Tour de France: Tudor, Uno-X Mobility and TotalEnergies awarded wild cards as UCI approves extra team for 2025 Grand Tours

The Swiss cycling team Tudor is allowed to start the Tour de France for the first time after an increase from 22 to 23 teams.

The Tudor, TotalEnergies and Uno-X Mobility teams benefit from an invitation to participate in the Tour de France in July, announced on Monday 31 March the organizers shortly after a change of the UCI rules. The International Cycling Union validated on Monday the participation of a 23rd team on the three major Tours from this year (Tour de France, Giro, Vuelta), allowing the organizers to offer a third invitation to a training of their choice. O…

The organizers of the Tour de France announced this Monday the three invited formations, called to compose a platoon of 23 teams.

The Swiss team Tudor Pro Cycling from ex-professional Fabian Cancellara receives an invitation to the Tour de France 2025. This is particularly emotional for the team leader Raphael Meyer. Tudor team leader Raphael Meyer. Picture: Sandra ArdizzoneThe Swiss team Tudor Pro Cycling from ex-professional Fabian Cancellara receives an invitation to the Tour de France 2025. This is particularly emotional for the team leader Raphael Meyer.Simon Häring /…

In globalized cycling, in which the largest structures belonging to the WorldTour all fagocitan protected in the enormous budgets that grant them the option of forming squads full of stars that distribute the victories and points UCI; the hinge teams, those that make up the ecosystem ProTeam (second division), are very damaged, always pending the magnanimity of the organizers to have an invitation to be present in the great races, above all, in …

The invitation of the Tudor, TotalEnergies and Uno-X Mobility teams to the Tour de France was at the expense of a formation like Q36.5 and its former stage winner Tom Pidcock. But the Swiss structure was more focused on the Grande Loop 2026.