Celebrate the build-up to the summer’s biggest sporting event with the Official Tour de France Guide magazine. This year’s Official Guide comes packed with profiles of every team, exclusive interviews with the contenders, stats for every rider, maps of every stage and lots more…
Official Tour De France Race Guide Magazine
Seismic from the start • The Tour de France director is pleased with the aggressive temperament shown by the race’s major players. In 2023, a majestic setting has been provided to encourage this kind of enthralling drama
THE JERSEYS • Although most riders dream of the maillot jaune, it’s not the only coloured jersey being contested…
PRIZE MONEY • The breakdown of the cash prizes up for grabs across the 21 stages
JONAS VINGEGAARD • Jonas Vingegaard won the 2022 Tour de France ahead of defending champion Tadej Pogačar. The 26-year-old Dane, who won the Tour of the Basque Country in April, is determined to prove that this power grab was no blip
HUNGRY FOR SUCCESS • Tadej Pogačar has had a thunderous start to the season and wants to reclaim his crown as the Tour’s king. Everything suggests that he has the means to do so
CLASSIC RIVALRY • Rivals since their teenage years, both Classics specialists and with similar ambitions for the Tour, Wout van Aert and Mathieu van der Poel are actually more different than might be assumed
CHASING SUCCESS • Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogačar are the clear favourites to win the yellow jersey. But what if 2023 doesn’t turn out to be a carbon copy of their duel last year…?
TEAMS • Twenty-two of the strongest cycling teams on the planet head to France with 176 world-class riders…
AG2R Citroën Team
Alpecin-Deceuninck
Arkéa-Samsic
Astana Qazaqstan
Bahrain-Victorious
Bora-Hansgrohe
Cofidis
EF Education-Easypost
Groupama-FDJ
Ineos Grenadiers
Intermarche-Circus-Wanty
Israel-Premier Tech
Jumbo-Visma
Lotto Dstny
Movistar Team
Soudal Quick-Step
Team DSM
Team Jayco Alula
TotalEnergies
Trek-Segafredo
UAE Team Emirates
Uno-X Pro Cycling
STAGES • Twenty-one stages covering over 3,400 kilometres, 72 categorised climbs and four mountain-top finishes. It could only be the Tour de France
GRAND DÉPART CRAZY ABOUT CYCLING! • By selecting the Basque Country to host the Grand Départ, the Tour de France has chosen not only terrain that’s well-suited to the sporting contest but also a region that lives for cycling
Bilbao > Bilbao
Vitoria-Gasteiz > San Sebastian
Amorebieta-Etxano > Bayonne
Dax > Nogaro
Pau > Laruns
A springboard for the climbers • The sixth stage, on Thursday 6 July, features the first summit finish and an opportunity to strike an early blow. Coming halfway through the stage, the Tourmalet offers ideal terrain to launch a big offensive…
Tarbes > Cauterets-Cambasque
Mont-de-Marsan > Bordeaux
Libourne > Limoges
Puy de Dôme: Rise of a Legend • After 35 years, the Puy de Dôme is back on the Tour route. On Sunday 9 July, during the race’s ninth stage, the Tour peloton’s best climbers will meet a mythical mountain…
Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat > Puy De Dôme
Vulcania > Issoire
Clermont-Ferrand > Moulins
Roanne > Belleville-En-Beaujolais
Neoclassical Pyramid • Having first appeared on the Tour in 2012, the Grand Colombier has quickly become a point of reference. Located at the summit of the pass, the finish of the 13th stage will be a critical test
Châtillon-Sur-Chalaronne > Grand Colombier
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