Tour of California 2018: Riders

The GC riders in the Tour of California aim to succeed George Bennett, while a stellar line-up of fast finishers is ready to go. Gaviria, Kristoff, Sagan, Kittel, Cavendish and Ewan - they are all there. Cyclingstage.com brings you the start list of the 2018 Tour of California. (Slideshow route/profile)

World Tour Teams

AG2R La Mondiale
Oliver Naesen, Benoit Cosnefroy, Silvan Dillier, Mathias Frank, Ben Gastauer, Cyril Gautier, Stijn Vandenbergh

BMC Racing Team
Brent Bookwalter, Patrick Bevin, Tejay van Garderen, Joey Rosskopf, Michael Schar, Nathan Van Hooydonck, Danilo Wyss

BORA – hansgrohe
Peter Sagan, Maciej Bodnar, Michael Kolar, Rafa&# Majka, Daniel Oss, Pawel Poljanski, Juraj Sagan

Dimension Data
Mark Cavendish, Scott Davies, Lachlan Morton, Mark Renshaw, Tom-Jelte Slagter, Jay Robert Thomson, Julien Vermote

LottoNL-Jumbo
Neilson Powless, Floris De Tier, Sepp Kuss, Tom Leezer, Antwan Tolhoek, Maarten Wynants

Mitchelton-Scott
Adam Yates, Jack Bauer, Caleb Ewan, Mathew Hayman, Michael Hepburn, Roger Kluge, Luka Mezgec

Quick-Step Floors
Fernando Gaviria, Kasper Asgreen, Laurens De Plus, José Álvaro Hodeg, Iljo Keisse, Jhonatan Narvaez, Maximiliano Richeze

Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
Taylor Phinney, Simon Clarke, Lawson Craddock, Alex Howes, Felipe Daniel Martinez, Daniel McLay, Logan Owen

Team Katusha – Alpecin
Marcel Kittel, Ian Boswell, Matteo Fabbro, Nathan Haas, Reto Hollenstein, Nils Politt, Rick Zabel

Team Sky
Arley Egan Bernal, Tao Geoghegan Hart, Sebastián Henao, Luke Rowe, Pavel Sivakov, Ian Stannard, Lukasz Wisniowski

Team Sunweb
Nikias Arndt, Johannes Fröhlinger, Jai Hindley, Tom Stamsnijder, Mike Teunissen, Max Walscheid

Trek – Segafredo
Peter Stetina, Nicola Conci, Ruben Guerreiro, Gregory Rast, Kiel Reijnen, Toms Skuji&#š, Jasper Stuyven

UAE-Team Emirates
Alexander Kristoff, Anass Aït el Abdia, Sven Erik Bystrøm, Kristijan Durasek, Filippo Ganna, Mohamed Yousef Mirza, Edward Ravasi

Procontinental teams

Hagens Berman Axeon
Mikkel Bjerg, William Barta, Sean Bennett, Ian Garrison, Ivo Oliveira, Jasper Philipsen, Michael Rice

Holowesko -Citadel p/b Arapahoe Resources
John Murphy, Miguel Bryon, Ruben Companioni, Taylor Eisenhart, Andrei Krasilnikau, Fabian Lienhard, Brendan Rhim

Rally Cycling
Evan Huffman, Rob Britton, Robin Carpenter, Adam De Vos, Ty Magner, Brandon Mcnulty, Danny Pate

UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
Gavin Mannion, Jonathan Clarke, Lucas Sebastian Haedo, Travis Mccabe, Lachlan Norris, Tanner Putt, Serghei Tvetcov