79d
67 ROBEET Ludovic Cofidis 29y + 224d
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