Tour de France 2023: Favourites
fotobureau Cor VosThe 2023 Tour de France was an exciting edition. Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar battled it out on GC until the Slovene cracked in the final week. Winning four stages, Jasper Philipsen was the most successful stage hunter, while Tadej Pogacar tunred out on top in two stages. All other stages were won by different riders.
Read about the pre-race favourites or click on the links in the table below for our prognosis regarding the individual stages. Obviously, all these articles were written before the start of the race(s).
Tour de France 2023 - favourites per stage
| date | favourites | km | type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1-7 | Hilly specialist for first yellow | 182.0 | hills |
| 2 | 2-7 | Sprint of strongmen | 208.9 | hills |
| 3 | 3-7 | For fast men#1 | 187.4 | flat |
| 4 | 4-7 | For fast men#2 | 181.8 | flat |
| 5 | 5-7 | Attackers in first mountain race | 162.7 | mountains |
| 6 | 6-7 | GC riders or attackers in ski resort | 144.9 | mountains |
| 7 | 7-7 | For fast men#3 | 169.9 | flat |
| 8 | 8-7 | Late attackers in thriller finale | 200.7 | hills |
| 9 | 9-7 | Mountain goat at Puy de Dôme | 182.4 | mountains |
| 10-7 | rest day | |||
| 10 | 11-7 | Attackers' paradise | 167.2 | hills |
| 11 | 12-7 | For fast men#4 | 179.8 | flat |
| 12 | 13-7 | Attackers in the Beaujolais | 168.8 | hills |
| 13 | 14-7 | Attackers or GC riders | 137.8 | mountains |
| 14 | 15-7 | Climbers with descending skills | 151.8 | mountains |
| 15 | 16-7 | Climb fest in shadow Mont Blanc | 179.0 | mountains |
| 17-7 | rest day | |||
| 16 | 18-7 | ITT for climbers | 22.4 | ITT |
| 17 | 19-7 | Double digit denouement | 165.7 | mountains |
| 18 | 20-7 | For fast men#5 | 184.9 | flat |
| 19 | 21-7 | Sprinters or attackers | 172.8 | hills |
| 20 | 22-7 | Final say in brutal Vosges race | 133.5 | mountains |
| 21 | 23-7 | For fast men#6 | 115.1 | flat |
GC Favourites
Tadej Pogacar is on fire this season. He pockets both stage races and classics with remarkable ease. But so did he last year and still Jonas Vingegaard was able to dislodge the two-time champion. Cyclingstage.com brings you the pre-race favourites to win the 2023 Tour de France.
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Hilly specialist for first yellow jersey
Le Tour opens on a 182 kilometres long route with over 3,200 metres of climbing. The brutal Côte de Pike - 2 kilometres at 10% - is sure to detonate the fireworks inside the last 10 kilometres. The road rises at 4.6% from the flamme rouge to the finish line.
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Sprint of strongmen
The riders are to conquer an elevation gain of roughly 3,000 metres on the second day of the Tour de France. The finale is a descent from the Jaizkibel - 8.1 kilometres at 5.3% - onto a flat, 7.6 kilometres long run-in to the line.
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For fast men#1
The Tour de France lands on home soil on the third day of action. Although the route is far from flat, the outcome could very well be a sprint finish.
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For fast men#2
The 4th stage of the Tour de France includes an elevation gain of 1,500 metres, which is not supposed to hinder the fast men.
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Attackers in first mountain raceAttackers or GC riders in mountain finish
For fast men#3
Late attackers in thriller finale
Mountain goat at Puy de Dôme
Attackers' paradise
For fast men#4
Attackers in the Beaujolais
GC riders or attackers on Grand Colombier
Climbers with descending skills
Climb fest in shadow of Mont Blanc
ITT for climbers
Double digit denouement
For fast men#5
Sprinters or attackers
Final say in brutal Vosges race
For fast men#6