Tour de France confirms official start list ahead of 105th edition

As the Tour de France Team Presentation draws to close in the Vendee region of France, the final official start list has been released

Chris Froome is the obvious favorite. Rigoberto Uran, second last year, Richie Porte, Vincenzo Nibali, Nairo Quintana his closest rivals with Jacob Fulsang, Romain Bardet, Michael Matthews, Warren Barguil, Adam Yates, Dan Martin, Julian Alaphilippe hot on their heals.

In terms of credible rivals, hell bent on snatching a fifth yellow jersey from Froome, it's never looks so good.

The battle for the Green jersey, despite Nacer Bouhani and Caleb Ewan not present is going to another closely fought battle.

Peter Sagan was accused of knocking Mark Cavendish off and disqualified last year, but later he was cleared of any wrong doing - is back.

Alexander Kristoff, Dylan Groenewegen, Arnaud Demare,S onny Colbrelli, André Greipel, Marcel Kittel and Fernando Gaviria as well as Greg Van Avermaet, all line up as his closest rivals.

Michael Matthews, another sprint favorite has confirmed his focus on working for Tom Dumoulin for the overall classification.

The white jersey is worn by the best young rider, aged 25 or under in the general classification. This year's favorites include Frenchman Pierre Latour, 24, the best young rider at the Dauphine. French climber Guillaume Martin (Wanty-Groupe Gobert) another favorite along with Belgium's Tiesj Benoot, 24, finished 20th in his own maiden Tour and was a revelation for Lotto Soudal.

And then there's Colombian climber Egan Bernal who, could win the white jersey, but also has an outside chance for yellow jersey too, despite Sky's favorites Froome and Thomas.

Whatever happens, tune every day for the latest reports, results and video highlights!