The Australians lining up for the 111th edition of the Tour de France
Tomorrow marks the start of the 111th edition of the Tour de France where six Aussies will make up the 176 strong peloton.
The 21-day race will start in Florence, Italy and travel through France before finishing with a 33.7km time trial stage in Nice – breaking the tradition of an Arc de Triomphe finish in Paris due to the Olympics.
While the spotlight will be on past Tour de France winners Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogačar, six Australians will be competing for stage wins and the coveted Yellow jersey.
Among the Aussie riders is Western Australian born Jai Hindley who will be making his second TDF appearance for team Bora-Hahsgrohe. In 2023 Hindley won stage 5 and wore the yellow leader’s jersey for a day.
It's finally time for le Tour! This squad will race 3 weeks Florence ➡️ Nice! Allez guys!
— Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe (@RBH_ProCycling) June 26, 2024
🔵 Nico Denz
🔵 Marco Haller
🔵 Jai Hindley
🔵 Bob Jungels
🔵 Primoz Roglic
🔵 Matteo Sobrero
🔵 Danny van Poppel
🔵 Aleksandr Vlasov
📸 Joerg Mitter#redbullborahansgrohe #tdf2024 pic.twitter.com/pqsoqWnnYe
Team Jayco-AlUla has three Aussies on the start list, with Luke Durbridge, Chris Harper and Micheal Matthews all racing in the Australian team.
Matthews will be lining up for his eighth edition of the Tour where he’s won four stage wins and took the Green jersey win in 2017.
PICTURE PERFECT 🖼️#TDF2024 pic.twitter.com/o8PzS861Lu
— GreenEDGE Cycling (@GreenEDGEteam) June 27, 2024
Jack Haig will make his fifth appearance in the Tour racing for Bahrain Victorious where he will support their lead rider Santiago Buitrago.
🇧🇭 @BHRVictorious
— Tour de France™ (@LeTour) June 27, 2024
🇦🇺 @jackhaig93
🇩🇪 @NikiasArndt
🇩🇪 @PhilBauhaus
🇸🇮 @matmohoric
🇨🇴 @SantiagoBS26
🇳🇱 @WoutPoels
🇪🇸 @PelloBilbao1990
🇬🇧 @fred_wright0
💛#TDF2024
Making his Tour de France debut is 25-year-old Jarrad Drizners for team Lotto–Dstny. The South Australian was the Under 23 National Road Race champion in 2020 and has previously raced in the La Vuelta Espana in 2023 where he had a top 10 stage finish.
We present you our 2024 Tour de France Team! 🤩 @LeTour #TDF2024
— Lotto Dstny (@lotto_dstny) June 24, 2024
Video: VanVid pic.twitter.com/wR7VBQLU2b
As the 2024 Tour de France unfolds, these six Australian cyclists will battle against each other and formidable opponents, while back home we all settle in for three weeks of late nights to cheer them on.
