Official Tour De France Race Guide Magazine

Celebrate the build-up to the summer's biggest sporting event with the Official Tour de France Guide magazine. This year's Official Guide comes packed with profiles of every team, exclusive interviews with the contenders, stats for every rider, maps of every stage and lots more...

Official Tour De France Race Guide Magazine 2020

Hotshots • RACE-DEFINING MOMENTS FROM LAST YEAR’S TOUR

“THE TOUR’S NEVER SEEMED SO STRONG” • Cancel or postpone? That was the question. Tour director Christian Prudhomme reveals the back story to the Tour’s late-August move…

THE JERSEYS • Although most riders dream of the maillot jaune, it’s not the only coloured jersey being contested…

PRIZE MONEY • The breakdown of the cash prizes up for grabs across the 21 stages

TOUR TALK • The key words and phrases to help you navigate the Tour de France

CONTENDERS • The world’s best gravitate to France looking to tame the world’s greatest bike race. Here we focus on the general classification contenders, plus those who’ll shine in the sprints and the favourite for the polka-dot jersey…

EGAN BERNAL • The young Colombian racer who won last year’s Tour is in shape to defend his title on a route that he “likes the look of”. On paper, he’s sharing the Ineos’ leadership role with Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas. But what will happen on the roads of France…?

ONE MORE DAY IN THE SUN? • British hopes of success may rest with those seasoned campaigners Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas. But is teammate Egan Bernal their greatest obstacle?

DUTCH TRIDENT • Jumbo Visma didn’t hold back from showing their hand, announcing that Primoz Roglic, Tom Dumoulin and Steven Kruijswijk were to lead the Tour team before Christmas. Can Ineos’ strongest rivals end the British squad’s dominance?

VINTAGE PINOT • One year on from a career-scarring disappointment, Thibaut Pinot remains one of the Tour’s big favourites. Can the 30-year-old end France’s 35-year wait for a home victory?

“I HAD AN APPOINTMENT WITH PAIN” • Winner of two stages, fifth in the overall classification and, of course, the holder of the yellow jersey for an unforgettable 14-day stint last year, Julian Alaphilippe is seeking similar thrills at the 2020 Tour

STAR ON THE RISE • Third in the 2019 Vuelta during his first season in the professional ranks, 21-year-old Slovene Tadej Pogacar is set for his Tour debut. He’ll be looking to strip Egan Bernal of his prized yellow jersey

TWIN PEAKS • There’s no time like the present for Adam and Simon Yates. So will 2020 be the year that one of the Bury brothers finally makes the Tour podium?

TOUR DE FORCE • Caleb Ewan won three stages of the 2019 Tour de France, giving him the moniker ‘fastest rider in the world’. Can the Australian sprinter repeat the feat this time? Or can he go even faster…?

MAGNIFIQUE IN THE MOUNTAINS • Warren Barguil, Julian Alaphilippe and Romain Bardet are the last three riders to have ridden into Paris wearing the polka-dot jersey, the jersey synonymous with panache and fighting spirit. Can either of them do it again in 2020? Let’s look behind us to see what might lie ahead…

TEAMS • A total of 176 riders from 22 teams will set off from Nice on 29 August 2020. Here, with the help of Bernard Thévenet, we chart their chances of glory…

AG2R La Mondiale • Established 1992 Team manager Vincent Lavenu DS Laurent Bondi, Julien Jurdie, Arturas Kasputis, Gilles Mas, Didier Jannel, Stéphane Goubert, Cyril Dessel

Astana Pro Team • Established 2007 Team manager Alexandr Vinokurov DS Bruno Cenghialta, Giuseppe Martinelli, Dmitri Sedoun, Alexandr Shefer, Stefano Zanini

Bahraïn McLaren • Established 2017 Team manager Rod Ellingworth DS Gorazd Stangelj, Timothy Harris, Tristan Hoffman,...