Twenty-oneteamsofnineriders each will have to endure 3, 600 kilometersofracingand25mountain passes to reach the finish line on thechamps-elysees in Paris.
Joining him in the pack is Racing Metro Paris second row Santiago Dellape, who returns to the team and wins his 61st cap after impressing in France's Top 14.
He also turned to motor racing, competing in the Paris to Dakar car rally, before he came out of retirement for one season only, winning the 1973 U.S. pro ski tour.
Based on the true tale of Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams, two runners racing for Great Britain in the 1924 Olympics in Paris, the film pits these teammates as rivals.