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Tour de France starts Saturday. An Idaho youth cycling club is well represented

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Five Americans will compete in the 112th edition of the Tour de France starting Saturday .

Matteo Jorgenson and Will Barta grew up riding in a youth cycling program in Boise , Idaho .

Sepp Kuss and Quinn Simmons both come from Durango , Colorado .

Neilson Powless is the only tribally recognized Native American to compete.

Jorgenson is the first American to win the Paris-Nice race twice in 2024 .

U.S. rookie Will Barta will make his debut in the Tour de France on the Movistar Team , based in Spain .

Durango , Colorado , is well-represented in the 2025 Tour with Kuss and Simmons .

Neilson Powless , 29 , has the distinction of being the first Native American to compete in the Tour de France.

Powless has the most starts among the five Americans in this year ’s race.

He said his best memory of the race so far is a stage on the cobblestones in 2022 .

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