Key events30m agoTeam time-trial start times33m agoPreambleBefore the Tour has even started, it is possible that Lotto Intermarché will be a man down when they roll down the start ramp.Their strongman sprinter Arnaud De Lie has been suffering with stomach problems and was pictured climbing into his team car during a pre-race tune-up.Let us see if “the Bull of Lescheret” takes the start.Allow content provided by a third party?This article includes content hosted on platform.x.com. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as the provider may be using cookies and other technologies. To view this content, click 'Allow and continue'.Seixas is probably the hottest teenager property that pro cycling has ever seen.He’s winning top-tier stage races, beating world-class rivals, attacking Tadej Pogacar, all the while sometimes absent-mindedly forgetting his cycling shoes in his hotel room.Seixas looking every inch the schoolboy at his pre-Tour press conference. Photograph: Dario Belingheri/Getty ImagesWhat was I doing when I was 19 years old? Eating thirty-six Jaffa Cakes in one sitting while at university. Impressive, I would contend, but in a less athletic way. William Fotheringham has the lowdown on Decathlon’s wonder boy. If he ends 41 years of home country Tour hurt on his debut, he really is the new cycling messiah:Who are the Tour de France favourites?Look no further than Tadej Pogacar. He seems to find a way to improve every single year, challenging for every Monument one-day race going, a testament to his versatility, hunger and power.Unbeaten in a stage race since the 2023 Tour de France and relatively untroubled by rivals in recent years, it would be a surprise if he failed to win. He has turned up to the Tour looking like peak Eminem, who incidentally is one of his favourite singers.Blond ambition: Pogacar waves to the crowds at the team presentation Photograph: Guillaume Horcajuelo/EPAWhile regular rival Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) could probably not pull off the bleach blond look, he is full of confidence after a dominant Giro d’Italia triumph and says he is “better than ever”. Those two will likely duel again in the high mountains.As for outsiders? Mexican super-talent Isaac Del Toro is making his debut, learning from the best – his team leader Pogacar. Juan Ayuso (Lidl-Trek) has impressed this year, and Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe have podium potential in Remco Evenepoel and Florian Lipowitz, third last year.And then, oh la la, last but certainly not least, there is Paul Seixas…Team time-trial start timesThis is the running order for the team time-trial. Without a road stage beforehand to separate wheat from chaff and yield any time differences, it has been done in reverse order of bib numbers.Spanish wild card team Caja Rural (dossards 211 to 218) get the race rolling at 5.05pm local time. The big hitters are on the course an hour later, with UAE Team Emirates-XRG last off at 5.55pm BST, 6.55pm local time. Note: all times below are BST.4.05 – Caja Rural-Seguros RGA