Thursday, 4 July 2019:

RICHIE PORTE of Australia and Team Sky competes during Tour de France in Utrecht, Netherlands

AUSTRALIAN STARTERS IN THE JULY 6-28 TOUR DE FRANCE

* Richie Porte (Trek-Segafredo)

DOB: 30/1/85

Ninth Tour start, fifth overall 2016

Australia's only general classification hope

* Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal)

DOB: 11/7/94

Tour debut

Sprint ace, won two stages in May at the Giro d'Italia

* Michael Matthews (Team Sunweb)

DOB: 26/9/90

Fifth Tour start, three stage wins, 2017 green jersey

Sprinting all-rounder who will hunt stage wins

* Rohan Dennis (Bahrain Merida)

DOB: 28/5/90

Fourth Tour start, one stage win

Reigning world time trial champion, favourite for the stage 13 individual time trial

* Simon Clarke (EF Education First)

DOB: 18/7/86

Fifth Tour start

Key climbing domestique for Colombian Rigoberto Uran

* Luke Durbridge (Mitchelton-Scott)

DOB: 9/4/91

Sixth Tour start

Renowned domestique who will work for British contender Adam Yates

* Michael Hepburn (Mitchelton-Scott)

DOB: 17/8/91

Second Tour start

Domestique

* Jack Haig (Mitchelton-Scott)

DOB: 6/9/93

Tour debut

Mountain domestique for Adam Yates.

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