{"id":494645,"date":"2026-02-21T12:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T12:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/494645\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T12:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T12:24:08","slug":"startlist-le-samyn-2026-riders-wout-van-aert-kaden-groves-jordi-meeus-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/494645\/","title":{"rendered":"Startlist Le Samyn 2026 | Riders: Wout van Aert, Kaden Groves, Jordi Meeus and more"},"content":{"rendered":"

After the ‘Opening Weekend’, the peloton will begin the semi-classic period in Belgium, consisting of many non-World Tour cobbled classics. The first of which is Le Samyn<\/a>, a race with plenty history, notable winners, and with Wout van Aert<\/a> at the start line this 3rd of March. We take a look at its startlist<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The event was first held in 1968 and has been a benchmark for classics specialists for decades, serving the Belgian crowd favourites many times. Since the start of the 21st century a lot of meaningful names have won here such as Magnus B\u00e4ckstedt, Robbie McEwen, Philippe Gilbert, Arnaud D\u00e9mare, Niki Terpstra… It is a race that both suits the sprinters and classics specialists, an interesting dynamic, and so we have both types of riders in the palmar\u00e8s.<\/p>\n

This decade, every single edition has been won in a sprint – two of them from small groups however. Hugo Hofstetter, Tim Merlier, Matteo Trentin, Milan Menten and Laurenz Rex were all winners; whilst last year it was last-minute addition Mathieu van der Poel who opened his season here and took a victory over Paul Magnier<\/a>.<\/p>\n


\nDownload the startlist in A4<\/a>. Team Visma | Lease a Bike headline the race this year round with Wout van Aert at the start line followed by former European Champion Christophe Laporte, both big favourites. The World Tour is also represented with Bahrain – Victorious (Phil Bauhaus); NSN Cycling Team (Hugo Hofstetter); Alpecin – Premier Tech (Kaden Grovwes); Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe (Jordi Meeus); Team Picnic PostNL (Fabio Jakobsen); Lotto – Intermarch\u00e9 (Milan Menten); Soudal – Quick-Step and Groupama – FDJ. Dylan Groenewegen is also present, leading Unibet Rose Rockets.Startlist Le Samyn 2026\u00a0<\/p>\n

TotalEnergies<\/p>\n

Dauphin, Florian<\/p>\n

Dujardin, Sandy<\/p>\n

Leroux, Samuel<\/p>\n

Manzin, Lorrenzo<\/p>\n

Marcerou, Nicola<\/p>\n

Tesson, Jason<\/p>\n

Team Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur<\/p>\n

Vadic, Baptiste<\/p>\n

Behrens, Eike<\/p>\n

Grupp, Louis<\/p>\n

Huppertz, Joshua<\/p>\n

Jablonski, Ole<\/p>\n

Kess, Alexandre<\/p>\n

Rottmann, Jonathan<\/p>\n

Wrobel, Jesko<\/p>\n

Aarc<\/p>\n

Baguelin, Jocelyn<\/p>\n

Broek, Axel Van den<\/p>\n

Dockx, Gilles<\/p>\n

Hannes, Victor<\/p>\n

Lowagie, Arthur<\/p>\n

Staes, Gibbe<\/p>\n

Zabelinskiy, Bogdan<\/p>\n

Modern Adventure Pro Cycling<\/p>\n

Boardman, Samuel<\/p>\n

Christian, Sean<\/p>\n

Kessler, Cole<\/p>\n

McDonald, Brody<\/p>\n

Oliver, Ben<\/p>\n

Pickrell, Riley<\/p>\n

Stewart, Mark<\/p>\n

Elite Fondations Cycling Team<\/p>\n

Bagou, Guillaume<\/p>\n

B\u00f6gli, Noah<\/p>\n

Darbellay, Valentin<\/p>\n

George, Alfred<\/p>\n

Jean, Victor<\/p>\n

Rouiller, Loris<\/p>\n

Sommer, Jan<\/p>\n

Atom 6 Bikes – Cycleur de Luxe – Auto Stroo Continental Team<\/p>\n

Dhaeye, Enrico<\/p>\n

Gullhav, Kristoffer<\/p>\n

King, Matthew<\/p>\n

McKay, James<\/p>\n

Nielsen, Magnus<\/p>\n

Radcliffe, George<\/p>\n

Rigole, Brian<\/p>\n

Unibet Rose Rockets<\/p>\n

Bloem, Joren<\/p>\n

Feldmann, Karsten Larsen<\/p>\n

Groenewegen, Dylan<\/p>\n

Johannink, Jelle<\/p>\n

Kopeck\u00fd, Tom\u00e1\u0161<\/p>\n

Rasenberg, Martijn<\/p>\n

Reinders, Elmar<\/p>\n

Townsend, Rory<\/p>\n

EEW-VDK Cyclingteam<\/p>\n

Ottema, Rick<\/p>\n

Paats, Hugo<\/p>\n

Rouffaer, Lars<\/p>\n

Schulten, Chiel<\/p>\n

Uptegrove, Ed<\/p>\n

Veling, Quinten<\/p>\n

Visser, Guillaume<\/p>\n

VolkerWessels Cycling Team<\/p>\n

Abma, Elmar<\/p>\n

Bolle, Bert<\/p>\n

Claeys, Robbe<\/p>\n

Crockett, Finn<\/p>\n

Dobbelaere, Born De<\/p>\n

Paardekooper, Thijmen<\/p>\n

Woets, Mattanja<\/p>\n

BEAT Cycling Club<\/p>\n

Appel, Stijn<\/p>\n

Coppens, Michiel<\/p>\n

Dekker, David<\/p>\n

Kerckhaert, Jochem<\/p>\n

Kroonen, Max<\/p>\n

Maas, Marijn<\/p>\n

Sintmaartensdijk, Daan van<\/p>\n

Bahrain Victorious<\/p>\n

Bauhaus, Phil<\/p>\n

Borgo, Alessandro<\/p>\n

Bruttomesso, Alberto<\/p>\n

Er\u017een, Zak<\/p>\n

Govekar, Matev\u017e<\/p>\n

Mechelen, Vlad Van<\/p>\n

Stannard, Robert<\/p>\n

NSN Cycling Team<\/p>\n

Asbroeck, Tom Van<\/p>\n

Hofstetter, Hugo<\/p>\n

Kogut, Oded<\/p>\n

Tene, Rotem<\/p>\n

Tricht, Floris Van<\/p>\n

Verbrugghe, Jens<\/p>\n

Watts, Kiaan<\/p>\n

Alpecin – Premier Tech<\/p>\n

Dehairs, Simon<\/p>\n

Dillier, Silvan<\/p>\n

Geens, Jonas<\/p>\n

Groves, Kaden<\/p>\n

Price-Pejtersen, Johan<\/p>\n

Rickaert, Jonas<\/p>\n

Thijssen, Gerben<\/p>\n

Cofidis<\/p>\n

Allegaert, Piet<\/p>\n

Anio\u0142kowski, Stanis\u0142aw<\/p>\n

Biermans, Jenthe<\/p>\n

Maas, Jan<\/p>\n

Page, Hugo<\/p>\n

Renard, Alexis<\/p>\n

Teuns, Dylan<\/p>\n

Tarteletto – Isorex<\/p>\n

Dupont, Timothy<\/p>\n

Lauryssen, Yorben<\/p>\n

Moonen, Zeno<\/p>\n

Petegem, Axandre Van<\/p>\n

Santy, Arne<\/p>\n

Sterck, Joppe<\/p>\n

Vermoote, Jelle<\/p>\n

Van Rysel Roubaix<\/p>\n

Arnes, Daniel<\/p>\n

Avoine, K\u00e9vin<\/p>\n

Heremans, Joppe<\/p>\n

Oosterlinck, Joes<\/p>\n

Raugel, Antoine<\/p>\n

Tendon, Arnaud<\/p>\n

Th\u00e9ot, Killian<\/p>\n

Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe<\/p>\n

Drizners, Jarrad<\/p>\n

Etxeberria, Haimar<\/p>\n

Magagnotti, Alessio<\/p>\n

Marit, Arne<\/p>\n

Meeus, Jordi<\/p>\n

Mouris, Michiel<\/p>\n

Vermeersch, Gianni<\/p>\n

St Michel – Preference Home – Auber93<\/p>\n

B\u00e9n\u00e9teau, Lucas<\/p>\n

Berger, Antoine<\/p>\n

Bouquet, Axel<\/p>\n

Cardis, Romain<\/p>\n

Delacroix, Th\u00e9o<\/p>\n

Lecroq, J\u00e9r\u00e9my<\/p>\n

Niekerk, Morn\u00e9 van<\/p>\n

Team Flanders – Baloise<\/p>\n

Lambrecht, Michiel<\/p>\n

Team Picnic PostNL<\/p>\n

Biesterbos, Frits<\/p>\n

Corkery, Dillon<\/p>\n

Flynn, Sean<\/p>\n

Haquin, Henri-Fran\u00e7ois<\/p>\n

Jakobsen, Fabio<\/p>\n

Roosen, Timo<\/p>\n

Lotto – Intermarch\u00e9<\/p>\n

Artz, Huub<\/p>\n

Beullens, Cedric<\/p>\n

Braet, Vito<\/p>\n

Buyst, Jasper De<\/p>\n

Menten, Milan<\/p>\n

Schuyteneer, Steffen De<\/p>\n

Sintmaartensdijk, Roel van<\/p>\n

Team Visma – Lease a Bike<\/p>\n

Aert, Wout van<\/p>\n

Behrens, Niklas<\/p>\n

Belle, Loe van<\/p>\n

Hagenes, Per Strand<\/p>\n

Laporte, Christophe<\/p>\n

Mattio, Pietro<\/p>\n

Taillieu, Aldo<\/p>\n

Soudal – Quick-Step<\/p>\n

Desal, Ceriel<\/p>\n

Gelders, Gil<\/p>\n

Schaper, Joeri<\/p>\n

Svr\u010dek, Martin<\/p>\n

Tricht, Stan Van<\/p>\n

Vangheluwe, Warre<\/p>\n

Groupama – FDJ United<\/p>\n

Agnoletto, Blake<\/p>\n

Barthe, Cyril<\/p>\n

Fontaine, Titouan<\/p>\n

Gruel, Thibaud<\/p>\n

Huens, Axel<\/p>\n

Milan, Matteo<\/p>\n

Penho\u00ebt, Paul<\/p>\n

Color Code – Alu Center<\/p>\n

Aernouts, Nicolas<\/p>\n

Daix, Guillaume<\/p>\n

Desmarets, Julien<\/p>\n

Graff, William<\/p>\n

Jacques, Lucas<\/p>\n

Melotte, Matteo<\/p>\n

Wertz, Hugo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After the ‘Opening Weekend’, the peloton will begin the semi-classic period in Belgium, consisting of many non-World Tour…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":494646,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,23919,249421,85,219359,58412],"class_list":{"0":"post-494645","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-cycling","11":"tag-kaden-groves","12":"tag-le-samyn","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-startlist","15":"tag-wout-van-aert"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=494645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/494646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=494645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=494645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=494645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}