Richie Porte will make his debut in the Tour of California when he headlines the Trek-Segafredo team in the seven-stage race that starts in Sacramento today.
The 34-year-old Australian, who was second in January’s Tour Down Under, will use the American tour as part of his preparation for the Tour de France.
“The Tour Down Under was good, but then continually getting sick and changing race programmes is not how I wanted to start with Trek-Segafredo.”
This will be Porte’s first race since the Volta a Catalunya, which took place at the end of March.
“I haven’t had the best start to the season. With a new team, it’s a bit of a funny one, but to come here, it’s always motivating to do new races.
“It’s the first time for me, so I’m really looking forward to stepping out on Sunday and getting things started.”
Last year’s Tour of California winner Egan Bernal will not be on the start line after undergoing surgery to a broken collarbone.
The list however does include three former champions: George Bennett (2017), Peter Sagan (2015) and Tejay van Garderen (2013).
South Africans competing are Reinardt Janse van Rensburg, Louis Meintjes and Jay Thomson.
Watch the live stream of the 2019 Tour of California here.
Richie Porte will make his debut in this year’s Tour of California, which starts today, when he headlines the Trek-Segafredo team. Photo: facebook.com/tourdownunder/photos/
View all the teams below:
Team Ineos
1 Gianni Moscon (Italy)
2 Leonardo Basso (Italy)
3 David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spain)
4 Owain Doull (United Kingdom)
5 Kristoffer Halvorsen (Norway)
6 Diego Rosa (Italy)
7 Luke Rowe (United Kingdom)
EF Education First
11 Rigoberto Uran (Colombia)
12 Lawson Craddock (United States)
13 Sergio Andres Higuita Garcia (Colombia)
14 Alex Howes (United States)
15 David Lachlan Morton (Australia)
16 Taylor Phinney (United States)
17 Tejay van Garderen (United States)
Team Jumbo-Visma
21 George Bennett (New Zealand)
22 Floris de Tier (Belgium)
23 Lennard Hofstede (Netherlands)
24 Bertjan Lindeman (Netherlands)
25 Neilson Powless (United States)
26 Timo Roosen (Netherlands)
27 Danny van Poppel (Netherlands)
UAE-Team Emirates
31 Tadej Pogacar (Slovenia)
32 Kristijan Durasek (Croatia)
33 Roberto Ferrari (Italy)
34 Vegard Stake Laengen (Norway)
35 Christian Camilo Munoz Lanceros (Colombia)
36 Rui Oliveira (Portugal)
37 Jasper Philipsen (Belgium)
Trek-Segafredo
41 Richie Porte (Australia)
42 John Degenkolb (Germany)
43 Niklas Eg (Denmark)
44 Mads Pedersen (Denmark)
45 Kiel Reijnen (United States)
46 Toms Skujins (Latvia)
47 Peter Stetina (United States)
Bahrain-Merida
51 Rohan Dennis (Australia)
52 Phil Bauhaus (Germany)
53 Ivan Garcia Cortina (Spain)
54 Heinrich Haussler (Australia)
55 Hermann Pernsteiner (Austria)
56 Marcel Sieberg (Germany)
Rally UHC Cycling
61 Brandon McNulty (United States)
62 Rob Britton (Canada)
63 Nigel Ellsay (Canada)
64 Evan Huffman (United States)
65 Gavin Mannion (United States)
66 Kyle Murphy (United States)
67 Emerson Oronte (United States)
Team Katusha Alpecin
71 Simon Spilak (Slovenia)
72 Steff Cras (Belgium)
73 Jens Debusschere (Belgium)
74 Matteo Fabbro (Italy)
75 Jose Goncalves (Portugal)
76 Nathan Haas (Australia)
77 Rick Zabel (Germany)
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
81 Nacer Bouhanni (France)
82 Darwin Atapuma (Colombia)
83 Natnael Berhane Teweldemedhin (Eritrea)
84 Filippo Fortin (Italy)
85 Jesper Hansen (Denmark)
86 Mathias Le Turnier (France)
87 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spain)
Deceuninck-QuickStep
91 Zdenek Stybar (Czech Republic)
92 Kasper Asgreen (Denmark)
93 Rémi Cavagna (France)
94 Tim Declercq (Belgium)
95 Fabio Jakobsen (Netherlands)
96 Michael Morkov (Denmark)
97 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Argentina)
Astana Pro Team
101 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Denmark)
102 Davide Ballerini (Italy)
103 Rodrigo Contreras Pinzon (Colombia)
104 Laurens De Vreese (Belgium)
105 Daniil Fominykh (Kazahkstan)
106 Jonas Gregaard Wilsly (Denmark)
107 Hugo Houle (Canada)
Bora-Hansgrohe
111 Peter Sagan (Slovakia)
112 Erik Baska (Slovakia)
113 Oscar Gatto (Italy)
114 Felix Großschartner (Austria)
115 Daniel Oss (Italy)
116 Juraj Sagan (Slovakia)
117 Maximilian Schachmann (Germany)
CCC Team
121 Simon Geschke (Germany)
122 William Barta (United States)
123 Pawel Bernas (Poland)
124 Szymon Sajnok (Poland)
125 Michael Schär (Switzerland)
126 Gijs van Hoecke (Belgium)
127 Riccardo Zoidl (Austria)
Team Dimension Data
131 Mark Cavendish (United Kingdom)
132 Lars Ytting Bak (Denmark)
133 Bernhard Eisel (Austria)
134 Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (South Africa)
135 Benjamin King (United States)
136 Louis Meintjes (South Africa)
137 Jay Robert Thomson (South Africa)
Team Sunweb
141 Max Walscheid (Germany)
142 Cees Bos (Netherlands)
143 Roy Curvers (Netherlands)
144 Johannes Frohlinger (Germany)
145 Joris Nieuwenhuis (Netherlands)
146 Casper Pedersen (Denmark)
147 Michael Storer (Australia)
Israel Cycling Academy
151 Sondre Holst Enger (Norway)
152 Edwin Alciviades Avila Vanegas (Colombia)
153 Matteo Badilatti (Switzerland)
154 Alexander Cataford (Canada)
155 Roy Goldstein (Israel)
156 Guy Sagiv (Israel)
157 Hamish Schreurs (New Zealand)
Hagens Berman-Axeon
161 Mikkel Bjerg (Denmark)
162 João Almeida (Portugal)
163 Edward Anderson (United States)
164 Jonny Brown (United States)
165 Cole Davos (United States)
166 Ian Garrison (United States)
167 Michael Rice (Australia)
Team Novo Nordisk
171 David Lozano Riba (Spain)
172 Sam Brand (United Kingdom)
173 Fabio Calabria (Australia)
174 Joonas Henttala (Finland)
175 Peter Kusztor (Hungary)
176 Andrea Peron (Italy)
177 Charles Planet (France)
United States
181 Travis McCabe (United States)
182 Samuel Boardman (United States)
183 Miguel Bryon (United States)
184 Michael Hernandez (United States)
185 Alex Hoehn (United States)
186 Tyler Stites (United States)
187 Keegan Swirbul (United States)
