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At the beginning of July, 176 riders spread across 22 teams set off for the three-week marathon around France that is cycling's biggest race, the Tour de France. But did you know that 37.5% of them are Zwifters? That's 66 riders who left the virtual roads of Zwift behind to do battle from the flatlands of Brittany to the mountains of the Alps and Pyrenees.
Those riders included Tour winner Geraint Thomas and yellow jersey wearer Greg Van Avermaet, meaning the famous jersey was worn by a Zwifter for 19 of the 21 stages. Other Zwifters at the Tour included second-placed man Tom Dumoulin and stage winners Magnus Cort Nielsen, Oscar Fraile and Arnaud Démare.
Then there's Lawson Craddock, a level 25 Zwifter with 3,904km logged on Zwift. The American fractured his shoulder blade on stage one, battling through the pain for three weeks to complete the race. Along the way he raised almost $200,000 for his childhood velodrome in Houston, which was damaged by Hurricane Harvey last year.
The Tour de France Zwifters, who have a total of 54,439 followers on Zwift, have racked up the equivalent of over 98 days on Zwift - that's 77,824km, or over 23 complete Tours de France!
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You can search and your favourite pros on Zwift using the Zwift Companion App. Here's the full list of Pros that started in Noirmoutier-en-l'Île:
BARGUIL Warren Fortuneo-Samsic BENOOT Tiesj Lotto Soudal BEVIN Patrick BMC Racing BOASSON HAGEN Edvald Dimension Data BOSWELL Ian Katusha-Alpecin BURGHARDT Marcus Bora-Hansgrohe CAVENDISH Mark Dimension Data CLARKE Simon EF Education First-Drapac CORT NIELSEN Magnus Astana CRADDOCK Lawson EF Education First-Drapac DE BUYST Jasper Lotto Soudal DE GENDT Thomas Lotto Soudal DE KORT Koen Trek-Segafredo DECLERCQ Tim Quick-Step Floors DÉMARE Arnaud Groupama-FDJ DUMOULIN Tom Team Sunweb DURBRIDGE Luke Mitchelton-Scott FRAILE Omar Astana GESINK Robert LottoNL-Jumbo GILBERT Philippe Quick-Step Floors GREIPEL André Lotto Soudal HAYMAN Mathew Mitchelton-Scott HEPBURN Michael Mitchelton-Scott HOWSON Damien Mitchelton-Scott IMPEY Daryl Mitchelton-Scott JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt Dimension Data JANSEN Amund Grondahl LottoNL-Jumbo KEUKELEIRE Jens Lotto Soudal KITTEL Marcel Katusha-Alpecin KÜNG Stefan BMC Racing KWIATKOWSKI Michal Team Sky LAMPAERT Yves Quick-Step Floors LATOUR Pierre Ag2r La Mondiale LUDVIGSSON Tobias Groupama-FDJ MAJKA Rafał Bora-Hansgrohe MARCATO Marco UAE-Team Emirates MARCZYNSKI Tomasz Lotto Soudal MARTENS Paul LottoNL-Jumbo MATTHEWS Michael Team Sunweb MOLLEMA Bauke Trek-Segafredo MÜHLBERGER Gregor Bora-Hansgrohe NAESEN Oliver Ag2r La Mondiale PAUWELS Serge Dimension Data PHINNEY Taylor EF Education First-Drapac POLITT Nils Katusha-Alpecin RENSHAW Mark Dimension Data ROOSEN Timo LottoNL-Jumbo ROWE Luke Team Sky SCHÄR Michael BMC Racing SCULLY Thomas EF Education First-Drapac SIEBERG Marcel Lotto Soudal SKUJIŅŠ Toms Trek-Segafredo STUYVEN Jasper Trek-Segafredo SUTHERLAND Rory UAE-Team Emirates TEN DAM Laurens Team Sunweb THEUNS Edward Team Sunweb THOMAS Geraint Team Sky THOMSON Jay Robert Dimension Data TOLHOEK Antwan LottoNL-Jumbo VALGREN Michael Astana VAN AVERMAET Greg BMC Racing VANENDERT Jelle Lotto Soudal VANMARCKE Sep EF Education First-Drapac VERMOTE Julien Dimension Data YATES Adam Mitchelton-Scott
