Tour de France 2017: Favourites

Chris Froome won his fourth Tour de France in the 104th edition of the race. The podium was rounded out by Rigoberto Uran and Romain Bardet, while Warren Barguil took the polka dot jersey, Michael Matthews the green jersey and Simon Yates was the best young rider. Winning five stages, Marcel Kittel was the best sprinter. (Slideshow route/profile)

Read about the overall contenders or click links in underneath table for the favourites to win individual stages. Obviously, all these articles were written before the start of the race.

Favourites 2017 Tour de France – per stage:

	Date	Favourites	Length	Type
1	Sa 1-7	Chrono-specialists for the first yellow jersey	14.0 km	flat ITT
2	Su 2-7	Fast finishers fiesta	203.5 km	flat
3	Mo 3-7	Power to the punchers	212.5 km	finish uphill
4	Tu 4-7	False flat for fast men	207.5 km	flat
5	We 5-7	Froome’s climb to yellow?	160.5 km	mountain finish
6	Th 6-7	Fast & furious in Troyes	216.0 km	flat
7	Fr 7-7	Sprinters in Nuits-Saint-Georges	213.5 km	flat
8	Sa 8-7	Breakaway day for climbers	187.5 km	mountains
9	Su 9-7	Hors catégorie climbers with strong descent	181.5 km	mountains
	Mo 10-7	Rest day in Dordogne
10	Tu 11-7	Sprinters or late atackers	178.0 km	flat
11	We 12-7	Sprinters or ecapees in transition stage	203.5 km	flat
12	Th 13-7	Clash of GC contenders	214.5 km	mountains
13	Fr 14-7	For descending devils	101.0 km	mountains
14	Sa 15-7	Punchy clash for Van Avermaet, Gilbert, et al	181.5 km	heuvels
15	Su 16-7	Attackers with descending skills	189.5 km	hilly
	Mo 17-7	Rest day in Le Puy en Velay
16	Tu 18-7	Sprinters or escapees	165.0 km	hilly, flat finish
17	We 19-7	To strike on Galibier descent	183.0 km	mountains
18	Th 20-7	GC contenders versus attackers	179.5 km	mountains
19	Fr 21-7	Escapees or exhausted sprinters	222.5 km	hilly
20	Sa 22-7	Specialists against GC guys	22.5 km	ITT
21	Su 23-7	Fast fiesta on Champs-Elysees	103.0 km	flat