Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) bids to win the Tour de France for a record-equalling fifth time this year and his quest begins in less than a week. His journey, as well as the work at hand for 183 other riders across 23 teams, will be shaped by a difficult first week visit to the Pyrenees and a difficult double ascent of Alpe d'Huez on back-to-back stages in the final weekend.
It all starts on July 4 with the race's first opening team time trial since 1971 with a new format that decides the team stage rankings based only on the first rider to finish. The GC is determined by each rider's individual time.
