The 2025 Tour de France gets underway in Lille, France on Saturday, July 5, with a peloton of 184 riders spread across 23 teams. This year, only five American riders are among them, but based on their strong performances of late, this small contingent holds great promise.
As the tireless lieutenant for Jonas Vingegaard, Sepp Kuss is back for his fifth Tour after missing last year’s event due to a COVID-19 infection. Kuss and the Visma | Lease a Bike squad will be joined by fellow American Matteo Jorgensen who recently extended his contract with the team, and will be one to watch for stage victories.
Sepp Kuss (Visma | Lease a bike)
Whether he’ll get a chance to go hunt for another stage win is yet to be seen. In all likelihood he’ll be in full service of Vingegaard and the team’s attempt at a third Tour de France overall victory.
Matteo Jorgenson (Visma | Lease a bike)
Lining up for his fourth Tour, look for him at Vingegaard’s side when the roads point up. And who knows, if he’s given free range, he may just get a chance for stage victory himself.
Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost)
Due to a nagging knee injury, we saw rather little of him in the 2024 season, but if he’s healthy and finds his rhythm, don’t be surprised to see him in breakaways, hunting for stage wins and maybe even pulling on a jersey of some kind, if only for a day.
