
It is a fierce and determined team that Tudor will line up at the start of the Tour de France 2025. At their first participation in the Grande Boucle, the Swiss team led by Fabian Cancellara will try to make a mark by hunting for a stage victory, an objective that becomes quite evident when looking at the roster of selected riders for the transalpine stage race.
At the start in Lille, both of the team's diamond points will be present, namely Julian Alaphilippe (winner of six stages in his career and the polka dot jersey in 2021) and Marc Hirschi (already victorious in Sarran in the 2020 edition): both, relying on their characteristic mix of explosiveness, endurance and sprint speed, will try to give Tudor their first success at the Boucle by moving complementarily across different terrains.
Alongside them, ready to provide the two with high levels of experience and vision, will be Matteo Trentin in the role of road captain who, at his eighth Tour participation and with three stages already conquered in the past, will have the important task of acting as a binding agent and, should the opportunity arise, playing his own cards in stages suited to him.
The thirty-five-year-old from Trentino will not be the only Italian defending Tudor's colors beyond the Alps, as Alberto Dainese will also be part of the team: the native of Abano Terme will be at his second Tour participation and, throwing himself into sprints shoulder to shoulder with the planet's best sprinters, will attempt to conquer that victory that would allow him to enter the exclusive club of riders capable of winning at least once in all three Grand Tours.
In this mission, Dainese can count on the support of Trentin himself, experienced Marco Haller (at his tenth career Tour appearance) and the two debutants Fabian Lienhard and Marius Mayrhofer, with the latter who could also personally launch himself into the sprint under certain circumstances.
When the road rises, the man to watch in the Tudor team will be Michael Storer, who, after a less brilliant Giro d'Italia than expected (the Australian arrived at the start from Tirana with important credentials following his sparkling successes at the Tour of the Alps), will try to have more luck in France by launching himself in pursuit of a stage victory and perhaps, if conditions are favorable, even the climbers' jersey.