This year’s Tour de France will feature the exact same roster of teams that competed in 2015—the twenty-two teams include competitors entering the race for the third time. This is literally not news, but here are the qualified and invited teams:
AG2R La Mondiale (France)
Astana Pro Team (Kazakhstan)
BMC Racing Team (USA)
Bora-Argon 18 (Germany)
Cannondale Pro Cycling Team (USA)
Cofidis (France)
Dimension Data (Russia)
Direct Energie (France)
Etixx-Quick Step (Belgium)
FDJ (France)
Fortuneo-Vital Concept (France)
IAM Cycling (Switzerland)
Lampre-Merida (Italy)
Lotto Soudal (Belgium)
Movistar Team (Spain)
Orica GreenEDGE (Australia)
Team Giant-Alpecin (Germany)
Team Katusha (Russia)
Team Lotto NL-Jumbo (Netherlands)
Team Sky (UK)
Tinkoff (Russia)
Trek-Segafredo (USA)