Tour de France teams presentation in Florence reveals new team kits, national champions – Gallery

On a bright, sunny day, ‘buonasera’ was the local greeting from the main stage at Piazza Michelangelo in Florence, Italy for the Tour de France team presentation. A procession of athletes from each participating team rode bikes past a giant Michelangelo statue of David and were introduced in Italian and English from a yellow stage with the Apennine Mountains providing a dramatic backdrop.

Eight Italian riders received loud ovations from the home crowd as they were part of processions for seven teams, Astana Qazaqstan featuring Davide Ballerini and Michele Gazzoli. Six other teams were comprised of one Italian rider each – Lidl-Trek with Giulio Ciccone, mountain classification jersey winner from 2023, Alberto Bettiol with EF Education-EasyPost, Luca Mozzato of Arkéa-B&B Hotels, Davide Formolo with Movistar, Gianni Moscon with Soudal-QuickStep and Matteo Sobrero of Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe.