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On Saturday, July 1, from 9 a.m. (Argentina time), the second grand tour of the cycling season begins: the Tour de France, which will run until Sunday the 23rd. There will be no Argentines in the competition, but Latin Americans will have seven representatives: Colombians Egan Bernal, Daniel Felipe Martinez, Esteban Chaves, Rigoberto Uran and Harold Tejada. Costa Rican Andre Amador and Ecuadorean Richard Carapaz. The entire test can be watched live on TV through ESPN Extra, as well as broadcast via Star+.

Two of the three podium members in the latest edition will once again take part in Vingegaard and Pogacar testing, Last year’s champion and runner-up. While the British Geraint Thomasthird, I will not say the present This is confirmed by a fun post on his Twitter account, with a picture with Vingegaard and Pogacar: “I’m sure everyone has seen the news, but no, I’m not going to chase these two around France this summer. From the beginning of the year we decided to focus on the Giro (who finished second) and the Vuelta, so I’m going to spend July preparing for a trip to Spain.”

ESPN Extra will broadcast all stages Until the 22 teams participating in the competition arrive in Paris Champs-Elysées, the last city on the way. In addition, every day you can follow the activity through the Star + broadcast platform. For their part, those who have Flow, Telecentro Play or DGO, at the same time, can tune in to the sports channel directly through the cable operator (active subscription required in all cases).

• road: 3405.6 kilometers.

• two countries: Spain and France.

• 21 stages: eight flats, eight high mountains with four high-altitude finishes, four medium mountain finishes, one time trial and two rest days.

• The Grand Depart is being held for the second time in the Basque Country. After San Sebastian in 1992, and for the twenty-fifth time abroad. After the first three stages, the rest of the Tour will take place without leaving France.

• Departure from Bilbao on July 1, arrival in Paris Champs-Elysées On July 23rd.

• 22 participating teams.

• They will share 2.3 million euros For teams and riders, incl 500,000 to the final individual general classification winner.

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• Soudal Quick Step (Belgium).

• Alpecin-Deceuninck (Belgium).

• Intermarché – Circus – Winte (Belgium).

• AG2R Citroen Team (France).

• Cofidis (France).

• Groupama – FDJ (France).

• Team Arkea – Samsic (France).

• Team Astana Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan).

• Victorious Bahrain (Bahrain).

• Bora-Hansgrohe (Germany).

• DSM Team (Germany).

• EF Education – Easypost (USA).

• Trek – Segafredo (USA).

• Ineos Grenadiers (United Kingdom).

• Israel – Premier Tech (Israel).

• Jumbo-Visma (Netherlands).

• Movistar Team (Spain).

• Jayco Team – Alula (Australia).

• Emirates Team Emirates (United Arab Emirates).

• DSTNY Lotto (Belgium).

• Totalenergies (France).

• Uno-X Pro Cycling Team (Norway).

109 editions have taken place since the test’s creation in 1903. It is the oldest of the three known cycling “Grand Tours”, along with the Giro d’Italia and the Vuelta a Espana. There are four cyclists who hold the record for victories, with five victories each: Frenchman Jacques Anquetil (1957, 1961, 1962, 1963 and 1964) and Bernard Hinault (1978, 1979, 1981, 1982 and 1985), Belgian Eddy Merckx. (1969, 1970, 1971, 1972 and 1974) and the Spanish Miguel Indurain (1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1995).

• Jack Anquetil (France), Bernard Hino (France), Eddy Merckx (Belgium) and Miguel Indurain (Spain): Five titles each.

• Chris Froome (Great Britain): four.

• Philip Theiss (Belgium), Louison Bobbitt (France) f Greg Lemond (United States): three each.

• Lucien Petit Breton (France), Andre Leduc (France), Antonin Magny (France), Bernard Thevent (France), Laurent Fignon (France), Ottavio Bocchia (Italy), Gino Bartali (Italy), Fausto Cuban (Italy), Firmin Lambot (Belgium), Silver Mace (Belgium), Nicholas Franz (Luxembourg), Alberto counter (Spain) f Tadej Pogacar (Slovenia): two each.