2026 Tour de France start list | Our full team, rider and ambition breakdown
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Follow us on GoogleOn Saturday, July 4, the 2026 Tour de France will kick off with a team time trial in Barcelona. The 23 participating teams will announce their eight-rider rosters in the run-up to that day. IDL Pro Cycling is keeping a watchful eye on all channels, ready to bring you the confirmed start list for the upcoming Tour de France.
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Below you will find a table of the 2026 Tour de France teams as well as the intended leaders of each team. Below that is a breakdown of each team and their ambitions for the 2026 race. If we've missed anything let us know in the comments.
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Confirmed teams for the 2026 Tour de France:
| Team | Team leader(s) |
| UAE Team Emirates-XRG | Tadej Pogačar |
| Visma | Lease a Bike | Jonas Vingegaard and Matteo Jorgenson |
| Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | Remco Evenepoel and Florian Lipowitz |
| Lidl-Trek | Juan Ayuso and Mattias Skjelmose |
| Alpen in Premier-Tech | Mathieu van der Poel and Jasper Philipsen |
| Uno-X | Tobias Halland Johannessen and Soren Waerenskjold |
| NSN Cycling Team | Biniam Girmay |
| Jayco AlUla | Michael Matthews and Ben O'Connor |
| Bahrain Victorious | Antonio Tiberi and Lenny Martinez |
| Cofidis | Alex Aranburu and Milan Frentin |
| Lotto Intermarché | Arnaud de Lie, Huub Artz and Lennert Van Eetvelt |
| XDS Astana | Max Kanter and Sergio Higuita |
| Tudor Pro Cycling | Julian Aliphilippe, Marc Hirschi & Matteo Trentin |
| Caja Rurlal | Abel Balderstone and Sebastian Berwick |
| EF Education-Easypost | Richard Carapaz and Ben Healy |
| Groupama FDJ | Romain Grégoire |
| Soudal Quick-Step | Tim Merlier & Valentin Paret-Peintre |
| Movistar | Cian Uijtdebroeks |
More teams will be updated to the above table as soon as we have them
2026 Tour de France start list (so far)
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Full 2026 Tour de France team breakdown
Read on below for our full breakdown of each Tour de France team (if released), with the ambitions and intentions of the team leaders.
UAE Team Emirates-XRG
The team from the Emirates head to the race with Tadej Pogačar chasing a fifth Tour de France overall win for the Slovenian. He has the support of an impressive train in the mountains, with shadow leader Isaac del Toro plus Brandon McNulty, Adam Yates and Felix Grossschartner. There is also plenty of power on hand in Tim Wellens, Florian Vermeersch and Nils Politt. Watch out in the team time trial, then.
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Alpecin-Premier Tech
Mathieu van der Poel returns to the Tour de France and does so as a free spirit, once again alongside sprinter Jasper Philipsen. The Dutchman won't be strictly needed for the lead-out, as Jonas Rickaert is also on board, as is Silvan Dillier for the front of the peloton. Beyond that, the team can attack in numbers with Ramses Debruyne, Tim Marsman and Emiel Verstrynge.
Bahrain Victorious
Bahrain Victorious are going for a top ten in the general classification with Antonio Tiberi, for stage wins and the mountains classification with Lenny Martinez, and for the sprints with Phil Bauhaus. To make all of that possible, Damiano Caruso comes along as a climbing domestique, Kamil Gradek and Robert Stannard for the lead-out, and Matej Mohorič and Vlad Van Mechelen as all-rounders.
Caja Rural
The Spaniards get to take part — earning the nod over the Unibet Rose Rockets — and will want to make a good impression. Fernando Gaviria is the man for the sprints, while in the mountains Sebastian Berwick is one interesting name. Alex Molenaar is the Dutchman in this team. Joel Nicolau, Abel Balderstone, Stefano Oldani, Jakub Otruba and José Félix Parra round out the line-up.
Cofidis
Plenty of experience — but will that be enough to score in the Tour for the first time since 2023? Ion Izagirre and Alex Aranburu lead the way in the mountains and in tricky finales. Milan Fretin is the card to play in the sprints, with Piet Allegaert and Jenthe Biermans in support. Alex Kirsch, Benjamin Thomas and Hugo Page will also normally ride in support.
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Decathlon CMA CGM
France has got its wish, with Paul Seixas as a Tour de France debutant. At his first Grand Tour as a professional, and aged just 19, he is handed leadership. Aurélien Paret-Peintre, Nicolas Prodhomme, Tiesj Benoot and Matthew Riccitello surround him in the mountains, while for the sprints Olav Kooij gets a Dutch lead-out train in Daan Hoole and Cees Bol. A strong team for the day-one team time trial!
EF Education-EasyPost
On the attack throughout, going for the mountains classification with Richard Carapaz and top climber Ben Healy and Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes surprise Alex Baudin. Kasper Asgreen, Georg Steinhauser, Sean Quinn and Michael Valgren should be able to show something too, with Max Walker the debutant of the bunch.
Groupama-FDJ United
All is not well in the Groupama FDJ camp. David Gaudu ruled himself out of the Tour de France team after criticism from an unknown teammate, and then Valentin Madouas was unexpectedly dropped. Despite the ongoing soap opera, the French team expect something from Guillaume Martin and freshly crowned French champion Romain Grégoire in the mountains. Ewen Costiou, Lorenzo Germani, Clément Braz Afonso and Clément Berthet will also be looking to grab their chance.
Netcompany INEOS
Not yet known.
Lidl-Trek
Juan Ayuso is handed the leadership following his move from UAE to Lidl-Trek. The Spaniard is surrounded by training partner Carlos Verona and also has the support of big names Mattias Skjelmose and Derek Gee-West. Mads Pedersen is the other leader, chasing stage success. Toms Skujins, Mathias Vacek and Quinn Simmons will be there for him — and quietly hoping for some success of their own, too.
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Lotto-Intermarché
What can the Belgians do, with what looks on paper like a very strong selection? Lennert Van Eetvelt is the climber to watch, after he abandoned following a crash at the Giro d'Italia. Arnaud De Lie gets to go for the sprints after another disappointing spring. We'll see Georg Zimmermann, Baptiste Veistroffer and Huub Artz on the attack, as well as Jenno Berckmoes and Lars Craps.
Movistar
Cian Uijtdebroeks is immediately given the leadership role at Movistar on his Tour de France debut. The Spanish team is not sending a sprinter and is aiming squarely for the general classification with the horsepower of Nelson Oliveira, Pablo Castrillo, and Javier Romo, and the climbing qualities of Einer Rubio, Juri Hessmann, Jefferson Cepeda, and Raul Garcia Pierna.
NSN Cycling
Everything on Biniam Girmay, winner of three stages and the points jersey in 2024! The Eritrean has a very deep train in Tom Van Asbroeck, Matis Louvel, Lewis Askey and Jake Stewart. Marco Frigo, George Bennett and Krists Neilands are the three free spirits on duty.
Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe
What a team, what strength! Remco Evenepoel returns to the Tour de France for his new squad and does so alongside the 2025 sensation Florian Lipowitz. They have Jai Hindley (third at the Giro d'Italia) as a luxury domestique, as well as Mattia Cattaneo, Maxim Van Gils, Jan Tratnik, Nico Denz and the Dutchman Tim van Dijke.
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Soudal Quick-Step
There is no shortage of ambition at The Wolfpack, which will be doing the Tour without Remco Evenepoel for the first time in a long time. Tim Merlier wants stage wins and perhaps even the green jersey, Valentin Paret-Peintre wants a stage win and maybe the polka-dot jersey, and Ilan Van Wilder is going for the general classification. Dylan van Baarle and Pascal Eenkhoorn are the Dutch riders. Louis Vervaeke, Jasper Stuyven, and Bert Van Lerberghe are also participating.
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Jayco AlUla
The Australian team welcome Michael Matthews into their Tour de France selection, but have plenty more flavours to choose from. Pascal Ackermann is the sprinter, Luke Plapp and Mauro Schmid the attackers with time-trial ability, and Ben O'Connor the climber on duty. Felix Engelhardt and Luke Durbridge will be the domestiques, as will Kelland O'Brien.
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Picnic PostNL
The Dutch team need some success, as they had last year when Oscar Onley surprisingly finished fourth overall. That won't be on the cards now, but with Pavel Bittner the team do have sprint ambitions. John Degenkolb, Frits Biesterbos, Robbe Dhondt and Niklas Märkl are the domestiques on duty. Frank van den Broek and Warren Barguil get to go on the offensive.
Pinarello-Q36.5
Not yet known.
TotalEnergies
Well — is this Tour de France-worthy? The team are going for a stage win, and look to have a decent chance of one mainly through Jordan Jegat. Anthony Turgis is another name of quality; beyond that, Alexandre Delettre, Mattéo Vercher, Mathis Le Berre, Nicolas Breuillard, Joris Delbove and the talented Thibault Guernalec need to make sure a sponsor takes an interest for 2027 to keep the team afloat.
Tudor Pro Cycling
Tudor are also playing a Dutch sprint leader of their own in Arvid de Kleijn. Matteo Trentin and Marco Haller will handle the lead-out, together with Rick Pluimers, who also gets to chase his own chances. In the mountains, Michael Storer, Marc Hirschi, Yannis Voisard and, of course, Julian Alaphilippe are the men for the attack.
Visma | Lease a Bike
Jonas Vingegaard, are you going to make the Tour de France exciting? Let's hope so — though Visma | Lease a Bike took some heavy blows with the losses of Christophe Laporte and Wout van Aert. At least Edoardo Affini was delcared fit after crashing in a time trial just before the Tour. He, Victor Campenaerts, Per Strand Hagenes, Matteo Jorgenson, Sepp Kuss, Bruno Armirail and Davide Piganzoli have to get it done.
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Uno-X Mobility
You can count on the Norwegian team — for the first time with WorldTour status this year — to turn up again. Tobias Halland Johannessen goes for the general classification once more, with brother Anders at his side. Magnus Cort chases stage wins, and so will Anders Skaarseth, Anthon Charmig, Jonas Abrahamsen and Torstein Traaen. Do we pencil in Søren Wærenskjold for the sprints?
XDS Astana
A nice little team! It could have been even better with Lorenzo Fortunato and Cristián Rodríguez, but neither climber is going. Mike Teunissen provides some flat ground power in what is otherwise an attacking eight. Harald Tejada, Simone Velasco and Sergio Higuita are aiming for the mountains, with Max Kanter going for the sprints. Alongside Teunissen, he also has Davide Ballerini, Aaron Gate and Nicolas Vinokourov for support.
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Latest Comments
- Allez les jeunes! If they really go all-in on breakaways and stage hunting, they could snag a stage in weekForme, stratégie, et cohésion — c’est la clé pour eux.julien30-06-2026
- “Annoying enigma” quote is pretty harsh. Not sure the article gives enough balance or sourcing there. Sounds like dressing-room gossip dressed as reporting. Would’ve liked a comment from Madiot or Pinot to add context.lindae30-06-2026
- Madouas has been a rock in the last few Tours, especially in the mountains and as a classics engine. If his numbers are down since 2023, fair enough, but you don’t bin a road captain that quickly. This feels like a culture problem more than performance.bikebuffj30-06-2026
- Wait, I’m confused — why is Madouas being “dropped” for the 2026 Tour already when it’s 2024? Is that normal to decide two years ahead, or is this just the team pushing him out because his contract ends?gearguru3330-06-2026
- Proper messy times at Groupama-FDJ. Leaving Gaudu home for the Tour and all this salary chatter leaking right before July? That’s a grenade in the bus. Curious to see if the young guns like Martinez and Lenny M can actually ride aggressively without a protected GC leader.sprocketspiny30-06-2026
- - Esto está genial para EF. Carapaz por la montaña y Healy para las fugas: combinación brutal. Vamos!cadencekingm30-06-2026
- - Steinhauser third at Paris–Nice wasn’t a fluke. Engine for days. If EF stacks him with Asgreen in crosswinds, someone’s going to pay.lindae30-06-2026
- - Quick one: when they say “transition stages,” does that mean flat sprints or hilly ones? Not sure how those differ from regular stages.julien30-06-2026
- - Valgren back after that Giro yo‑yo is massive. Dane’s race craft in medium mountains is elite. EF’s depth here is better than folks think.bikebuffj30-06-2026
- - Slightly puzzled why the piece downplays GC entirely for Carapaz. If he lands a big mountain break and takes minutes, you can’t tell me they wouldn’t pivot. He finished behind Pog at Suisse but looked sharper than most.gearguru3330-06-2026
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