Will the 2024 Tour de France be shown on TV?
Every stage of the race can be watched live on Eurosport, while terrestrial channels ITV4 and S4C will also be broadcasting the action. Live shows and highlights programmes will be shown at different times each day.
Alternatively, if you are stuck at work then you can follow the action, as it unfolds, right here with Telegraph Sport. Almost every stage will be live blogged by our team while selected race details and standings in the main classifications will also be published.
How many teams are there in the Tour de France?
Twenty-two teams will take part in the race. As with all WorldTour races, each team from the top-flight of professional cycling received 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 will be joined by four UCI ProTeams – the two highest placed UCI ProTeams in 2023 (Lotto Dstny and TotalEnergies), along with Uno-X and Israel-Premier Tech who were selected by Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), the organisers of the Tour.
How many people compete at the Tour de France?
Twenty-two teams comprising eight riders will start. In total 176 riders will be on the start line in Florence.
WorldTeams
Alpecin-Deceuninck (Bel)
Silvan Dillier (Swi), Robbe Ghys (Bel), Soren Kragh Andersen (Den), Axel Laurance (Fra), Jonas Rickaert (Bel), Mathieu van der Poel (Ned), Gianni Vermeersch (Bel), Jasper Philipsen (Bel)
Arkéa-B&B Hotels (Fra)
Amaury Capiot (Bel), Clément Champoussin (Fra), Arnaud Démare (Fra), Raúl García Pierna (Spa), Daniel McLay (GB), Luca Mozzato (Ita), Cristián Rodríguez (Spa), Kévin Vauquelin (Fra)
Astana Qazaqstan (Kaz)
Davide Ballerini (Ita), Cees Bol (Ned), Mark Cavendish (GB), Yevgeniy Fedorov (Kaz), Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz), Michael Morkov (Den), Harold Tejada (Col)
Abandoned: Michele Gazzoli (Ita, DNF stage one)
Bahrain Victorious (Brn)
Nikias Arndt (Ger), Phil Bauhaus (Ger), Pello Bilbao (Spa), Santiago Buitrago (Col), Jack Haig (Aus), Wout Poels (Ned), Fred Wright (GB), Matej Mohoric (Slo)
Cofidis (Fra)
Piet Allegaert (Bel), Bryan Coquard (Fra), Simon Geschke (Ger), Jesús Herrada (Spa), Ion Izagirre (Spa), Guillaume Martin (Fra), Alexis Renard (Fra), Axel Zingle (Fra)
Decathlon-Ag2R La Mondiale (Fra)
Bruno Armirail (Fra), Sam Bennett (Ire), Felix Gall (Aut), Dorian Godon (Fra), Paul Lapeira (Fra), Oliver Naesen (Bel), Nans Peters (Fra), Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra)
DSM-Firmenich PostNL (Ned)
Romain Bardet (Fra), Warren Barguil (Fra), John Degtenkolb (Ger), Nils Eekhoff (Ned), Fabio Jakobsen (Ned), Oscar Onley (GB), Frank Van Den Broek (Ned), Bram Welten (Ned)
EF Education-EasyPost (US)
Alberto Bettigol (Ita), Stefan Bissegger (Swi), Richard Carapaz (Ecu), Rui Costa (Por), Ben Healy (Ire), Neilson Powless (US), Sean Quinn (US), Marijn Van Den Berg (Ned)
Groupama-FDJ (Fra)
David Gaudu (Fra), Kevin Geniets (Lux), Romain Grégoire (Fra), Stefan Kung (Swi), Valentin Madouas (Fra), Lenny Martinez (Fra), Quentin Pacher (Fra), Clément Russo (Fra)
Ineos Grenadiers (GB)
Egan Bernal (Col), Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa), Laurens De Plus (Bel) Michal Kwiatkowsi (Pol), Tom Pidcock (GB), Carlos Rodríguez (Spa), Geraint Thomas (GB), Ben Turner (GB)
Intermarché-Wanty (Bel)
Biniam Girmay (Eri), Kobe Goossens (Bel), Louis Meintjes (SA), Hugo Page (Fra), Laurenz Rex (Bel), Mike Teunissen (Ned), Gerben Thijssen (Bel), Georg Zimmermann (Ger)
Jayco-AlUla (Aus)
Luke Durbridge (Aus), Dylan Groenewegen (Ned), Chris Harper (Aus), Christopher Juul-Jensen (Den), Michael Matthews (Aus), Luka Mezgec (Slo), Elmar Reinders (Ned), Simon Yates (GB)
Lidl-Trek (US)
Julien Bernard (Fra), Giuluo Ciccone (Ita), Tim Declercq (Bel), Ryan Gibbons (SA), Mads Pedersen (Den), Toms Skujins (Lat), Jasper Stuyven (Bel), Carlos Verona (Spa)
Movistar (Spa)
Alex Aranburu (Spa), Davide Formolo (Ita), Fernando Gaviria (Col), Oier Lazanko (Spa), Enric Mas (Spa), Gregor Mühlberger (Aut), Nelson Oliveira (Por), Javier Romo (Spa)
Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe (Ger)
Nico Denz (Ger), Marco Haller (Aut), Jai Hindley (Aus), Bob Jungels (Lux), Primoz Roglic (Slo), Matteo Sobrero (Ita), Danny van Poppel (Ned), Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus)
Soudal-Quick Step (Bel)
Remco Evenepoel (Bel), Jan Hirt (Cze), Yves Lampaert (Bel), Mikel Landa (Spa), Gianni Moscon (Ita), Ilan Van Wilder (Bel), Louis Vervaeke (Bel)
Abandoned: Casper Pedersen (Den, DNS stage four)
UAE Team Emirates (UAE)
Joao Almeida (Por), Juan Ayuso (Spa), Tadej Pogacar (Slo), Nils Politt (Ger), Pavel Sivakov (Fra), Marc Soler (Spa), Tim Wellens (Bel), Adam Yates (GB)
Visma-Lease a Bike (Ned)
Tiesj Benoot (Bel), Matteo Jorgenson (US), Wilco Kelderman (Ned), Christophe Laporte (Fra), Bart Lemmem (Ned), Jan Tratnik (Slo), Wout van Aert (Bel), Jonas Vingegaard (Den)
ProTeams
Israel-Premier Tech (Isr)
Pascal Ackermann (Ger), Guillaume Boivin (Can), Jakob Fuglsand (Den), Derek Gee (Can), Hugo Houle (Can), Krists Neilands (Lat), Jake Stewart (GB), Stephen Williams (GB)
Lotto Dstny (Bel)
Cedric Beullens (Bel), Victor Campenaerts (Bel), Arnaud De Lie (Bel), Jarrad Drizners (Aus), Sébastien Grignard (Bel), Maxim Van Gils (Bel), Brent Van Moer (Bel), Harm Vanhoucke (Bel)
TotalEnergies (Fra)
Mathieu Burgaudeau (Fra), Steff Cras (Bel), Sandy Duijardin (Fra), Thomas Gachingard (Fra), Fabien Grellier (Fra), Jordan Jegeat (Fra), Anthony Turgis (Fra), Mattéo Vercher (Fra)
Uno-X Mobility (Nor)
Jonas Abrahamsen (Nor), Magnus Cort (Den), Odd Christian Eiking (Nor), Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor), Alexander Kristoff (Nor), Johannes Kulset (Nor), Rasmus Tiller (Nor), Soren Waerenskjold (Nor)
- DNF: Did not finish; DNS: Did not start