{"id":3077,"date":"2026-06-30T20:15:42","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T20:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=3077"},"modified":"2026-06-30T20:15:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T20:15:42","slug":"these-5-americans-will-compete-in-the-tour-de-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=3077","title":{"rendered":"These 5 Americans will compete in the Tour de France"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>KEY POINTS<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>The 113th edition of the Tour de France starts July 4 in Barcelona, Spain.<\/li>\n<li>Five Americans on four teams will ride in the world&#8217;s biggest bike race.<\/li>\n<li>The race will cover 2,063 miles over 21 stages, ending in Paris on July 26.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>While the United States celebrates the Fourth of July on Saturday, six Americans will start pedaling in the world\u2019s most prestigious bike race. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=3075\">Free agency opens tomorrow. Here\u2019s who the Mammoth could sign<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 113th Tour de France begins Saturday with the first three stages being set in Spain, starting with a team time trial in Barcelona, Spain, passing the famed Sagrada Fam\u00edlia among other landmarks. The 2026 edition marks the third time the race has kicked off in Spain but the first time it has hosted three stages. Riders will cross into France on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The race will cover 2,063 miles over 21 stages, culminating with the traditional finish on the Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es in Paris July 26. Reigning world champion and four-time Tour winner Tadej Poga\u010dar and two-time winner Jonas Vingegaard are the favorites.<\/p>\n<p>NBCand Peacock will carry the race. Phil Liggett, known the world over as the \u201cVoice of Cycling,\u201d will cover his 54th Tour de France.<\/p>\n<p>Six Americans are among the 184 riders on 23 teams in the field. Five have competed in the Tour multiple times, while one will make his debut. Here\u2019s a look at each:<\/p>\n<p><b>Sepp Kuss<\/b>, Visma Lease a Bike<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cDurango Kid\u201d will line up for his sixth Tour de France fresh off an emotional stage win in the Dolomites at the Giro d\u2019Italia in May. The victory gave the 31-year-old Coloradan a win in each of the three Grand Tour races.<\/p>\n<p>One of the peloton\u2019s premier climbers, Kuss will once again protect and set the pace for team leader Vingegaard in the grueling mountain stages. He\u2019s also a threat to win a mountain stage if the team turns him loose.<\/p>\n<p><b>Matteo Jorgenson<\/b>, Visma Lease a Bike<\/p>\n<p>Jorgensen, who grew up in Boise Idaho, skipped the Tour de Suisse to prepare for his fifth Tour de France. Like Kuss, his primary job is to help Vingegaard win his third Tour.<\/p>\n<p>Jorgenson, 27, can protect Vingegaard on dangerous terrain, ride strongly in the team time trial, survive deep into mountain stages and cover moves made by his team leader\u2019s rivals.<\/p>\n<p><b>Brandon McNulty<\/b>, UAE Team Emirates-XRG<\/p>\n<p>McNulty, who grew up in Phoenix, Arizona, will be riding his first Tour de France since 2022 and his third overall. The 28-year-old will be a key support rider for Poga\u010dar in his quest for a fifth title.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he says to ride, you can assume he\u2019s probably going to win the stage,\u201d McNulty told IDL Pro Cycling.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=3073\">Of all the football Bryan Kehl has played, BYU-Utah still takes the cake<\/a><\/p>\n<p>McNulty has worked himself into condition since getting sick in the spring.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll spring was rocky, and then I ended up having a virus,\u201d he said. \u201cFrom there, three weeks off, and then from May 2 or 3 I was able to start riding, and then just training full for the Tour, and I\u2019ve trained well, and came back well, so I\u2019m back in shape.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>Quinn Simmons<\/b>, Lidl-Trek<\/p>\n<p>One of the most entertaining World Tour riders, Simmons, of Durango, Colorado, proposed to his girlfriend after crossing the finish line in Paris last year. He won the U.S. Road Race National Championships for the third time last week, allowing the 25-year-old to again showcase the stars-and-stripes jersey in the Tour de France <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s really important for me to wear this jersey. I think it\u2019s super important that it\u2019s worn at the biggest races, and we need a top rider in it. So, it will be the third year I get to wear the jersey at the biggest bike race in the world, and you know, for me, that\u2019s super special. As an American, I love to race in that jersey in Europe and show it. Now we take it to the Tour,\u201d he told Cycling News. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy biggest dream of the whole season is to win a stage (of the Tour de France) wearing this jersey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>Sean Quinn<\/b>, EF Education-Easy Post<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles native made his Tour de France debut in 2024 but missed out last year. He\u2019s battled injuries but said he\u2019s \u201cproud\u201d to be back this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe last two years have been extremely rocky, due to a lot of stuff out of my control. After my second knee surgery this winter, I sat down and told myself: I\u2019m going to do everything I possibly can, 100%, to get back to the Tour,\u201d Quinn said per his team\u2019s website. \u201cThere were times when it looked unlikely, but I\u2019m just proud I was able to stay the course and keep my head down in the hard moments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Quinn, 26, said watching the Tour de France is what got him into bike racing. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo when you go to the Tour, a lot of your life in the sport flashes before your eyes, which is a really cool feeling,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd yeah, you just feel it\u2019s the most important race, the biggest stage. It gives you an extra shot of adrenaline. It is a pretty cool feeling to be there \u2014 I\u2019m looking forward to feeling it again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>Matthew Riccitello<\/b>, Decathlon CMA CGM<\/p>\n<p>Making his first Tour de France appearance, Riccitello will mostly provide support in the mountains for rising 19-year-old French star Paul Seixas.<\/p>\n<p>Decathlon signed Riccitello, 24, on the heels of a fifth-place overall finish in the Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a last September. He won the Tour de la Provence and finished seventh in the Tour de Suisse earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=3071\">House fails to advance critical defense bill amid lingering GOP disagreement on election bill<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>113th edition of the world\u2019s biggest bike race starts July 4 in Barcelona <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3076,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>These 5 Americans will compete in the Tour de France - American Movers Hub<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=3077\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"These 5 Americans will compete in the Tour de France - 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