{"id":830842,"date":"2026-07-28T06:35:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T06:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/830842\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T06:35:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T06:35:31","slug":"which-bike-brands-won-the-most-stages-at-the-2026-tour-de-france-the-winners-and-losers-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/830842\/","title":{"rendered":"Which bike brands won the most stages at the 2026 Tour de France? The winners (and losers) revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The final tally of stage and jersey wins for the 2026 Tour de France is in, with only nine of the 20 bike brands represented at the Tour sharing the spoils.<\/p>\n<p>Two bike brands mopped up the majority of the stage wins, with 11 between them. Colnago came out on top, as you might expect, and also garnered two of the four overall competitions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That left 11 bike brands without a win at the 2026 Tour: Bianchi, BMC, Cube, Lapierre, Look, MMR, Orbea, Pinarello, Scott, Wilier, XDS.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a run-down of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/features\/pro-bike\/tour-de-france-bikes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tour de France bike brands<\/a> with stage wins in this year\u2019s edition, ordered by number of wins, with those on one win ordered by the date of the stage.<\/p>\n<p>Brand<br \/>\nNumber of stage wins<\/p>\n<p>Colnago<br \/>\n6<\/p>\n<p>Specialized<br \/>\n5<\/p>\n<p>Canyon<br \/>\n3<\/p>\n<p>Cannondale<br \/>\n2<\/p>\n<p>Cerv\u00e9lo<br \/>\n1<\/p>\n<p>Trek<br \/>\n1<\/p>\n<p>Van Rysel<br \/>\n1<\/p>\n<p>Ridley<br \/>\n1<\/p>\n<p>Giant<br \/>\n1<\/p>\n<p>Colnago<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2287201964.jpg\" alt=\"Slovenian Tadej Pogacar of UAE Team Emirates-XRG celebrates as he crosses the finish line at stage 21 of the 2026 Tour de France cycling race, a stage of 130km from Thoiry to Paris Champs-Elysees , on Sunday 26 July 2026. The 113th edition of the Tour de France starts on Saturday 4 July in Barcelona, Spain, and will finish in Paris, France on the 26th of July. BELGA PHOTO JASPER JACOBS (Photo by JASPER JACOBS \/ BELGA MAG \/ Belga \/ AFP via Getty Images)\" class=\"wp-image-985897\"\/>Tadej Poga\u010dar saw to it that Colnago had the most wins at this year&#8217;s Tour. Jasper Jacobs \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>6 stages (2, 3, 6, 10, 14, 19)<br \/>\nOverall and best young rider jerseys<\/p>\n<p>There are no prizes for guessing the brand with the most wins, thanks principally to Tadej Poga\u010dar\u2018s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/features\/racing\/tadej-pogacar-2026-tour-de-france-records\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">storming performance<\/a> on the way to his fifth Tour de France victory. Even the stage of these six that he didn\u2019t win, stage 2, was a gift to Isaac del Toro, with Pog placing second. Del Toro was riding the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/features\/pro-bike\/isaac-del-toros-colnago-v5rs-tour-de-france-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Colnago V5Rs<\/a>, while Poga\u010dar stuck to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/features\/pro-bike\/tadej-pogacar-2026-tour-de-france-colnago-y1rs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Y1Rs<\/a> throughout his 2026 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>More surprising is that before Poga\u010dar slung a leg over his first Colnago back in 2020, no one had won a Tour de France on a Colnago-branded bike despite the brand&#8217;s storied history stretching back to 1954.<\/p>\n<p>Specialized<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2284869118-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Soudal Quick-Step team's Belgian rider Tim Merlier cycles to the finish line to win the 7th stage of the 113th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 175 km between Hagetmau and Bordeaux in southwestern France, on July 10, 2026. (Photo by Jeff PACHOUD \/ AFP via Getty Images)\" class=\"wp-image-983696\"\/>Tim Merlier&#8217;s sprint stage hat-trick was responsible for the majority of Specialized&#8217;s stage wins. Jeff Pachoud \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>5 stages (7, 8, 12, 15, 16)<\/p>\n<p>The new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/features\/pro-bike\/2026-tour-de-france-remco-evenepoel-specialized-tarmac-sl9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">S-Works Tarmac SL 9<\/a> had a good start to its racing career, racking up four wins (the fifth being Remco Evenepoel\u2019s time-trial victory on an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/news\/spotted-remco-evenepoel-prototype-specialized-shiv-tt\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">updated Shiv<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Having two teams on its bikes helped Specialized up its win quotient, with Tim Merlier winning three sprint stages and Evenepoel adding the stage to the Plateau de Solaison to his TT win.<\/p>\n<p>Canyon<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2287742484.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-985925\"\/>Alpecin-Premier Tech scored a final-stage 1-2 on the Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es. Dario Belingheri\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Another brand with two teams on its bikes, but Canyon\u2019s wins with the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/news\/2026-new-canyon-aeroad-cfr-ltd\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aeroad CFR<\/a> came thanks solely to Alpecin-Premier Tech. Mathieu van der Poel delivered on stage 9 and, by a hair\u2019s breadth, on stage 21; Jasper Philipsen took the honours on stage 17, an unusually low tally for the sprinter.<\/p>\n<p>Cannondale<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260725TDF1146_A.S.O.-Thomas-Maheux-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-985926\"\/>Richard Carapaz shone in the mountains in the final week of the Tour. A.S.O.\/Thomas Maheux<\/p>\n<p>2 stages (18, 20)<br \/>\nKOM jersey<\/p>\n<p>Cannondale has Richard Carapaz\u2019s final-week burst to thank for its two stage wins, as well as capturing the King of the Mountains jersey overall on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/features\/tech\/cannondale-supersix-evolution\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SuperSix EVO<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, as soon as the roads reared up, Carapaz was in his zone, with a lowest 12th place on any summit finish and a dogged fight against Valentin Paret-Peintre for points on the intermediate summits enabling him to take the KOM lead off Poga\u010dar on stage 19.<\/p>\n<p>Cerv\u00e9lo<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1680\" height=\"1121\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260725TDF1159_A.S.O.-Thomas-Maheux.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-985927\"\/>A run of bad luck saw Sepp Kuss miss out on a stage win on the final two mountain stages. A.S.O.\/Thomas Maheux<\/p>\n<p>Cerv\u00e9lo won the first-stage team time trial, thanks to Jonas Vingegaard\u2019s climbing skills, but then had a Tour bereft of further stage wins.<\/p>\n<p>Sepp Kuss came close to delivering a win on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/features\/pro-bike\/jonas-vingegaard-cervelo-s5-2026-tour-de-france\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cerv\u00e9lo S5<\/a> on the two Alpe d\u2019Huez stages, but was overhauled on both, placing fourth on stage 19 and missing out to Carapaz due to his two crashes on stage 20.<\/p>\n<p>Trek<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260726TDF1153_A.S.O.-Thomas-Maheux-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-985928\"\/>Mads Pedersen&#8217;s pursuit of intermediate sprint points secured him the green jersey. A.S.O.\/Thomas Maheux<\/p>\n<p>1 stage (4)<br \/>\nTeam classification<\/p>\n<p>Mads Pedersen delivered Lidl-Trek\u2019s sole stage victory from the breakaway on stage 4. But he continued to mop up points on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/news\/2025-trek-madone-slr-9-axs-1x-gen-8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Madone SLR 9<\/a> in the intermediate sprints, eventually securing a healthy lead in the classification over Philipsen.<\/p>\n<p>The team was well-placed in the mountains too, with Mattias Skjelmose and Juan Ayuso both finishing well in the final week and helping to secure the team classification, with a 37-minute advantage over UAE Team Emirates-XRG.<\/p>\n<p>Van Rysel<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2283853436.jpg\" alt=\"Paul Seixas\" class=\"wp-image-983032\"\/>Paul Seixas garnered huge coverage, but it was Olav Kooij who secured Decathlon CMA CGM&#8217;s stage win. Anne-Christine Poujoulat \/ AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Van Rysel\u2019s stage victory came from Olav Kooij\u2019s sprint victory on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/news\/decathlon-road-bike-sale\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RCR-F<\/a> on stage 5, notwithstanding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/features\/racing\/paul-seixas-hopes-of-a-nation\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paul Seixas<\/a>\u2019 fourth place overall, second in the young rider competition and oversized media presence throughout the Tour, and an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/news\/new-van-rysel-debut-tour-auvergne-rhone-alpes-paul-seixas\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">unlaunched new bike<\/a> lurking in the background.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Decathlon CMA CGM made a valiant attempt to pull back van der Poel on stage 21 too, with Kooij placing fifth in the sprint.<\/p>\n<p>Ridley<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1680\" height=\"1120\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260709TDF2048_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-985930\"\/>Torstein Tr\u00e6en held the yellow jersey for two stages before crashing on the Tourmalet and withdrawing from the race before the stage-7 start. A.S.O.\/Charly L\u00f3pez<\/p>\n<p>Uno-X Mobility had a pretty good Tour. The team\u2019s one stage win came from S\u00f8ren W\u00e6renskjold, but Torstein Tr\u00e6en also led the Tour on stages 4 and 5, riding a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/news\/torstein-traeen-receives-custom-yellow-ridley-noah-fast-for-the-tour-de-france\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">yellow Noah Fast 3.0<\/a>, before crashing on the Tourmalet on stage 6. Team leader Tobias Johannessen climbed well too, principally on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/news\/uno-x-prototype-lightweight-ridley-dauphine\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ridley\u2019s prototype bike<\/a>, and finished 12th overall.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Giant<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2285937423.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-985931\"\/>Mauro Schmid placed second on two more stages after winning stage 13 on his Giant Propel. Jasper Jacobs \/ Belga Mag \/ Belga \/ AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Another rider showing excellent form in the mountains was Jayco-AlUla\u2019s Mauro Schmid. He scored one stage win on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/features\/pro-bike\/luke-plapp-giant-propel-advanced-sl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Giant Propel Advanced SL<\/a>, on stage 13 from Dole to Belfort, but also came close to another, placing second on stages 17 and 18.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Schmid turned out to be the team\u2019s star performer, with team leader Ben O\u2019Connor blaming fatigue from riding the Giro in May for a Tour that saw him place 28th overall and never achieve a top-10 stage placing.<\/p>\n<p>More from the 2026 Tour de France<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The final tally of stage and jersey wins for the 2026 Tour de France is in, with only&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":830843,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,82],"class_list":["post-830842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=830842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830842\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/830843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=830842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=830842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=830842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}