The Tour de France has been gained by riders from Nice Britain on six events break up between three people.
Chris Froome has been essentially the most profitable British bicycle owner, having gained the competitors 4 occasions between 2013 and 2017. Bradley Wiggins and Geraint Thomas additionally gained a single version of the occasion on both aspect of Froome’s domination.
Since Thomas gained 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 take a look at the following main British riders that can head to France in June.
Adam Yates
Adam Yates is, doubtless, Britain’s biggest hope within the headline occasion of the yr as a consequence of his huge expertise on the tour.
He’ll enter the Tour de France for the eighth time this yr and is considered one of many prime 5 rivals. In on-line betting, he’s provided at 17/1 to realize Tour De France glory, which suggests he’ll at the very least be concerned close to the entrance of the pack.
Followers can higher perceive the percentages this yr by Paddy Energy’s wager calculator, which incorporates all wager 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 may have boosted his possibilities. He completed third behind the Dane and Tadej Pogacar in 2023, and this time round, he could have ambitions of ending the British Tour de France drought.
Simon Yates
Whereas Adam Yates is by far Britain’s biggest hope on the Tour de France, his twin brother Simon Yates nonetheless represents one of many nation’s prime riders set to journey throughout the channel.
He’s provided at odds of fifty/1 to win the competitors, suggesting he can’t plausibly dream of the final 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 completely 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 profitable 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 advised 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 levels. He’s removed from his finest at current, which implies that on the greatest occasion of the yr, he ought to merely be aiming to complete your entire tour with a decent rating.
Finally, Britain’s hopes will probably be pinned on the Yates brothers this yr. Adam has a severe probability of impacting the entrance of the competitors, whereas Simon will probably be aiming to safe the third top-10 Tour De France end of his profession.
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