Are there any Americans in the 2018 Tour de France?

This year’s Tour de France is the 105th in the history of the race and will take place from Saturday, July 7 through Sunday, July 29, but what most of us are wondering is.. are there any American’s competing this year?

Yes, there are.

In fact, there are three teams repping the US including BMC Racing Team, Team EF Education First – Drapac P/B Cannondale and Trek – Segafredo. They, along with 15 other teams make up the UCI WorldTeams which are automatically invited to the race. There are also four wildcard teams, but none are from the US.

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There are 12 Americans competing in three teams, which have been divided below.

Joining the BMC Racing Team are Americans:

Brent Bookwalter
Joey Rosskopf
Tejay Van Garderen

Joining the EF Education First – Drapac P/B Cannondale team are Americans:

Nathan Brown
Lawson Craddock
Joe Dombrowski
Alex Howes
Logan Owen
Taylor Phinney

Joining the Trek – Segafredo team are Americans:

Gregory Daniel
Kiel Reijnen
Peter Stetina

Though there are other nations represented on the United States teams there are no Americans on other National teams.

The race takes place over 21 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,351 kilometers (approx. 2082 miles). For the most part, the race will take place in France, though there will be a small stint of approx. nine miles which will stretch into Spain. There are 11 cities/stages that have never been a part of the race prior (Fontenay-le-Comte, Mouilleron-Saint-Germain, Sarzeau, Dreux), La Rosière, Trie-sur-Baïse, Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle, Espelette, and Houilles.

The race starts in Noirmoutier-en-l’Île and will end in Paris Champs-Élysées.

The winner of the tour will win 500,000 Euro which translates to just over $580,000.

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