The debutants to watch at the 2022 Tour de France

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Aleksandr Vlasov, Fabio Jakobsen, and Filippo Ganna are among the major names set to make their Tour de France bow (Image credit: Getty Images composite)

On Friday, 176 riders will roll out in the Copenhagen time trial to kick off the 2022 Tour de France.

The majority of those men will have raced the Tour before, some over 10 times like Peter Sagan, Jakob Fuglsang, Geraint Thomas, and Philippe Gilbert. But a small group of the peloton will be taking on the July Grand Tour for the first time.

Dani Ostanek
Senior News Writer

Dani Ostanek is Senior News Writer at Cyclingnews, having joined in 2017 as a freelance contributor and later being hired full-time. Before joining the team, she had written for numerous major publications in the cycling world, including CyclingWeekly and Rouleur. She writes and edits at Cyclingnews as well as running newsletter, social media, and how to watch campaigns.