Tour de France | The 36 riders which will make their debut in the biggest cycling race in the world

The Tour de France is often named the biggest race in cycling, the most famous one, with most exposure, popularity and fans. Hence, it is perhaps the one where riders are the most excited to race for the first time. 36 riders will achieve that this Saturday - if nothing changes in the meantime.

Those 36 riders, equating to 20.4% of the whole 2023 Tour peloton, will be racing it for the first time. This list includes incredibly talented riders such as Biniam Girmay, Mattias Skjelmose and Carlos Rodríguez, and even a Grand Tour winner such as Jai Hindley who enters the Grand Boucle for the first time at 27 years of age. Carlos Rodríguez of INEOS is the youngest rider to make his debut in the race at 22 years old, whilst Movistar's Antonio Pedrero is the oldest debutant, age 31.

All debutants for 2023 Tour de France:

1 RODRÍGUEZ Carlos INEOS Grenadiers 22y + 149d

2 SKJELMOSE Mattias Lidl - Trek 22y + 278d

3 STRONG Corbin Israel - Premier Tech 23y + 62d

4 DINHAM Matthew Team DSM - Firmenich 23y + 83d

5 GIRMAY Biniam Intermarché - Circus - Wanty 23y + 90d

6 WÆRENSKJOLD Søren Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 23y + 111d

7 FEDOROV Yevgeniy Astana Qazaqstan Team 23y + 135d

8 VAN GILS Maxim Lotto Dstny 23y + 218d

9 JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 23y + 312d

10 RENARD Alexis Cofidis 24y + 30d

11 TURNER Ben INEOS Grenadiers 24y + 34d

12 ZINGLE Axel Cofidis 24y + 195d

13 VAN DEN BERG Lars Groupama - FDJ 24y + 359d

14 MEEUS Jordi BORA - hansgrohe 25y + 0d

15 CHAMPOUSSIN Clément Team Arkéa Samsic 25y + 33d

16 CHARMIG Anthon Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 25y + 98d

17 GALL Felix AG2R Citroën Team 25y + 124d

18 FERRON Valentin TotalEnergies 25y + 143d

19 BERTHET Clément AG2R Citroën Team 25y + 333d

20 LÓPEZ Juan Pedro Lidl - Trek 25y + 335d

21 GUGLIELMI Simon Team Arkéa Samsic 26y + 0d

22 EENKHOORN Pascal Lotto Dstny 26y + 143d

23 GREGAARD Jonas Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 26y + 336d

24 TILLER Rasmus Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 26y + 338d

25 SHAW James EF Education-EasyPost 27y + 18d

26 HINDLEY Jai BORA - hansgrohe 27y + 57d

27 WELSFORD Sam Team DSM - Firmenich 27y + 163d

28 BIERMANS Jenthe Team Arkéa Samsic 27y + 244d

29 ABRAHAMSEN Jonas Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 27y + 284d

30 HERMANS Quinten Alpecin-Deceuninck 27y + 337d

31 TRÆEN Torstein Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 27y + 350d

32 HARPER Chris Team Jayco AlUla 28y + 220d

33 BAUHAUS Phil Bahrain - Victorious 28y + 358d

34 EDMONDSON Alex Team DSM - Firmenich 29y + 191d

35 REINDERS Elmar Team Jayco AlUla 31y + 109d

36 PEDRERO Antonio Movistar Team 31y + 251d