Tour de France 2023 route, teams and how to watch on TV

How can I follow the race?

Those with subscriptions to Eurosport (through discovery+ Sport and Entertainment pass) or GCN+ are in luck, both will broadcast every day, as will ITV4 and Welsh terrestrial channel S4C. In Wales S4C is available on Sky 104, Freeview 4, Virgin TV 166 and Freesat 104, while in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland it can be found on Sky 134, Freesat 120 and Virgin TV 166 and also on iPlayer. Live shows and highlights programmes will be shown at different times each day. Alternatively, if you are stuck at work or do not subscribe to Eurosport if you have a sports package with the likes of Sky and BT or GCN+ – or cannot access S4C – then you can follow the action, as it unfolds, right here with Telegraph Sport.

Which teams will ride the Tour de France?

Twenty-two teams are scheduled to take part in the race. As with all WorldTour races, each team from the top-flight of professional cycling receive an invitation and in the case of the Tour de France, all 18 of them are contracted to compete in the grand tour. In addition they are joined by four UCI ProTeams – the two highest placed UCI ProTeams in 2022 (Lotto-Dstny and TotalEnergies), along with Uno-X Pro and Israel-Premier Tech who were selected by Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), the organisers of the Tour.

Which riders will be in action at the Tour de France?

All 22 squads are yet to confirm their eight-man teams which will be confirmed on the eve of the race. Until then, Telegraph Sport will keep you updated as and when the teams name their line-ups.

WorldTeams

Ag2r-Citroën (Fra)

Greg Van Avermaet (Bel), Oliver Naesen (Bel), Dorian Godon (Fra), Felix Gall (Aut), Nans Peters (Fra), Ben O’Connor (Aus).

Alpecin-Deceuninck (Bel)

Michael Gogl (Aut), Quinten Hermans (Bel), Soren Kragh Andersen (Den), Jasper Philipsen (Bel), Mathieu van der Poel (Ned), Jonas Rickaert (Bel)

Arkéa-Samsic (Fra)

Clément Champoussin (Fra), Élie Gesbert (Fra), Warren Barguil (Fra)

Astana Qazaqstan (Kaz)

Samuele Battistella (Ita), David de la Cruz (Spa), Joe Dombrowski (US), Yevgeniy Fedorov (Kaz), Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz), Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz), Mark Cavendish (GB), Cees Bol (Ned)

Bahrain Victorious (Brn)

Confirmed team: Nikias Arndt (Ger), Phil Bauhaus (Ger), Pello Bilbao (Spa), Jack Haig (Aus), Mikel Landa (Spa), Matej Mohoric (Slo), Wout Poels (Hol), Fred Wright (GB).

Bora-Hansgrohe (Ger)

Emanuel Buchmann (Ger), Jai Hindley (Aus), Jordi Meeus (Bel), Nils Politt (Ger), Danny van Poppel (Ned), Bob Jungels (Lux), Marco Haller (Aut)

Cofidis (Fra)

Piet Allegaert (Bel), Bryan Coquard (Fra), Simon Geschke (Ger), Ion Izagirre (Spa), Guillaume Martin (Fra), Anthony Perez (Fra), Pierre-Luc Périchon (Fra), Benjamin Thomas (Fra), Axel Zingle (Fra)

DSM-Firmenich (Ger)

Nils Eekhoff (Ned), Matthew Dinham (Aus), Sam Welsford (Aus), Romain Bardet (Fra), John Degenkolb (Ger), Kevin Vermaerke (US), Chris Hamilton (Aus), Alex Edmondson (Aus)

EF Education-EasyPost (US)

Alberto Bettiol (Ita), Magnus Cort (Den), Rigoberto Urán (Col), Andrey Amador (Crc), Richard Carapaz (Ecu), Mikkel Honore (Den)

Groupama-FDJ (Fra)

David Gaudu (Fra), Kevin Geniets (Hol), Stefan Küng (Swi), Valentin Madouas (Fra), Thibaut Pinot (Fra), Lars van den Berg (Ned), Olivier Le Gac (Fra), Quentin Pacher (Fra)

Ineos Grenadiers (GB)

Egan Bernal (Col), Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa), Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol), Daniel Martínez (Col), Tom Pidcock (GB), Carlos Rodríguez (Spa)

Intermarché-Circus-Wanty (Bel)

Confirmed team: Lilian Calmejane (Fra), Rui Costa (Por), Biniam Girmay (Eri), Louis Meintjes (SA), Adrien Petit (Fra), Dion Smith (NZ), Georg Zimmermann (Ger), Mike Teunissen (Ned)

Jayco-Alula (Aus)

Confirmed team: Simon Yates (GB), Dylan Groenewegen (Ned), Luka Mezgec (Slo), Elmar Reinders (Ned), Lawson Craddock (US), Luke Durbridge (Aus), Chris Harper (Aus), Christopher Juul-Jensen (Den)

Jumbo-Visma (Ned)

Confirmed team: Tiesj Benoot (Bel), Wilco Kelderman (Ned), Sepp Kuss (US), Christophe Laporte (Fra), Wout van Aert (Bel), Dylan van Baarle (Ned), Nathan van Hooydonck (Bel), Jonas Vingegaard (Den)

Lidl-Trek (US)

Confirmed team: Giulio Ciccone (Ita), Tony Gallopin (Fra), Juan Pedro López (Spa), Alex Kirsch (Ned), Mads Pedersen (Den), Quinn Simmons (US), Mattias Skjelmose (Den), Jasper Stuyven (Bel)

Movistar (Spa)

Jorge Arcas (Spa), Ruben Guerreiro (Por), Matteo Jorgenson (US), Enric Mas (Spa), Nelson Oliveira (Por)

Soudal-Quick Step (Bel)

Yves Lampaert (Bel), Mauri Vansevenant (Bel), Rémi Cavagna (Fra), Andrea Bagioli (Ita), Julian Alaphilippe (Fra), Michael Morkov (Den), Florian Sénéchal (Fra), Fabio Jakobsen (Ned)

UAE Team Emirates (UAE)

Adam Yates (GB), Mikkel Bjerg (Den), Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor), Tadej Pogacar (Slo), Marc Soler (Spa), Rafal Majka (Pol), Domen Novak (Slo)

ProTeams

Lotto-Dstny (Bel)

Confirmed team: Victor Campenaerts (Bel), Jasper De Buyst (Bel), Pascal Ennkhoorn (Ned), Frederik Frison (Bel), Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita), Maxim Van Gils (Bel), Florian Vermeersch (Bel), Caleb Ewan (Aus)

TotalEnergies (Fra)

Maciej Bodnar (Pol), Daniel Oss (Ita), Pierre Latour (Fra), Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor), Anthony Turgis (Fra), Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra), Peter Sagan (Svk)

Israel-Premier Tech (Isr)

Confirmed team: Guillaume Boivin (Can), Simon Clarke (Aus), Hugo Houle (Can), Krists Neilands (Lat), Nick Schultz (Aus), Corbin Strong (NZ), Dylan Teuns (Bel), Michael Woods (Can)

Uno-X Pro (Nor)

Confirmed team: Torstein Traeen (Nor), Soren Waeenskjold (Nor), Anthon Charmig (Den), Jonas Gregaard (Den), Rasmus Tiller (Nor), Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor), Alexander Kristoff (Nor), Jonas Abrahamsen (Nor)

How to watch live TV coverage and follow the race

All dates, times and distances are correct at time of publishing.

Saturday July 1, stage one – starts at: 11.55am (BST)Bilbao to Bilbao, 182km

Live television details

Eurosport 1/ GCN+ tbc, ITV4, S4C 2pm

Highlights

Eurosport 1/ GCN+ on demand, ITV4, S4C 9.30pm