The Tour de France has been received by riders from Nice Britain on six events cut up between three people.
Chris Froome has been probably the most profitable British bike owner, having received the competitors 4 instances between 2013 and 2017. Bradley Wiggins and Geraint Thomas additionally received a single version of the occasion on both aspect of Froome’s domination.
Since Thomas received in 2018, Britain has endured a five-year winless drought within the Tour de France. That is unlikely to vary heading into the 2024 competitors.
Nonetheless, a number of spectacular cyclists from Britain have the potential to place themselves amongst the frontrunners this yr. With Tom Pidock an uncertainty after harm earlier this yr, right here’s a have a look at the following main British riders that may head to France in June.
Adam Yates
Adam Yates is, doubtless, Britain’s best hope within the headline occasion of the yr on account of his huge expertise on the tour.
He’ll enter the Tour de France for the eighth time this yr and is thought to be one of many high 5 rivals. In on-line betting, he’s supplied at 17/1 to realize Tour De France glory, which suggests he’ll a minimum of be concerned close to the entrance of the pack.
Followers can higher perceive the chances this yr by way of Paddy Energy’s guess calculator, which incorporates all guess sorts and codecs.
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— Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 1, 2023
This yr Yates will compete for a second-straight place on the rostrum, and Jonas Vingegaard’s harm can have boosted his possibilities. He completed third behind the Dane and Tadej Pogacar in 2023, and this time round, he might have ambitions of ending the British Tour de France drought.
Simon Yates
Whereas Adam Yates is by far Britain’s best hope on the Tour de France, his twin brother Simon Yates nonetheless represents one of many nation’s high riders set to journey throughout the channel.
He’s supplied at odds of fifty/1 to win the competitors, suggesting he can’t plausibly dream of the last word success like his brother can.
Simon Yates displays on “unbelievable” achievement @lavuelta & “an astonishing yr for British biking”. Credit nationwide system, lottery funding, professional workforce. Says “there’ll all the time be doubters” re doping in biking however provides “it’s a totally totally different sport to these years in the past” pic.twitter.com/QPj5F5ZJRw
— David Ornstein (@David_Ornstein) September 17, 2018
The lower-ranked Yates brother has successful expertise on the Grand Tour from the Vuelta a Espana again in 2018, and final yr completed in fourth place on the French leg of the tour. Nonetheless, his kind in 2024 has recommended he’s not ready to compete on the entrance of the Tour de France.
Yates completed 57th within the Vuelta a Catalunya in March and solely broke into the highest 20 in one of many phases. He’s removed from his finest at current, which implies that on the largest occasion of the yr, he ought to merely be aiming to complete the whole tour with a good rating.
In the end, Britain’s hopes can be pinned on the Yates brothers this yr. Adam has a severe likelihood of impacting the entrance of the competitors, whereas Simon can be aiming to safe the third top-10 Tour De France end of his profession.
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