Overview
- UAE Team Emirates announced an eight-rider roster that includes Tadej Pogacar and Mexican debutant Isaac del Toro along with Felix Großschartner, Brandon McNulty, Nils Politt, Florian Vermeersch, Tim Wellens and Adam Yates.
- Isaac del Toro will make his first Tour de France start and is presented by media as Pogacar’s main support rider or ‘lieutenant’ on mountain stages.
- Del Toro’s selection follows a recovery from an injury sustained at the Vuelta al País Vasco and recent stage-race victories that team coverage cites as justification for his inclusion.
- The squad mixes climbers and rouleurs to protect Pogacar across varied terrain and team leaders describe the group as built specifically to support a general classification bid.
- The 113th Tour covers roughly 3,300 km with about 54,000 m of climbing from Barcelona to Paris, making team depth and Del Toro’s form immediate factors to watch when racing begins.