Ranking Every Tour de France 2025 Team | From UAE Team Emirates and Visma Lease A Bike to Tudor

There are numerous teams in the 2025 Tour de France with varied levels of experience and different targets. We’ve ranked them based on their past performances and ambitions for this year’s edition—but will it be Visma–Lease a Bike or UAE Team Emirates who emerge as the legendary team of 2025?

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Hello everyone and welcome to another video here on the cycling Dane extra channel. If you’re listening to the Cycling Dane podcast, as always, I’m joined by Patrick Blake of Aldo Cycling. And today we’re doing another one of our tier lists. I don’t know how many we’ve done of these, but this is with a bit of a twist because we are doing how the teams will fare, how we think they will fare at the end. So, we’ll reflect this with our tier list at the end of the tour to France as well. I mean, Patrick, I’ll mix the teams up a bit and then you can talk us through what a tier list is. So, in this tier list, we’re going to put them into one of five categories depending on how we think they will do in the tour of France. What sort of things, you know, if they’re going to be on the podium or whatever, they’re going to be higher up than some of the teams who we don’t think will make that much of an impact on the race, who will probably end up towards the bottom. So, that’s pretty much it. Nice and simple. And we got insos and deers Kokovski your favorite colorist Rodriguez Philip Gana Karen Thomas’ final tour Arensman who was in the Jirro and Tobas Patrick I don’t think they’re going to do that much well maybe Ghana is up there in the TTS Carlos Rodriguez needs the top 10. Yeah I was going to say pretty much the same thing. We don’t we don’t have a yard stick at the moment. They’re sort of the first ones. We can move them later, but I feel like it’s either like mid or room for improvement. But Ghana’s TT win is not like nailed on, is it? Yeah, true. If they don’t win that and they only get a top 10 in GC. Oh, true. Yeah. Okay, I’m with that then. Yeah, we might as well move on. A lotto, not Lotto Destiny as they always are in my head. Honor Dei looks like he’s pretty much their guy. or is there anyone else that you’re kind of flagging up there? Oh, Lenov Edfeld as well tour winner last year. And also Yenna Burkos, he won a stage of the Bows Belgium tour. He’s looking in good form as well. So, I think those three are quite good, but I don’t really see the eight being in the top 10 of GC. And I think a stage one is going to be kind of hard to get. I think it’s possible for sure, but it’s one of the bottom two categories for me. Okay, I’m going to push it up to room for improvement then since you I think that’s that’s fair. He put it there. Okay, now we come to channel favorite team in tomashe green jersey defending team vinium gumay no wins since tour of France last year let’s just glance over that but yeah anything can happen at the tour like we saw last year he did have a bit better form coming into it but they’ve got a whole pack of riders in here Lou Baret I know you’re quite high on him Gor Simmerman just won the German national championships Lawrence Rex is a very strong rider Yonas as Rush as well. And I still haven’t learned how to pronounce Roy Royal surname, Van Cinton Martins Dyke. Yeah, there you go. You got it. I don’t know, Scott. I know this is a channel favorite, but this team’s in the bottom category for me. I could see Louis Bah maybe getting a win, but I don’t know. Just look around. I said Benny hasn’t had a win this year and it’s not got any GC in there either. had to. Do you think they will have a stage? I don’t think so. I think it’ll be Bah who does it. I think the problem is that there’s just not that many breakaway days, like those medium mountain sort of looking days. You ether got punchy stages or like mountainous days. There’s no real like second cat days or whatever. And I feel like that’s what this team would be better at. But, you know, somebody’s got to be in this bottom tier. Just uh any fans? Uh this was not my choice. Uh so that quick though anyway. M this one’s definitely higher up. Split teama Remco Veniple third place last year as we know took a stage win with Remco but also had fifth place with Malanda. So that was pretty amazing GC result for Sudal Quickstep. I think Merle could get multiple stage wins here. I would argue he’s the fastest sprinter in this field based upon recent results. I think you’re right. I think he could take two or three stage wins. I think a can podium and take white jersey. I don’t know. It’s It feels a bit weird to put. Could that be legendary? Let’s say he takes one of the time trials. Meria takes three stage wins and he finishes top five. Top five would be high achievers. I think Oh, okay. I think they’re going to be legend out. You even need to win so many stages. It’s ridiculous. Right. So, where do you think Remco is going to finish? Because there is also Joel Ma in here. I know Jurgensson. Yeah. Wow. Based on my preview, I said that Xiao was going to finish third. I think let’s go legendary. You know, that’s what my my gut’s telling me. I think Merle is going to going to do some business here. Right. EF Education Easy post that actually confirmed right before recording. So that was very handy for us. Uh obviously Richard Capass is out unfortunately but in his place or in the team Harry Sweeney, Neilson Ples, Ben Healey, Chesper Essen, Martin Van, Alex Bordin, Mikin and Vincenzo Alban. So uh very very great comeback story but uh yeah that’s not what we care about in TLS. Sorry for me this is just kind of a sprint stages opportunist squad kind of similar to interar shave. It’s an opportunist squad built for breakaways in a race that doesn’t have that many stages which screen breakaway which I think immediately limits them. They don’t have a big GC. They don’t have a big sprinter like I like me and I like their punchiness with Powus and Healey for that first week, but I feel like this is probably room for improvement. I feel like Carropaz would definitely take this up to mid, but obviously he’s out with gastrointestinal issues. Yeah, I don’t I don’t even know if Well, two-stage wins, would that move the needle for you? Yeah, I reckon it would do. But I just don’t know where that’s going to come from because guess yeah, it’s possible. But you it’s you know breakaway bingo is kind of clutching at at straws and my first weakest is going to be dominated by like Porgi and Vanderbilt. I don’t see powerless really with them. Anyways, moving on. Uno X mobility. No Alexander Kristoff in this squad. He’s retiring at the end of the year. So that was a bit of a shame. Man called Nilson the only man from Bhal to take a stage win in the to France or multiple son of var and they asked Lechnerson to be as Halle Johannes his brother as well Anna Hale Johannison the winner of this Slovenia Yonas Abrahamson Marcus Hol and Sta Fenheim yeah Patrick very heavy Norwegian squad not surprised to the team manager said if they were going to get a stage win it was going to be coming from Manos court but obviously to as Harley was very good in the Dolphin 8 got a top five there the former total 11 winner so yeah this team what do you think they can do and obviously we’re judging them different cuz they’re procontinental team as well I am to put this in mid I think to be Hollander Herson based upon the do could do something in GC even though he hasn’t done it in the past and I think they got enough sprinting talent and just general attacking now with the likes of Abrahamson and Holgard and Court to do something I just feel like more likely to get a stage win just marginally. And I feel like mid I feel like we’re just throwing everybody into some room for improvement. Somebody needs to go up into this second into this mid category. So we’ll put Uno X in that. Going from one Continental team to another. Turo Pro Cycling Alf and Mareshi obviously headlining this squad that also has Alberto Denz, Marco Hala, Fabian Linhardt, Marcus Minehoffer, Stora who you’re very high on. Wasn’t he just at the Jurro? 10th place. Yeah, that was what you were saying he was going to do anyway. So, I mean, a very good squad on paper. Basically, a world tour team when you look at the names. Yeah, Marishi not bringing too many headlines. Second in the national championships a few days ago, but not really having as impactful of a season as I would have hoped. I mean, he started with a bang uh winning his first race for the team, but yeah, Ta Pro cycling and Alfip. Yeah, with Alfleet, where do you put them? Yeah, I’m I’m really looking at Alfleet to spearhead this team quite heavily in the first week. I think given his form at the tallest Swiss, I think Alfalipe has a decent shot of taking a stage win. It won’t be easy, but I think he’s got a good shot. I think Dynazy will be up there in the sprints. I don’t think he’ll take a win, but I think he’ll be up in the top 10. I think Store could definitely do something in some breakaways in the more mountainous terrain. So, even though I don’t think storyable top 10 GC, I think they’ve got enough stage hunting capabilities to put them in NID. Fair enough. Uh, though you’re saying a top 10 with two stage wins would be high achievers. Yeah, definitely for a procontinental team. Yeah. Yeah. For a proconty team. Yeah. I don’t think they’re going to be doing that. Uh, who knows? Airis or whatever they’re going to be called after L’Oreal when that happens. Bruno Mariah, Stefan Bisinger, Clemont Bertin, Felix Gal, Oliver Nson, Panopra, Callum Scotson, and Bastian Pan. I think G probably top 10 GC. He’s done it before and he looked good in the to Swiss. I think even if it’s like a ninth place was, you know, that kind of indescript 9th 10th that you don’t really remember, but it’s still important. Amarai has been actually going for KM classification in a lot of races for some reason, but maybe he could try to do something there. I like Ton Shawn for that first week. Thing is, it’s kind of similar to Inos, isn’t it? It’s sort of that top 10 in GC and might get a stage win. So, it kind of feels like it’s room for improvement, which feels kind of weird. We got Tudtor and Uno X, but it’s cuz they’re pro Conte teams that they’ve kind of they get a little boost. Yeah. And honestly, I think they’re going to do more. Moving on, Albson, Darnic, Machan Paul, Yasper, Philips, Kaden Groves. bit of a surprise but division and the tour and then basically a lot of of their normal names Ricards Vame Dier etc but yeah what do you think here this really depends on match Paul who hasn’t won a stage since 2021 obviously we know we’re going back to the murder put Daniel where he won exactly Jasper Philips not quite firing on all cylinders this year even though he won Kuss but that was a while ago so yeah what do you think is going to happen yeah I think this is high achievers they’ve got with Vander B and Phillips and they’ve got enough capabilities there. Two big profile riders to take at least three stage wins I would say is is on the cards. Vantiples pretty much had this first week designed for him. And I know he hasn’t had the greatest consistency over the tour, but I think he’s had issues coming into the tour for, you know, reasons. And I feel like this is the year where it’s a course design for him. And I think that Philips will at least take a win throughout the week throughout the three weeks. So yeah, I think high achievers not through GC but just through pure stage hunting winning ability. Anyways, Maui Star will get on to them. Pablo Castillo, Enrik Mast, Nelson Olivera, I know Rubio who’s very good, the newly crowned Spanish champion as well, Ivan Romeo, Gregor Müberger, Will Bart, Ivan Castio Cortina. I like this squad. I have to be honest. I think Enrich Mask could definitely be challenging for a top five. Maybe I know Rubio could get inside the top 10 as well. And then potentially stages with Ivano Romeo and Pablo Castillo in the breakaways. I agree. I think that’s all pretty reasonable. I think that lands them in mid mid. I was going to push for a high achievers, but I can see high achievers. Brook, is this our first friction point? Mauve star teams. Mas hasn’t executed a tour to France in years, man. The sleeping giant of Mavaras as I always think about them. It’s been a few years though. Okay. I This is where we should have like a high mid and low mid. B+ B minus. Yeah, that’s what it feels like. But moving on. Bahin victorious. Lena Martinez, you were very high in him. Santiago Brago top 10 last year. Moricitch not flying this year other than his second place in the Torla province earlier this year but recently nothing obviously then my team has taken a stage in the Dofane Santiago Bago was very good and the early part of the season didn’t finish the criterium judar I think they can get a top 10 they seem to be leaning towards boygo you don’t think so no I think this is going to be room far improvement if I’m honest. Really low mid lower mid. I feel like it’s mid like you’ve you’ve at least got a sprinter in there with bow house and like Fred Riots are good for breakaways. Mahoric yeah he hasn’t had the greatest form but he has one or stage two and Lenny have got enough talent to I think get a top 10 between them. So yeah I think mid right. Yeah I see what I mean. Yeah, I’m just a bit worried about Lelay Martinez, but uh yeah, I hope he does well. That’s what I mean. We always want the French guys to do well, carries the sport a bit further. Speaking of French, uh the procontinental team of Grapama DJ. No, I’m kidding. They are still world tour. Graham of DJ, uh Lui in there, Sirill Bate, Roman Gregoire, who almost became French national champion. Valin Madis, former top 10 finisher, Diamatan, former top 10 finisher as well. Quinton Pash, Paul Penut, who I don’t know who he is, and CLAN Russo. What do you expect of this team? Gregoire could be up in the mix, but I don’t see him taking a stage. And Gatan Madis, I don’t see finishing in top 10. So, for me, this is going to be room for improvement. Yeah, I agree. I think it’s room for improvement. But Gregoire is going to be active in that first week for sure. Like, no doubts about that. And yeah, like Penoa is going to be there for the sprints. Like I got a decent few guys to back him up with, but I don’t really see a I mean G Mart 10 realistically. I think he’ll be somewhere between 11th and 15th. Yeah, it’s it’s just room for improvement. It just is. Uh moving on, Astana XDS Astana team. I got that right eventually. Velasco in there. Herald Tada play champ who’s been looking very good. Sergy Gita, Mike Jernison, Ethodora, who I think recently won the Kazak National Championships, but I mean is their only Kazak World Tour team. David Balerini and Kespol kind of the remnants of the Maramdish lead out and then a few of their new guys as well. Patrick, hopefully they do better than last year. They got that one stage with Mark Cavendish, but now they’re world tour points UCI points hunting. So, they really need something here. Yeah, it’s a team. It’s got like plenty of good riders in there. I like Tahada and Champlasan especially. You do have a sprinting option in there. I It’s gonna be hard to get a stage win from the sprints. I do think like the Tahada and Champasan could be good in that first week, but again, it’s going to be hard to get a stage win. And without that much of a GC focused, I feel like it’s room for improvement again. But it feels like we’re kind of a lot of people are going in here. You’re not tempted to put them in high achievers. No, we might shuffle some people later. Jacob Alula, Ben O Connor as well, their new star looked okay at Tortois Woo. Maro Smith, the newly crowned Swiss National Champion, Dovagan, so split team. Eddie Donaran here, he’s looked very good in some races. Durbridge, Luca Meskitch and Raina. Yeah, so split team. There’s a few split teams here. What do you expect here from them? What’s a good result? What would put them in high achievers? Two stage wins with a top five. Maybe if they got two stage wins in a top 10 on like a top seven something, I think that would be high achievers. I’m not sure if Okconor can get the GZ result done, but I like I’m liking Pl and Schmid and Gronov. I think they’ve got enough stage hunting talent there. I just I I can’t quite put them in high achievers. It’s an it’s an upper mid. We might put the upper and lower mid in. Yeah, maybe. But we might as well move on to UA membrance. Not really much talk here. I’ll just put them up in legendary. Absolutely incredible team on paper. Yates has been looking very strong this year. Almeida recently completed the Rameni to a Swiss double. Navay’s new boy Mills Polo we know is super strong. Pavo Civicov Mark. Okay, he’s there. We accept that. Tim Wellins, uh, the newly crowned Belgian national champion and obviously the world champion and probably four-time tour of France champion in about three and a half weeks time. Uh, any discussion? How many stages do you think this team’s going to win? Oh, I mean, I think they’ll all pretty much come from Pogy, but I reckon he could honestly win seven. How many in top 10? Two. Is it Pog and Al? You don’t think a Yates could sneak in there? Maybe. He could do. Yeah. Yeah. I I think it depends how strong riser bike are if I’m honest. Yeah, if they sacrifice him in GC. So yeah, we’ll see. But moving on, little Trek. Uh no mass pill in here unfortunately, but we know that that was said at the start of the year. Matias Gilmore Jensen who recently won the Andor Classic and many people got annoyed at me in the top five cuz I put him fourth. Well, you can’t just have Visma bag in UAE riders in top five videos. But anyways, it’s a mixed bag this because they’ve also got Quinn Simmons in here. Tomcoin who also completed well completed the double in the nationals. John Milan big sprinting star his track teammate Simony Conserv Tibbor making his debut as well and Edward Turn. So not quite a two-pronged attack. It’s not a GC squad so I think any aspirations for Skittles it might go out the window here. Yeah, it’s like a it’s kind of an L3 Dente apart from it’s not all three GC riders. It’s like three different things. I think this is high achievers. I could see them doing some stuff. I think TB has got some good chances in that first week to do something. Scalos Yensen could be a top 10 in GDC and then I think Milan will pick up a stage win. So I think a stage win. Well, like as a minimum, let’s say I think of those three things. If it’s if skeleton gets a top 10, if Milan gets a win, if Nay somehow gets a win in there as well and maybe takes the white jersey on stage two or something, I think that’ll be pretty good. Anyway, he’s moving on to Tatis. God, you know where they’re going. Yeah, there we go. Is that disrespectful to Mato Burgo to Jordan to Stefan Kas to Antony to stage winner yes last year? I know. I know. But it’s just it’s no the GC is not really there. Like it’s a team of stage hunters which is yeah like good but like crass. Yeah. Maybe top 20. Jeier will be up there in the sprints but I don’t see him winning one. Tis okay. Nobody really saw that coming last year to be fair. Yeah. Somebody somebody else has got to be within a bottom. Okay. Airbnb hotels. I think they’re headed up by it looks like Anna Demar and Kevon Vlan obviously after his heroics at the tour to Swiss. Uh what do you expect of these guys? Vlan obviously took a stage win last year as well. Dear is no stranger to winning stages at the tour. I do think they could get a stage win probably with Vquala but because they don’t have that GC element in there. I think it’s kind of room for improvement. I guess it’s kind of the opposite of Inos. Inos of the GC prospect but probably less so maybe on the stage hunting front whereas RK has got stage hunting but not GC. Yeah I agree. Picnic poster now to be as in there. Frank Vandenbrook who finished second on the first stage last year. Tim Nabberman. Warren Bil former Pogo jersey winner as we know Shan Flynn Oscar only who’s been very good this year. Pavl Bitner who apparently is joint sprinter responsibility with Andre. Mikas Marco. Uh, I feel like it’s room for improvement. Again, I like the sprinting with Bitner and and it’s going to be hard to get a win though, but I think maybe some of the more reduced sprints could be good for Anderson only. I like for the for some breakaways in that opening. We’re again lacking in in GCS. So, very much focused on stage wins. Coffees, what are we thinking here? I mean, when I think I think Gaton, but he’s not here anymore. Alex Aram Buro, Emanuel Bookman, Brian Kokar, Ian Yigir, Alexi Renard, Benjamin Tomar, Damen Tusen, and Dylan Turns. Not a bad team to be honest. Obviously, they tried to do the whole rescue transfer policy as well like Astana did last year. But what do you think that these guys are going to be doing? I do think I think they’re going to be active. I like around for the punchy stages. Actually, Renard is was second in the Copenhagen sprint. He could honestly be a bit of a surprise person in the sprints. Maybe Bookman might top 15 GC. I suppose he was quite good in in the DONA. He was 11th place in GC. There is sort of a room for improvement. Maybe somebody else from maybe somebody from room for improvement needs to go up. Maybe Inos needs to go up to mid. Well, I’ve added a lower mid section now, Patrick. So who do now we can kind of make it a bit more uh yeah spread out. Is there anyone you want to promote or demote or from the upper and the room for improvement? I think move Inos into lower mid. Yeah, that’s a good start. Let’s put the Kathlong into lower mid. Maybe Unoax down to lower mid. Ouch. Ouch. I don’t know. I feel like either UnoX or TUDA need to go down or both. You don’t believe in the pro content teams? Um, well, we can keep him that. I just feel like we need a few couple more in lower. Okay, pick one of them. Pick. You can take one of them down. You’re not going to get a Christmas card from that team. But who is it? It’s hard. I feel like to be just leave them both up there actually. Um, I feel like this. Yeah, I want to move a starter up cuz I feel like they’re going to be Yeah, very motivated. Okay, I feel like this works. We got a good spread now. Right. Going to our final procontinental team. Israel Permititech. No, Chris Fman there. Bit of a shame for him. Pascal Akerman, Joe Blackmore, the defending to 11 champion. Michael Woods, Alleti Roenko, Jake Stewart, Guiam Bovine, Mattis Lll, and Chris Nans in there. So, a bit of a mixed bag. Acriman sprinter, Blackmore, unknown youngster maybe could be up there in the climbs. Leenko, channel favorite or one of them at least. Quite a mixback. Jake Stewart obviously taking that stage win as well in the Dane, which has put him a bit on the map. But yeah, what do you think of this team? They’re already going to be world tourn next year. So, what are they going to do at the tour this year? I think they might get a stage win. Stewart’s definitely been looking good. Maybe Woods from a breakaway, I suppose. I feel like it’s a lower mid. They’re not that good. Yeah, fair enough. Uh, yeah, I don’t really know what they’re going to do. It would be great to see Allet Lenko return to the top 10, but I don’t think that’s going to happen. Maybe he could get a stage win. There’s a lot of potential for stage wins there. That’s for sure. It’s just how many they can get. Red Bull, Borhans grower, we all thought it was going to be a Primos Rocklich le team. Now it’s kind of a Primos Rocklitch, Floren Lipovitz, and Yori Mayo’s team, but other than that, they’ve got Alexander Blaz, former top five finisher, Lawrence Piffy, who you really liked, Mick Van Dia as well, Johnny Mosone still coming to the tour. He was here last year for Sidal Kstep. Uh Danny Van Ppple, recent Dutch national champion and Yordi Mayo’s winner of the greatest one-day race on the calendar right now, the Copenhagen sprint. But uh yeah, what do you think they’re going to do? Rugglitch winning the tour. Probably not. Yes, Mayu’s winning another win. I want to put them in high achievers. It’s a squad that’s good enough for that. I think I’d be surprised if they didn’t get a top five. I’m not sure about a stage win. thing is I can’t realistically put them in the same level as TUDA Pro Cycling because they’ve got far more GC prospect than pretty much anybody else in that upper mid category. So, but they’re not on the same level as UEE. I mean, people might argue. Yeah, I think that I think they’re higher achievers because I think that roglitch stroke leapitz have got a similar GC capability as aool does but sudar quick step gets bumped up because of the mer and those stage win which I think he’ll get. Yeah, it’s going to be one crazy showdown for the sprinters. Uh a really really good sprinting game. But we might as well move on to the final team. Visma or team Visma Lisa bike you want has been going there obviously Eduardo Eini which I still I’m not quite sure why maybe he’s just a role of controlling the breakaway formation part of the stage Bernude in there obviously he’s very strong in the Helia terrain Victor Campernard as well Matteo Jurgensson Seb Cruz Wanard and Simon Yates obviously Wanard has well missed the nationals because of illness great team of course is this the strongest bism team you’ve seen? I don’t think so. I don’t think it is, but I’m not sure if I don’t think No, I don’t think it is, but I don’t think pretty good. Yeah, I mean, it’s Yeah, it’s it’s really good. It is. Maybe it’s just a momentum thing or just uh for example, like if Yonas had won the Doofane, would we be saying that it’s like the strongest squad? Like, maybe we would do. I think it really depends on what state the lead is in, not necessarily what the rest of the team is. It’s It’s Yeah, it kind of has to be legendary like when you got one of the pod podium spots kind of locked. Okay, Gonas might not be on the same level as Pagapture, but he was on a better level than anybody else who’s going to be competing. So, you saw that Le got second place there. And I do see them like they’re going to be taking a stage win along the way with the amount of talent they’ve got in there. be it with Wavart or Jorgensson or Simon Yates or whoever it is. So, I’m confident they will get like a stage win at least. I mean, Patrick, looking at our final board here, is there anyone you want to change? Are you starting to feel a bit sorry for too much cuz you slaughtered them or is there any movers? I’m tempted to move picnic personnel up to lower mid if I’m honest. Okay. Yeah, I can agree with that. Do you want to move down Uno X or Tudtor to Pro Cycling? I feel like if you move one, you almost have to move the other cuz they are just almost synonymous. They both have a decent sprinter and they both have a good puncher. So, I feel like they almost cancel each other out. I think it’s a pretty good ranking that we have and introducing the lower mid. Yeah, I think we’ll keep that. I mean, with that, that’s basically it for this video and podcast. I mean, uh, we’ll come back in 3 and 1/2 weeks time and see if we got anywhere near this, uh, in terms of the predictions, how the twos perform. And, I mean, if you haven’t already, why not check out our preview show as well here on the channel. Until next time, thank you very much for watching. Smash the like button, hit the subscribe button, and of course, check out Patrick’s own channel as well, I do Cycling. That’ll be in the link below. But until next time, thank you for watching and we will see you