number of participating countries in tour de france 2017
32
title: 2017 Tour de France text: de France. The total number of riders that finished the race was 167. The riders came from 32 countries. Six countries had more than 10 riders in the race: France (39), Italy (18), Belgium (16), Germany (16), the Netherlands (15), and Spain (13). The average age of riders in the race was 29.4 years, ranging from the 22-year-old Élie Gesbert () to the 40-year-old Haimar Zubeldia (). had the youngest average age while had the oldest. The teams entering the race were: In the lead up to the 2017 Tour de France, Chris Froome () was seen by many pundits title: 2017 Tour de France text: of , shorter than the 2016 Tour. There were two time trial events, both of which were individual, a total of . Of the remaining nineteen stages, eight were officially classified as flat, six as medium mountain and five as high mountain. The longest mass-start stage was stage nineteen, at , and the shortest was stage thirteen, at . For the first time since the 1992 edition, the route included all five of mainland France's mountainous regions; the Vosges, the Jura, the Pyrenees, the Massif Central and the Alps. There were summit finishes on stage twelve to Peyragudes and stage title: 2017 Tour de France text: 2017 Tour de France The 2017 Tour de France was the 104th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The -long race commenced with an individual time trial in Düsseldorf, Germany on 1 July, and concluded with the Champs-Élysées stage in Paris on 23 July. A total of 198 riders from 22 teams entered the 21-stage race, which was won by Chris Froome of , his fourth overall victory. Rigoberto Urán () and Romain Bardet () finished second and third, respectively. Geraint Thomas () won the opening stage and became the Tour's first rider that year title: 2017 Tour de France text: Chris Froome moved him from twentieth to sixth in the World Tour and kept his fifth in the World Ranking. Greg Van Avermaet () held the lead of both individual rankings, with and Belgium also holding the lead of the World Tour team ranking and World Ranking nation ranking respectively. 2017 Tour de France The 2017 Tour de France was the 104th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The -long race commenced with an individual time trial in Düsseldorf, Germany on 1 July, and concluded with the Champs-Élysées stage in Paris on 23 July. A title: 2017 Tour de France text: first time). were initially invited to the race as , before a change of sponsorship prior to the opening day of racing. The presentation of the teams – where the members of each team's roster are introduced in front of the media and local dignitaries – took place in front of a crowd of 15,000 at the square in Düsseldorf, Germany, on 29 June, two days before the opening stage held in the city. Each squad was allowed a maximum of nine riders, resulting in a start list total of 198. Of these, 49 were competing in their first Tour