{"id":642654,"date":"2026-06-17T01:29:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T01:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/642654\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T01:29:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T01:29:15","slug":"startlist-tour-de-france-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/642654\/","title":{"rendered":"Startlist Tour de France 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nRed Bull – BORA – hansgrohe – The German team has signed Remco Evenepoel this winter. The Olympic champion and last year’s third place – and youth classification leader – Florian Lipowitz take aim at rivaling Tadej Pogacar<\/a> and Jonas Vingegaard.<\/p>\n

Bahrain – Victorious – After a Giro spent in the spotlight, Bahrain now aims for the GC once again at the Tour, with Antonio TIberi and Lenny Mart\u00ednez sharing the leadership.<\/p>\n

Uno-X Mobility – Last year Tobias Johannessen rode to a Top10 result and Jonas Abrahamsen won a stage. In 2026 the two return in a stage-focused team which also includes Magnus Cort Nielsen, Soren Waerenskjold and Torstein Traeen.<\/p>\n

NSN Cycling Team – The Swiss team s led by Biniam Girmay who aims to win a Tour de France sprint for the first time since 2024.<\/p>\n

Pinarello – Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team – One of the Tour’s wildcard invites has been given to Tom Pidcock’s team, who leads an ambitious GC hunt whilst also pursuing stage wins.<\/p>\n

Lidl-Trek – A diverse team which features Juan Ayuso as the team’s main GC contender; whilst the likes of Mads Pedersen, Giulio Ciccone, Mattias Skjelmose and Quinn Simmons are all tasked with winning stages.<\/p>\n

Alpecin – Premier Tech – The Belgian team brings their three leaders once more into the Tour, featuring classics specialist Mathieu van der Poel<\/a> and the sprinter duo Jasper Philipsen and Kaden Groves.<\/p>\n

Team Jayco AlUla – Jayco has Michael Matthews, Mauro Schmid, Luke Plapp, Ben O’Connor and Pascal Ackermann all lined up in a team that will be looking for stage wins.<\/p>\n

Caja Rural – Seguros RGA – The Spanish team was the surprise invite for this year’s Tour. It will aim for a stage win, which would be a major success. The likes of Fernando Gaviria, Sebastian Berwick and Jos\u00e9 Felix Parra headline its ambitions.<\/p>\n

Netcompany INEOS – The British team will, if health allows, have K\u00e9vin Vauquelin, Oscar Onley, Carlos Rodr\u00edguez and Thymen Arensman all in the race with a role that can vary between GC and stage hunting depending on their for<\/p>\n

\"Thymen<\/p>\n

Thymen Arensman in action on stage 19 of the 2026 Giro d’Italia<\/p>\n

EF Education-EasyPost – The American outfit will chase stage wins with the likes of Ben Healy and Alex Baudin; whilst Richard Carapaz might do the same or pursue a GC result.<\/p>\n

XDS Astana Team – Stage wins and the KOM jersey will be the big goal for the Kazakh team, with its multiple leaders.<\/p>\n

Team Picnic PostNL – The Dutch team will hope for Pavel Bittner’s recovery in order to have a set leader for the Tour. It will otherwise aim for stage wins from he breakaways.<\/p>\n

Lotto-Intermarch\u00e9 – After a Giro that has ended in disaster, Arnaud de Lie and Lennert van Eetvelt take to the start of the Tour in hopes of winning a stage.<\/p>\n

Team Visma | Lease a Bike – The Dutch team will be UAE’s biggest rival on paper, led by Giro d’Italia winner Jonas Vingegaard. Matteo Jorgenson, Wout Van Aert and Sepp Kuss will all be part of a luxurious support crew.<\/p>\n

\"Jonas<\/p>\n

Jonas Vingegaard will lead Visma at the Tour de France<\/p>\n

Soudal – Quick-Step – Quick-Step will aim for the sprints with Tim Merlier as a priority; whilst providing freedom for its climbers such as Mikel Landa, Ilan van Wilder and Valentin Paret-Peintre.<\/p>\n

UAE Team Emirates – XRG – The defending champions are led by Tadej Pogacar, who aims for another yellow jersey. Isaac del Toro, Tim Wellens and Florian Vermeersch will be amongst his domestiques.<\/p>\n

Groupama – FDJ United – One of the ‘home’ teams will aim for a stage win, hoping for the likes of Romain Gr\u00e9goire, David Gaudu or Guillaume Martin to deliver on the difficult terrain.<\/p>\n

Cofidis – Cofidis was a wildcard invite for the race, with varying ambitions in most terrains featuring leaders such as Ion Izagirre, Alex Aranburu and Milan Fretin.<\/p>\n

Movistar Team – Movistar will back up Cian Uijtdebroeks for the overall classification whilst the likes of Iv\u00e1n Romeo and Pablo Castrillo will be contenders for breakaway wins.<\/p>\n

TotalEnergies – The French team had a Top10 with Jordan Jegat last year, this time around he and Anthony Turgis lead a stage-focused lineup.<\/p>\n

Tudor Pro Cycling Team – Julian Alaphilippe, Michael Storer and Matteo Trentin headline the team’s goal to win a stage.<\/p>\n

Startlist Tour de France 2026Decathlon CMA CGM TeamBenoot, TiesjBissegger, StefanHoole, DaanParet-Peintre, Aur\u00e9lienProdhomme, NicolasRiccitello, MatthewSeixas, PaulRed Bull – BORA – hansgroheCattaneo, MattiaEvenepoel, RemcoGils, Maxim VanHindley, JaiLipowitz, FlorianMart\u00ednez, DanielMeeus, JordiPoppel, Danny vanBahrain VictoriousBilbao, PelloMartinez, LennyMohori\u010d, MatejTiberi, AntonioUno-X MobilityAbrahamsen, JonasCharmig, AnthonCort, MagnusJohannessen, TobiasKron, AndreasSkaarseth, AndersTr\u00e6en, TorsteinW\u00e6renskjold, S\u00f8renNSN Cycling TeamAskey, LewisBennett, GeorgeBoivin, GuillaumeGirmay, BiniamStewart, JakePinarello – Q36.5 Pro Cycling TeamAzparren, Xabier MikelMoer, Brent VanPidcock, TomWright, FredLidl – TrekAndersen, S\u00f8ren KraghAyuso, JuanCiccone, GiulioPedersen, MadsSimmons, QuinnSkjelmose, MattiasVacek, MathiasVerona, CarlosAlpecin – Premier TechGroves, KadenPhilipsen, JasperPoel, Mathieu van derRickaert, JonasVerstrynge, EmielTeam Jayco AlUlaAckermann, PascalMatthews, MichaelO’Connor, BenPlapp, LukeSchmid, MauroCaja Rural – Seguros RGABalderstone, AbelBarcel\u00f3, FernandoBerwick, SebastianCastellon, JanGaviria, FernandoMolenaar, AlexNicolau, JoelOldani, StefanoOtruba, JakubParra, Jos\u00e9 F\u00e9lixNetcompany INEOSArensman, ThymenGanna, FilippoGodon, DorianKwiatkowski, MichalOnley, OscarRodr\u00edguez, CarlosVauquelin, K\u00e9vinEF Education – EasyPostAsgreen, KasperBaudin, AlexCarapaz, RichardHealy, BenXDS Astana TeamChampoussin, Cl\u00e9mentFortunato, LorenzoHiguita, SergioTejada, HaroldTeunissen, MikeTeam Picnic PostNLBarguil, WarrenBerg, Julius van denBittner, PavelBroek, Frank van denLotto – Intermarch\u00e9Berckmoes, JennoEetvelt, Lennert VanLie, Arnaud DeVeistroffer, BaptisteZimmermann, GeorgTeam Visma – Lease a BikeAert, Wout vanAffini, EdoardoArmirail, BrunoCampenaerts, VictorHagenes, Per StrandJorgenson, MatteoKuss, SeppVingegaard, JonasSoudal – Quick-StepBaarle, Dylan vanLanda, MikelLerberghe, Bert VanMerlier, TimParet-Peintre, ValentinStuyven, JasperVervaeke, LouisWilder, Ilan VanUAE Team Emirates XRGDel Toro, IsaacGrossschartner, FelixMcNulty, BrandonPoga\u010dar, TadejPolitt, NilsVermeersch, FlorianWellens, TimYates, AdamGroupama – FDJ UnitedGaudu, DavidGr\u00e9goire, RomainMadouas, ValentinMartin-Guyonnet, GuillaumeCofidisAranburu, AlexBuchmann, EmanuelCarr, SimonFretin, MilanIzagirre, IonKirsch, AlexPage, HugoMovistar TeamAdri\u00e0, RogerCastrillo, PabloHessmann, MichelRomeo, Iv\u00e1nRubio, EinerUijtdebroeks, CianTotalEnergiesBreuillard, NicolasBurgaudeau, MathieuDelbove, JorisJegat, JordanTurgis, AnthonyTudor Pro Cycling TeamAlaphilippe, JulianK\u00fcng, StefanPluimers, RickStorer, MichaelTrentin, Matteo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe – The German team has signed Remco Evenepoel this winter. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":642655,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,99800,112065,101,113698,8782,6549,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-642654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cycling","tag-mathieu-van-der-poel","tag-paul-seixas","tag-sports","tag-startlist","tag-tadej-pogacar","tag-tour-de-france","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=642654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/642655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=642654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=642654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=642654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}