Cycling: The cat is out of the bag. As expected, the wildcards for the 2020 Tour de France go to two French second division teams. We are pleased about the invitation Arkéa – Samsic and B&B Hotels – Vital Concept. In addition, as the winner of the overall UCI ProTeam ranking, the Total Direct Energie team automatically qualifies alongside the 19 teams from the WorldTour.
Premiere for B&B Hotels – Vital Concept
The B&B Hotels – Vital Concept team can finally look forward to an invitation to the Tour de France. After rejections in recent years, the team now for the first time outperformed the Belgian second division player Wanty - Gobert. This probably has something to do with the change of Guillaume Martin, who will drive for Cofidis in the future. From the point of view of the tour organizers, the Belgians are missing an attractive figurehead. B&B Hotels – Vital Concept now takes care of that. With Bryan Coquard there is a fast sprinter in their own ranks. Arthur Vichot, Pierre Rolland and Tom-Jelte Slagter are also old acquaintances for many fans. The Austrian Sebastian Schönberger is also part of the team.
Quintana & Barguil are there with Arkéa – Samsic
With Arkéa – Samsic taking part, we are likely to see Nairo Quintana and Warren Barguil at the 2020 Tour de France as well. As one of 19 WorldTour teams, the Equipe Cofidis was also definitely qualified for the big loop. Just like the Total Direct Energie team. In recent years, the French second division has always depended on an invitation from the organizers. This has now changed. As the winner of the overall UCI ProTeam ranking, the team was assured of participation this season in advance. So the fans don't have to do without the team of Lilian Calmejane and Niki Terpstra this year either.
Tour de France 2020: These are the participating teams
- AG2R La Mondiale
- Astana
- Bahrain-McLaren
- Bora-hansgrohe
- CCC
- Cofidis
- Deceuninck—Quick Step
- EF Pro Cycling
- Groupama - FDJ
- Israel Start Up Nation
- Lotto – Soudal
- Mitchelton-Scott
- Movistar
- NTT Pro Cycling
- Ineos
- Jumbo–Visma
- Sunweb
- Trek-Segafredo
- UAE Team Emirates
- Direct Energie
- B&B Hotels – Vital Concept
- Arkea – Samsic
⭐ #TDF2020 Teams ⭐
The following teams will participate in the #TDF2020:
➡ The 19 UCI World Teams.🌍
➡ 🇫🇷 @TDE_ProCycling, first UCI ProTeam in 2019.
➡ 🇫🇷 @BBHotels_VC and 🇫🇷 @Arkea_Samsic, are awarded with a wildcard by the organizers. pic.twitter.com/hZK7yqckCD
- Tour de France ™ (@LeTour) January 7, 2020
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