The Tour wins record is currently held by four men, with Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault, Jacques Anquetil and Miguel Indurain all on five titles. Vincenzo Nibali, then riding for Astana, was the other man to break the British squad's dominance with a win in 2014. Pogačar himself broke a Ineos/Sky stranglehold on the race, with the British team having won seven of the previous eight Tours de France with Egan Bernal, Geraint Thomas, Bradley Wiggins and four-time winner Chris Froome. The Danish rider denied Tadej Pogačar a trio of consecutive victories, the Slovenian having snatched the 2020 title before dominating the 2021 race. Jonas Vingegaard is the reigning champion, having won his first Tour de France in 2022.
Lotto Soudal and TotalEnergies made the cut as the best ProTeams of 2022, while Israel-Premier Tech and Uno-X were chosen as the two wildcard teams for the 2023 Tour de France. The 2023 Tour de France will be made up of 22 teams, 18 WorldTour teams, the two top-ranked second-division teams, and two discretionary wild-card teams. See: Tour de France 2023 – Analysing the contenders Tour de France 2023 teams Pogačar himself has expressed a desire in the past to ride the Giro d'Italia but would surely line up at the Tour however his season is structured.
Tour de France rivals: Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard (Image credit: Getty Images)Ģ022 champion Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) is expected to return to defend his title after dispatching two-time winner Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates).
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