Tadej Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaard and Remco still (in that way) are the logical favorites to Tour de France of 2025. After this magic trio, Flashscore has chosen six knights who will prove their fate for a place on the podium.

It is quite simple: the Spaniard has participated in four magnificent tournaments in his career and has never ended up the top 10. He was fifth in 2023 in Tour de France with a wonderful win on stage in Morzine, and seventh in 2024.

There is no doubt about this, he knows how to manage his efforts for three weeks, and once again showed his shape in preparatory competitions, with the top 10 conclusions in Tour de Romandie and Criterium du Dauphine.

His weakest point is his team, as he will have only Timen Arensman to rely on the mountains, though Geraint Thomaswho is in his latest tournament as a knight, can be counted to give support. But while he is in the prime minister of life, he has weapons in his hands in terms of full level to eventually mark a first podium on a grand tour.

Discovered in a continental Austrian dark team, his progress curve is startling. He started as a teammate in the mountains, but discovered himself with a third place in Tour de Romandie in 2024. A happy accident? Absolutely not, because a few months later, he discovered himself for good in Vuelta or Espana, ending in seventh place, despite working to help Primoz roglic For victory!

Poor Point: Roglic, which will still be around at the age of 35 years old. He may have won Vuelta, but his restrictions on Bouke Grande and his powerlessness against the aforementioned trio are known. Has the time has come to hand over power? We do not know what the Red Bull strategy will be, but will the Guts team have to favor the German if the Slovenian quickly shows its limitations?

He too made his mark at the Grand Tours last year in Spain. Often preceded by high hopes, he failed to realize them, up to a fifth place in Vuelta 2024. A result that undoubtedly unlocked something, as he was coming out of a spring in which he dominated Tadej Pogacar AND Remco ERSEPOEL To win the AMSTL gold race!

W.EAK’s point: His team, too, after the Lidl-Trek is clearly built around Jonathan Milanto favor the ambitions of Green Jersey of the Italian Sprinter. Except Quinn SimmonsThere is no one with any real skills in the mountains. At least he will not have to keep the race burden, but he will have to hope that there is no bad day.

It was in Tour de France that he informed himself in the world in 2021, with a fourth place, raised by a memorable solo victory in Tigen after a split. A model he repeated in Vuelta’s last to finish second, in the middle of an extraordinary end of the season with a silver medal in the world.

Weakness: His fourth place in 2021 was somewhat circumstantial, but he failed to confirm his shape on the French streets. Leaving in 2022, 17 in 2023 despite having a good team around him, this is not much, and he also got some big blows in the mountains two years ago. And he is not necessarily well supported, even if Eddie Dunbar Logically he will be his lieutenant of choice.

Last year, he came to learn about Bouke Grande. But he seems to have returned a corner in recent months. By improving steadily from the beginning of the season, he impressed during the Tour de Suisse, being the only knight capable of following Joao Almeida In the mountains, which won him a great victory on the queen’s scene and a third place in general.

Weakness: Isn’t it a little green yet? 22 is the age in which Pogacar won his first Tour de France, but the Britain was not made by the same metal. Based on his form, he looks largely a contender of the Top 10, but the Grande Boucle has never been less than discoveries, and he looks a perfect client for it.

However, he will surely have to find his way.

He is one of the great hopes of French cycling who wanted to take a step forward by signing for a foreign team. He has already witnessed himself at the world level of the tour this season, with the stage win in Paris-Nice and Dauphine, and a second place in Tour de Romandie. With the support of the public and a mountain course, why not hope for a big show?

Weakness: Already 39 days of racing in 2025. And this showed in Dauphine, where he won the last stage despite being already well from the contention for the yellow shirt (38 in general). Will he have the physical strength to compete for a five top top? Not to mention internal competition from Santiago buitrago10 -last year. Will he decide for a battle for a victory on stage, or even for the Polka-dot jersey?