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Tour de France 2015: startlist

Full list of the teams and 198 riders set for Utrecht's Tour de France Grand Depart

The 102nd edition of the Tour de France rolls out on Saturday (July 4), with a short time trial in Utrecht marking the Grand Depart.

And the 198 riders set to roll off the starting ramp in the Netherlands have been revealed by their respective teams, with defending champion Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) set to pull on dossard number one and ten British riders also set to start.

Defending champion Vincenzo Nibali will wear dossard number one, while 2013 winner Chris Froome is one of ten Brits selected (pic: Sirotti)

With Nibali going wheel-to-wheel with Chris Froome (Team Sky), Nairo Quintana (Movistar) and Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) it could be one of the most memorable Tours in history.

So who is set for the startline alongside them? Check out the full startlist, as confirmed by the respective teams, below.

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Tour de France 2015: startlist

Astana
Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)
Jakob Fuglsang (DEN)
Lars Boom (NED)
Andriy Grivko (UKR)
Michele Scarponi (ITA)
Lieuwe Westra (NED)
Dmitriy Gruzdev (KAZ)
Rein Taaramae (EST)
Tanel Kangert (EST)

Ag2r-La Mondiale
Jean-Christophe Peraud (FRA)
Romain Bardet (FRA)
Mikael Cherel (FRA)
Ben Gastauer (LUX)
Damien Gaudin (FRA)
Johan Vansummeren (BEL)
Alexis Vuillermoz (FRA)
Jan Bakelants (BEL)
Christophe Riblon (FRA)

BMC Racing
Damiano Caruso (ITA)
Rohan Dennis (AUS)
Daniel Oss (ITA)
Manuel Quinziato (ITA)
Samuel Sanchez (ESP)
Michael Schar (SUI)
Greg van Avermaet (BEL)
Tejay van Garderen (USA)
Danilo Wyss (SUI)

Etixx-QuickStep
Mark Cavendish (GBR)
Michal Kwiatkowski (POL)
Tony Martin (GER)
Rigoberto Uran (COL)
Zdenek Stybar (CZE)
Mark Renshaw (AUS)
Julien Vermote (BEL)
Matteo Trentin (ITA)
Michal Golas (POL)

Etixx-QuickStep’s Mark Cavendish will be looking to add to his 25 Tour de France stage wins (pic: Tim de Waele/EQS)

FDJ
Sebastien Chavanel (FRA)
Arnaud Demare (FRA)
Alexandre Geniez (FRA)
William Bonnet (FRA)
Matthieu Ladagnous (FRA)
Steve Morabito (SUI)
Thibaut Pinot (FRA)
Jeremy Roy (FRA)
Benoit Vaugrenard (FRA)

IAM Cycling
Matthias Brandle (AUT)
Sylvain Chavanel (FRA)
Stef Clement (NED)
Jerome Coppel (FRA)
Martin Elmiger (SUI)
Mathias Frank (SUI)
Reto Hollenstein (SUI)
Jarlinson Pantano (COL)
Marcel Wyss (SUI)

Lampre-Merida
Matteo Bono (ITA)
Davide Cimolai (ITA)
Rui Costa (POR)
Kristijan Durasek (CRO)
Nelson Oliveira (POR)
Ruben Plaza (ESP)
Filippo Pozzato (ITA)
Jose Rodolfo Serpa (COL)
Rafael Valls (ESP)

Lotto-Soudal
Lars Ytting Bak (DEN)
Thomas de Gendt (BEL)
Jens Debusschere (BEL)
Tony Gallopin (FRA)
Andre Greipel (GER)
Adam Hansen (AUS)
Greg Henderson (NZL)
Marcel Sieberg (GER)
Tim Wellens (BEL)

Nairo Quintana, runner-up in 2013, is one of the chief GC contenders (pic: Sirotti)

Movistar
Nairo Quintana (COL)
Alejandro Valverde (ESP)
Jose Herrada (ESP)
Adriano Malori (ITA)
Gorka Izaguirre (ESP)
Winner Anacona (COL)
Jonathan Castroviejo (ESP)
Imanol Erviti (ESP)
Alex Dowsett (GBR)

Orica-GreenEDGE
Michael Albasini (SUI)
Luke Durbridge (AUS)
Simon Gerrans (AUS)
Daryl Impey (RSA)
Michael Matthews (AUS)
Svein Tuft (CAN)
Pieter Weening (NED)
Adam Yates (GBR)
Simon Yates (GBR)

Team Cannondale-Garmin
Andrew Talansky (USA)
Daniel Martin (IRL)
Ryder Hesjedal (CAN)
Jack Bauer (NZL)
Kristijan Koren (SVN)
Sebastien Langeveld (NED)
Ramunas Navardauskas (LTU)
Dylan van Baarle (NED)
Nathan Haas (AUS)

Team Giant-Alpecin
Warren Barguil (FRA)
Roy Curvers (NED)
John Degenkolb (GER)
Tom Dumoulin (NED)
Simon Geschke (GER)
Koen de Kort (NED)
Georg Priedler (AUT)
Ramon Sinkeldam (NED)
Albert Timmer (NED)

Alberto Contador is bidding for a third straight Grand Tour win having won the Vuelta in September and Giro in May (pic: Sirotti)

Team Katusha
Dimitry Kozontchuk (RUS)
Jacopo Guarnieri (ITA)
Marco Haller (AUT)
Luca Paolini (ITA)
Alexander Kristoff (NOR)
Joaquim Rodriguez (ESP)
Thiago Machado (POR)
Giampaolo Caruso (ITA)
Alberto Losada (ESP)

Team LottoNL-Jumbo
Wilco Kelderman (NED)
Laurens ten Dam (NED)
Robert Gesink (NED)
Paul Martens (GER)
Steven Kruijswijk (NED)
Tom Leezer (NED)
Sep Vanmarcke (BEL)
Bram Tankink (NED)
Jos van Emden (NED)

Team Sky
Chris Froome (GBR)
Richie Porte (AUS)
Geraint Thomas (GBR)
Peter Kennaugh (GBR)
Ian Stannard (GBR)
Luke Rowe (GBR)
Nicolas Roche (IRL)
Leopold Konig (CZE)
Wout Poels (NED)

Tinkoff-Saxo
Alberto Contador (ESP)
Peter Sagan (SVK)
Michael Rogers (AUS)
Rafal Majka (POL)
Daniele Bennati (ITA)
Ivan Basso (ITA)
Roman Kreuziger (CZE)
Michael Valgren (DEN)
Matteo Tosatto (ITA)

Peter Sagan has recaptured his best form in recent month and will hunt for stage wins and a fourth straight green jersey (pic: Sirotti)

Trek Factory Racing
Julian Arredondo (COL)
Fabian Cancellara (SUI)
Stijn Devolder (BEL)
Laurent Didier (LUX)
Markel Irizar (ESP)
Bob Jungels (LUX)
Bauke Mollema (NED)
Gregory Rast (SUI)
Haimar Zubeldia (ESP)

Bora-Argon 18
Jan Barta (CZE)
Sam Bennett (IRL)
Emanuel Buchmann (GER)
Zak Dempster (AUS)
Bartosz Huzarski (POL)
Jose Mendes (POR)
Dominik Nerz (GER)
Andreas Schillinger (GER)
Paul Voss (GER)

Bretagne-Seche Environnement
Pierrick Fedrigo (FRA)
Brice Feillu (FRA)
Eduardo Sepulveda (ARG)
Anthony Delaplace (FRA)
Armindo Fonseca (FRA)
Arnaud Gerard (FRA)
Florian Vachon (FRA)
Pierre-Luc Perichon (FRA)
Frederic Brun (FRA)

Cofidis, Solutions Credits
Daniel Navarro (ESP)
Nacer Bouhanni (FRA)
Christophe Laporte (FRA)
Florian Senechal (FRA)
Geoffrey Soupe (FRA)
Julien Simon (FRA)
Luis Angel Mate (ESP)
Nicolas Edet (FRA)
Kenneth Vanbilsen (BEL)

Fabian Cancellara has claimed the yellow jersey on the last four occasions the Tour de France has opened with a time trial. Can he make it five in a row in Utrecht? (pic: Sirotti)

MTN-Qhubeka
Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR)
Steve Cummings (GBR)
Tyler Farrar (USA)
Jacques Janse van Rensburg (RSA)
Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (RSA)
Merhawi Kudus (ERI)
Louis Meintjes (RSA)
Serge Pauwels (BEL)
Daniel Teklehaimanot (ERI)

Team Europcar
Brian Coquard (FRA)
Cyril Gautier (FRA)
Yohann Gene (FRA)
Bryan Nauleau (FRA)
Perrig Quemeneur (FRA)
Pierre Rolland (FRA)
Romain Sicard (FRA)
Angelo Tulik (FRA)
Thomas Voeckler (FRA)

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