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Tour de France 2025 - Datalists: best riders

Tuesday 24 June 2025 • Stats

Daniël Herbers

Tour de France 2025 - Data-lists

Which riders will be at the start of the 2025 Tour de France? Who is the best overall, and who excels as a sprinter or climber?

 

All stars at the start, except Mads

Of the 10 best riders according to the computer model, 9 will be at the start of this Tour de France. Only Mads Pedersen (successful in the Giro with 4 stage wins and the points jersey) will be absent. The overall score of the model is built up from the best scores of each rider, in this way specialists (pure sprinters, time trialists or classics specialists) can also get high in this ranking.

Best riders in TDF'25
1. Tadej Pogacar: 99
2. Remco Evenepoel: 97
3. Mathieu van der Poel: 96
4. Jonas Vingegaard: 96
5. Jasper Philipsen: 95
6. Primoz Roglic: 95
7. Wout van Aert: 95
8. Filippo Ganna: 94
9. Biniam Girmay: 94
10. João Almeida: 94
11. Adam Yates: 93
12. Mattias Skjelmose: 92
13. Enric Mas: 92
14. Matteo Jorgenson: 92

 

Best 8 GC riders all are present

If we look specifically at the field of GC riders, the line-up is even stronger. All 8 of the best GC riders are at the start of this Tour de France. The big 4 (Vingegaard, Pogacar, Evenepoel and Roglic) including the Giro champion (Simon Yates), Tour de Suisse winner (Almeida) and Mas and Adam Yates. The first GC men missing are Ayuso (9th) and Landa (10). Behind them Gee and Del Toro are missing, but the rest with a score of 90 or higher are present: 15 of the 19.

Best GC-riders in TDF'25
1. Tadej Pogacar: 96
2. Jonas Vingegaard: 96
3. Primoz Roglic: 93
4. João Almeida: 93
5. Remco Evenepoel: 92
6. Adam Yates: 92
7. Enric Mas: 92
8. Simon Yates: 92
9. Matteo Jorgenson: 91
10. Carlos Rodriguez: 91
11. Ben O'Connor: 91
12. Florian Lipowitz: 90
13. Sepp Kuss: 90
14. Mattias Skjelmose: 89
15. Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet: 89

 

Philipsen, Merlier and Milan, but not Kooij

According to the model, Philipsen and Kooij are currently the best sprinters. Of the best 6 sprinters, only our compatriot is missing from the starting list of the Tour de France 2025. In addition to Philipsen, Merlier, Girmay, Groenewegen and Milan are also participating. Of the 13 fastest men, Fretin (13) Thijssen (12), Kristoff (11) and Pedersen (7) are also missing.

Best sprinters in TDF'25
1. Jasper Philipsen: 99
2. Tim Merlier: 98
3. Biniam Girmay: 97
4. Jonathan Milan: 95
5. Dylan Groenewegen: 94
6. Wout van Aert: 93
7. Kaden Groves: 93
8. Jordi Meeus: 93
9. Phil Bauhaus: 93
10. Danny van Poppel: 92
11. Arnaud De Lie: 92
12. Bryan Coquard: 92
13. Pascal Ackermann: 92
14. Arnaud Démare: 92
15. Tobias Lund Andresen: 91
16. Søren Wærenskjold: 90
17. Mike Teunissen: 90
18. Marijn van den Berg: 90
19. Paul Penhoët: 90
20. Alberto Dainese: 90

 

Best leadouts are all there!

It is questionable whether the best leadout specialist also has a sprinter to work for. Danny van Poppel is on the starting list, but may sprint for himself. Behind Van Poppel, the three best sprinters have their leadout topper with them. Consonni (99), van der Poel (98) and Van Lerberghe (96) can immediately show their class in the opening stage. Girmay also has leadout specialist Laurenz Rex at his disposal.

Best leadouts in TDF'25
1. Danny van Poppel: 99
2. Mike Teunissen: 99
3. Simone Consonni: 99
4. Mathieu van der Poel: 98
5. Bert Van Lerberghe: 96
6. Laurenz Rex: 93
7. Søren Wærenskjold: 92
8. Edward Theuns: 92
9. Jasper Stuyven: 92
10. Alexis Renard: 92
11. Luka Mezgec: 92
12. Jonas Rickaert: 92
13. Oliver Naesen: 91
14. Elmar Reinders: 91
15. Nils Politt: 91
16. Toms Skujins: 91
17. Mick van Dijke: 91

 

Punchy riders have some good opportunities

Most of the best hill riders will also be at the start in Lille on July 5. Only Mads Pedersen (92), Toms Skujins (92) and Michael Matthews (92) and Tom Pidcock (94) are missing from the provisional starting list of the 16 best punchers. Behind them, talents Nys (90) and Champoussin (91) are also at the start.

Best hill-specialists in TDF'25
1. Tadej Pogacar: 99
2. Marc Hirschi: 96
3. Remco Evenepoel: 94
4. Mathieu van der Poel: 93
5. Wout van Aert: 93
6. Mattias Skjelmose: 93
7. Toms Skujins: 92
8. Tiesj Benoot: 92
9. Ben Healy: 92
10. Kévin Vauquelin: 92
11. Romain Grégoire: 92
12. Valentin Madouas: 92
13. Neilson Powless: 92
14. Clément Champoussin: 91
15. Julian Alaphilippe: 91
16. Alex Aranburu: 91
17. Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet: 91
18. Enric Mas: 91
19. Ben O'Connor: 91

Combi of hills and sprint? Real puncheurs!

If we take in to account both sprint and hill qualit o riders, these riders are the real puncheurs (average of score on hill (x2) and sprint).

Best puncheurs in TDF'25
1. Tadej Pogacar: 96
2. Wout van Aert: 93
3. Mathieu van der Poel: 92
4. Marc Hirschi: 91
5. Biniam Girmay: 90
6. Arnaud De Lie: 89
7. Remco Evenepoel: 89
8. Jasper Philipsen: 88
9. Alex Aranburu: 87
10. Jasper Stuyven: 86
11. Magnus Cort: 86
12. Tiesj Benoot: 86
13. Kaden Groves: 86
14. Mike Teunissen: 85
15. Neilson Powless: 85
16. Toms Skujins: 85
17. Laurence Pithie: 84
18. Matteo Trentin: 84
19. Valentin Madouas: 84
20. Matteo Jorgenson: 84

 

Pure ITT-specialists have one shot

Of the three best time trialists according to the model, Ganna and Evenepoel will start the Tour de France. Joshua Tarling will skip the Tour (for another year). Both Ganna and Evenepoel have made stage 5 a big goal. Ganna can complete his trilogy and Evenepoel (who won the trilogy in last year's Tour de France time trial) has a good chance of wearing his first yellow jersey. Challengers are Küng (not yet on the starting list), van Aert and Affini.

Best ITT-specialists in TDF'25
1. Remco Evenepoel: 99
2. Filippo Ganna: 97
3. Edoardo Affini: 94
4. Wout van Aert: 93
5. Primoz Roglic: 93
6. Tadej Pogacar: 92
7. Mattia Cattaneo: 92
8. Jonas Vingegaard: 91
9. João Almeida: 91
10. Kasper Asgreen: 91
11. Stefan Bissegger: 91
12. Nelson Oliveira: 91
13. Max Schachmann: 90
14. Victor Campenaerts: 90
15. Bruno Armirail: 90
16. Mattias Skjelmose: 88

 

Riders with lowest 'overall score'

Some Fantasy Games force you to pick riders who will not score points. According to our model, these riders at the start of the Tour de France 2025 have the lowest overall scores.

Lowest scores 'overall' in TDF'25
1. Jarrad Drizners: 40
2. Tim Naberman: 40
3. Kamil Gradek: 48
4. Silvan Dillier: 49
5. Luke Durbridge: 50
6. Gianni Moscon: 50
7. Roel van Sintmaartensdijk: 51
8. Emiel Verstrynge: 51
9. Callum Scotson: 53
10. Robert Stannard: 54
11. Sean Flynn: 55
12. Niklas Märkl: 56
13. Cyril Barthe: 57
14. Harry Sweeny: 58
15. Sébastien Grignard: 58
16. Mathis Le Berre: 58
17. Damien Touzé: 59

 

Demographics of riders

Who is longest, shortest, heaviest and lightest in the Tour de France 2025? And who are youngest and oldest at the start?

Shortest riders in TDF'25
2. Einer Rubio: 164 cm
3. Simone Consonni: 165 cm
4. Clément Venturini: 165 cm
5. Sergio Higuita: 166 cm
6. Mathieu Burgaudeau: 168 cm
7. Lenny Martinez: 168 cm
8. Simone Velasco: 170 cm
9. Alexandre Delettre: 170 cm
10. Edward Dunbar: 170 cm
11. Bryan Coquard: 171 cm
12. Mattéo Vercher: 171 cm
13. Remco Evenepoel: 171 cm
14. Ilan Van Wilder: 171 cm

 

Longest riders in TDF'25
1. Roel van Sintmaartensdijk: 197 cm
2. Jonas Rutsch: 197 cm
3. Søren Wærenskjold: 195 cm
4. Kamil Gradek: 194 cm
5. Cees Bol: 194 cm
6. Yevgeniy Fedorov: 193 cm
7. Laurenz Rex: 193 cm
8. Filippo Ganna: 193 cm
9. Iván Romeo: 193 cm
10. Jonathan Milan: 193 cm
11. Kasper Asgreen: 192 cm
12. Nils Politt: 192 cm
13. Brent Van Moer: 191 cm

 

Lightest riders in TDF'25
6. Lenny Martinez: 52
7. Valentin Paret-Peintre: 52
8. Guillaume Martin: 55
9. Einer Rubio: 56
10. Sergio Higuita: 57
11. Edward Dunbar: 57
12. Simon Yates: 58
13. Adam Yates: 58
14. Jonas Vingegaard: 58
15. Simone Velasco: 59
16. Bryan Coquard: 59
17. Eduardo Sepulveda: 59
18. Santiago Buitrago: 59
19. Jordan Jegat: 59
20. Cristian Rodriguez: 59
21. Emanuel Buchmann: 59

 

Heaviest riders in TDF'25
1. Søren Wærenskjold: 92 kg
2. Jonas Rickaert: 88
3. Jonathan Milan: 84
4. Bert Van Lerberghe: 83
5. Filippo Ganna: 83
6. Cees Bol: 83
7. Danny van Poppel: 82
8. Laurenz Rex: 82
9. Jonas Rutsch: 82
10. Kamil Gradek: 81
11. Edoardo Affini: 80
12. Jordi Meeus: 80
13. Nils Politt: 80
14. Yevgeniy Fedorov: 80
Youngest riders in TDF'25
1. Iván Romeo: 21-324
2. Lenny Martinez: 21-359
3. Stian Fredheim: 22-103
4. Joe Blackmore: 22-134
5. Romain Grégoire: 22-166
6. Thibau Nys: 22-236
7. Ewen Costiou: 22-238
8. Pavel Bittner: 22-250
9. Oscar Onley: 22-266
10. Tobias Lund Andresen: 22-320
11. Laurence Pithie: 22-353
12. Bastien Tronchon: 23-097
13. Arnaud De Lie: 23-111
14. Emiel Verstrynge: 23-153
15. Paul Penhoët: 23-190
16. Hugo Page: 23-346
17. Lennert Van Eetvelt: 23-353
18. Alex Baudin: 24-041
19. Roel van Sintmaartensdijk: 24-058

 

Oldest riders in TDF'25
1. Geraint Thomas: 39-041
2. Michael Woods: 38-267
3. Luka Mezgec: 37-008
4. Ion Izagirre: 36-153
5. Nelson Oliveira: 36-121
6. Guillaume Boivin: 36-41
7. Matteo Trentin: 35-338
8. Primoz Roglic: 35-250
9. Silvan Dillier: 34-337
10. Oliver Naesen: 34-293
11. Kamil Gradek: 34-292
12. Mattia Cattaneo: 34-254
13. Marco Haller: 34-095
14. Luke Durbridge: 34-087
15. Edward Theuns: 34-066
16. Tim Wellens: 34-056
17. Eduardo Sepulveda: 34-022
18. Toms Skujins: 34-020

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