Uno-X are the first team to name their final eight riders for the Tour de France, with veteran sprinter Alexander Kristoff leading a group of talented young riders that includes Rasmus Tiller, Tobias Halland Johannessen, Søren Wærenskjold and Torstein Træen.
The eight riders are all from Norway and Denmark as Uno-X make their Tour de France debut after securing a wildcard invitation from race organisers ASO.
Uno-X will target the sprint finishes with 35-year-old Kristoff, who joined the team for 2023. He has won four Tour stages during his long career, the last of which also gave him the first yellow jersey of the 2020 edition.
Other riders will target breakaways, while Halland Johannessen tests his Grand Tour credentials.
Tiller won the recent Duracell Dwars door het Hageland in the Netherlands, while 2022 Under time trial world champion Søren Wærenskjold won the time trial at last week’s Baloise Belgium Tour and finished second overall.
Halland Johannessen won the 2021 Tour de L’Avenir and was third on a mountain stage at the Critérium du Dauphiné.
Also in the eight-rider squad are Jonas Gregaard, Jonas Abrahamsen and Anthon Charmig.
Træen finished eighth overall at the Dauphiné as he continues his impressive recovery from testicular cancer. He discovered the cancer early when anti-doping authorities contacted him on May 13 after the tumour marker Human Chorionic Gonadotropin was discovered in his sample.
Uno-X stand out in the peloton due to their bright yellow and red colours but they will have a different look for the Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes, having attracted new sponsorship from supermarket chain REMA 1000.
The logo of REMA 1000, as well as its ‘R’ range of own-brand products, will feature prominently on a new, predominantly red, jersey design for the world’s biggest races.
We are ready 🔥Selected riders for Tour de France 2023.Alexander Kristoff (NOR) 🇳🇴Tobias H. Johannessen (NOR) 🇳🇴Torstein Træen (NOR) 🇳🇴Rasmus F. Tiller (NOR) 🇳🇴Søren Wærenskjold (NOR) 🇳🇴Jonas Gregaard W. (DEN) 🇩🇰Jonas Abrahamsen (NOR) 🇳🇴Anthon Charmig (DEN) 🇩🇰… pic.twitter.com/yYZxIZCQt3June 20, 2023
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