Tour of Britain Men 2025 start list: full lineup of 114 riders competing this week, with numbers

All the teams and riders for the 21st edition of the UK's biggest men's bike race, which runs from 2-7 September

Fred Wright is to ride the Lloyds Tour of Britain Men for Bahrain Victorious, it was announced on Monday, as the start list for the UK's biggest men's bike race was confirmed.

The race begins on Tuesday, 2 September, in East Suffolk, running until Sunday, 7 September in Cardiff. Wright joins a start list replete with talent, including Matthew Brennan (Visma-Lease a Bike), Oscar Onley (Picnic PostNL), Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step), Julian Alaphilippe (Tudor Pro Cycling) and Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers).

Thomas will be bowing out of professional cycling after the Tour of Britain, and will ride in a specially designed Ineos Grenadiers jersey. Joining Thomas for Ineos will be two-time Tour stage winner this year, Thymen Arensman.

The 19 teams on the start list have six riders each, and each squad has varying objectives; some teams aim for the overall win high up on the general classification, while others aim for stage wins, sprints or otherwise.

There are nine WorldTour teams on the start list, including UAE Team Emirates-XRG, Visma-Lease a Bike and Ineos Grenadiers; eight ProTeams; a single Continental squad; and a Great Britain team, mostly made of young developing riders.

There are 24 British riders in the peloton of 114, including five former national champions in Ben Swift, Thomas and the reigning Sam Watson (Ineos Grenadiers), Ethan Hayter (Soudal Quick-Step) and Wright.

This year's race will be held over six stages, running from September 2 to Sunday 7 September. The race begins in East Suffolk, before moving to the middle of the country and then finishing in Wales after a couple of hilly stages.

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The full list of teams set to compete at the Tour of Britain are below, with number to help you spot your favourites.

Ineos Grenadiers
1 THOMAS Geraint (GBr)
2 AUGUST Andrew (USA)
3 HAMILTON Lucas (Aus)
4 SWIFT Ben (GBr)
5 ARENSMAN Thymen (Ned)
6 WATSON Samuel (GBr)

UAE Team Emirates-XRG
11 HERREGODTS Rune (Bel)
12 JOHANSEN Julius (Den)
13 MORGADO António (Por)
14 OLIVEIRA Rui (Por)
15 SIVAKOV Pavel (Fra)
16 VERMEERSCH Florian (Bel)

Visma-Lease a Bike
21 BRENNAN Matthew (GBr)
22 KOOIJ Olav (Ned)
23 AFFINI Edoardo (Ita)
24 VAN BELLE Loe (Ned)
25 GLOAG Thomas (GBr)
26 VERMOTE Julien (Bel)

Lidl-Trek
31 DECLERCQ Tim (Bel)
32 GEOGHEGAN HART Tao (GBr)
33 MOLLEMA Bauke (Ned)
34 TEUTENBERG Tim Torn (Ger)
35 FRYDKJÆR Patrick Boje (Den)
36 KÄMNA Lennard (Ger)

Soudal Quick-Step
41 EVENEPOEL Remco (Bel)
42 PEDERSEN Casper (Den)
43 LAMPERTI Luke (USA)
44 HAYTER Ethan (GBr)
45 SVRČEK Martin (Slo)
46 VAN WILDER Ilan (Bel)

Israel-Premier Tech
51 BLACKMORE Joseph (Gbr)
52 HOFSTETTER Hugo (Fra)
53 SCHULTZ Nick (Aus)
54 GILMORE Brady (Aus)
55 MARRIAGE Zac (Aus)
56 TARLING Finlay (GBr)

Uno-X Mobility
61 LEKNESSUND Andreas (Nor)
62 TILLER Rasmus (Nor)
63 PEDERSEN Henrik (Den)
64 KRISTOFF Alexander (Nor)
65 URIANSTAD BUGGE Martin (Nor)
66 INGEBRIGTSEN Storm (Nor)

Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale
71 PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien (Fra)
72 DE BONDT Dries (Bel)
73 LAFAY Victor (Fra)
74 ISIDORE Noa (Fra)
75 GUDMESTAD Tord (Fra)
76 TRONCHON Bastien (Fra)

Bahrain-Victorious
81 BILBAO Pello (Esp)
82 WRIGHT Fred (GBr)
83 ERŽEN Žak (Slo)
84 EULÁLIO Afonso (Por)
85 GOVEKAR Matevž (Slo)
86 ZAMBANINI Edoardo (Ita)

Picnic PostNL
91 DEGENKOLB John (Ger)
92 FLYNN Sean (GBr)
93 LEIJNSE Enzo (Ned)
94 ONLEY Oscar (GBr)
95 DE JONG Timo (Ned)
96 VANHUFFEL Matteo (Bel)

Groupama-FDJ
101 GRÉGOIRE Romain (Fra)
102 DONNENWIRTH Tom (Fra)
103 GERMANI Lorenzo (Ita)
104 LE GAC Olivier (Fra)
105 WALLS Matthew (GBr)
106 ROBERTS Reef (NZl)

Tudor Pro Cycling
111 ALAPHILIPPE Julian (Fra)
112 DAINESE Alberto (Ita)
113 RONDEL Mathys (Fra)
114 FROIDEVAUX Robin (Sui)
115 TRENTIN Matteo (Ita)
116 LIENHARD Fabian (Sui)

Q36.5 Pro Cycling
121 DONOVAN Mark (GBr)
122 LIEPIŅŠ Emīls (Lat)
123 FRISON Frederik (Bel)
124 TOWNSEND Rory (Ire)
125 VADER Milan (Ned)
126 PIDCOCK Joseph (GBr)

Lotto
131 AERTS Toon (Bel)
132 BEULLENS Cedric (Bel)
133 GIDDINGS Joshua (GBr)
134 MENTEN Milan (Bel)
135 ORINS Robin (Bel)
136 VEISTROFFER Baptiste (Fra)

Unibet Tietema Rockets
141 STOKBRO Andreas (Den)
142 DE VRIES Hartthijs (Ned)
143 BOMBOI Davide (Bel)
144 HUENS Axel (Fra)
145 KOPECKÝ Tomáš (Cze)
146 KYFFIN Zeb (GBr)

Kern Pharma
151 BRUSTENGA Marc (Esp)
152 ELOSEGUI Iñigo (Esp)
153 GOMEZ Iker (Esp)
154 PÉREZ César (Esp)
155 URIARTE Diego (Esp)
156 WENZEL Mats (Ned)

Flanders-Baloise
161 LANHOVE Milan (Bel)
162 CRABBE Tom (Bel)
163 DEWEIRDT Siebe (Bel)
164 HESTERS Jules (Bel)
165 MARIS Elias (Bel)
166 VERCOUILLIE Victor (Bel)

Anicolor/Tien 21
171 WOOD Harrison (GBr)
172 GUERIN Alexis (Fra)
173 REIS Rafael (Por)
174 FERNÁNDEZ Rubén (Esp)
175 MARTÍNEZ Victor (Esp)
176 FERNANDES Paulo (Por)

Great Britain
181 WIGGINS Ben (GBr)
182 BUCK JONES Huw (GBr)
183 BOSTOCK Matthew (GBr)
184 CHILTON Ben (GBr)
185 GOLLIKER Joshua (GBr)
186 CHARLTON Josh (GBr)