The 2026 season will start soon and lots of riders will race for the first time in a World Tour team. This list includes some pretty interesting names including Grand Tour stage winners, Top5 finishers, big classics winners and some of the most talented riders in the world who actually hadn’t raced in the first division of the sport yet.

A lot of these are from Uno-X Mobility, who have been evolving over the past few years and will rise to World Tour level. Most of its leaders are actually racing at the ‘top level’ for the first time including Jonas Abrahamsen and Tobias Johannessen who won a stage and finished in the Top10 of the Tour de France respectively; and Soren Waerenksjold who is one of the strongest sprinters in the world and has won Omloop het Nieuwsblad this year.Lotto has riders such as Lennert van Eetvelt and Jarno Widar who are from two different generations but are all incredibly talented; We’ve got some of the most talented youngster in the peloton too such as under-23 time trial World Champion Jakob Söderqvist for Lidl-Trek; under-23 Giro first and second Jakob Omrzel (Bahrain – Victorious) and Luke Tuckwell (Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe); cyclocross star and junior world champion Mattia Aggostinacchio is joining EF Education-EasyPost despite just turning 18 years old, and is currently the youngest rider on the list by far. 


The list includes, besides the above, other well established riders such as Matthew Riccitello who has finished fifth and won the youth classification at the Vuelta a España – he is joining Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale. Team Visma have two slightly older riders in 26-year old Anton Schiffer and 31-year old Filippo Fiorelli joining in; whilst the oldest rider on the list is also 31 years old in Arjen Livyns who will race for XDS Astana Team.World Tour debutants 2026 season – as of 23rd November1 AGOSTINACCHIO MattiaEF Education – EasyPost18y + 71d2 PERICAS AdriàUAE Team Emirates – XRG19y + 181d3 OMRZEL JakobBahrain – Victorious19y + 247d4 HOLMES WilTeam Jayco AlUla19y + 276d5 REMIJN SennaAlpecin – Deceuninck19y + 305d6 SCHWARZBACHER MatthiasEF Education – EasyPost19y + 336d7 WIDAR JarnoLotto-Intermarché20y + 10d8 DECOMBLE MaximeGroupama – FDJ United20y + 130d9 GRISEL MatysLotto-Intermarché20y + 132d10 FONTAINE TitouanGroupama – FDJ United20y + 156d11 L’HOTE AntoineDecathlon CMA CGM Team20y + 180d12 PEACE OliverTeam Picnic PostNL20y + 235d13 DE SCHUYTENEER SteffenLotto-Intermarché20y + 272d14 INGEBRIGTSEN StormUno-X Mobility20y + 279d15 BORGO AlessandroBahrain – Victorious20y + 290d16 DONIE MilanLotto-Intermarché20y + 324d17 PEDERSEN HenrikUno-X Mobility20y + 355d18 MARTÍ PauNSN Cycling Team20y + 364d19 HOBBS NoahEF Education – EasyPost21y + 123d20 SVARRE TobiasUno-X Mobility21y + 127d21 DOCKX AaronAlpecin – Deceuninck21y + 148d22 MATTIO PietroTeam Visma | Lease a Bike21y + 149d23 TUCKWELL LukeRed Bull – BORA – hansgrohe21y + 155d24 KULSET JohannesUno-X Mobility21y + 223d25 REX TimTeam Visma | Lease a Bike21y + 226d26 KOCKELMANN MathieuLotto-Intermarché21y + 296d27 BÉVORT Carl-FrederikUno-X Mobility21y + 364d28 THORNLEY CallumRed Bull – BORA – hansgrohe22y + 110d29 GIDDINGS JoshuaLotto-Intermarché22y + 126d30 PINARELLO AlessandroNSN Cycling Team22y + 134d31 SÖDERQVIST JakobLidl – Trek22y + 176d32 VERVENNE JonathanSoudal Quick-Step22y + 180d33 FREDHEIM StianUno-X Mobility22y + 245d34 BLACKMORE JosephNSN Cycling Team22y + 273d35 DALBY SimonUno-X Mobility22y + 298d36 MILAN MatteoGroupama – FDJ United22y + 305d37 SEGAERT AlecBahrain – Victorious22y + 311d38 BOICHIS AdrienRed Bull – BORA – hansgrohe22y + 325d39 RENARD-HAQUIN Henri-FrançoisTeam Picnic PostNL22y + 346d40 SCHRETTL MarcoXDS Astana Team22y + 73d41 PIGANZOLI DavideTeam Visma | Lease a Bike23y + 138d42 ORINS RobinLotto-Intermarché23y + 262d43 RICCITELLO MatthewDecathlon CMA CGM Team23y + 263d44 BELMANS LennertAlpecin – Deceuninck23y + 281d45 BIESTERBOS FritsTeam Picnic PostNL23y + 282d46 VAN EETVELT LennertLotto-Intermarché24y + 129d47 VAN TRICHT FlorisNSN Cycling Team24y + 153d48 KENCH JoshGroupama – FDJ United24y + 201d49 GILMORE BradyNSN Cycling Team24y + 223d50 RAISBERG NadavNSN Cycling Team24y + 239d51 KOGUT OdedNSN Cycling Team24y + 282d52 BERCKMOES JennoLotto-Intermarché24y + 292d53 BLUME LEVY WilliamUno-X Mobility24y + 313d54 CRAPS LarsLotto-Intermarché24y + 37d55 LØLAND Sakarias KollerUno-X Mobility24y + 64d56 HUENS AxelGroupama – FDJ United24y + 79d57 VAN DE WYNKELE LorenzLotto-Intermarché24y + 96d58 HOLTER ÅdneUno-X Mobility25y + 138d59 SHEEHAN RileyNSN Cycling Team25y + 160d60 WÆRENSKJOLD SørenUno-X Mobility25y + 256d61 FRIGO MarcoNSN Cycling Team25y + 266d62 SLOCK LiamLotto-Intermarché25y + 66d63 MIQUEL PauBahrain – Victorious25y + 95d64 GAFFURI MattiaTeam Picnic PostNL26y + 142d65 URIANSTAD BUGGE MartinUno-X Mobility26y + 290d66 SCHIFFER AntonTeam Visma | Lease a Bike26y + 83d67 JOHANNESSEN Anders HallandUno-X Mobility26y + 92d68 JOHANNESSEN Tobias HallandUno-X Mobility26y + 92d69 CÔTÉ Pier-AndréNSN Cycling Team28y + 213d70 DVERSNES FredrikUno-X Mobility28y + 248d71 BLIKRA ErlendUno-X Mobility28y + 316d72 MENTEN MilanLotto-Intermarché29y + 23d73 RESELL Erik NordsæterUno-X Mobility29y + 56d74 SKAARSETH AndersUno-X Mobility30y + 200d75 ABRAHAMSEN JonasUno-X Mobility30y + 64d76 FIORELLI FilippoTeam Visma | Lease a Bike31y + 4d77 LIVYNS ArjenXDS Astana Team31y + 83d