Mustachioed maverick Magnus Cort will be attacking the Tour de France for the last time in 2026

Magnus Cort is set to call it quits. The Danish all-rounder will hang up his wheels at the end of this season. The Uno-X Mobility rider has won no fewer than nine stages in all three Grand Tours and hopes to shine one last time in the Tour de France. Thanks to a daring National Championships win last weekend, he will wear the Danish jersey at the Tour de France.

In his youth, Cort was regarded as a great sprinting talent, and after a trial period, he was signed full-time by Orica-GreenEdge (now Jayco AlUla) in 2015. That year, he already made his presence felt now and then with some strong finishes, but a season later he made his big breakthrough with two stage wins in the Vuelta a España.

After three years with an Australian team, he chose to join Astana. There, he developed into more than just a fast rider. The Dane increasingly demonstrated excellent climbing ability, and he took full advantage of that in 2018: he won a difficult stage in the Tour de France, beating Bauke Mollema, among others.

He repeated that feat in 2022. In addition, he won a total of six stages in the Vuelta, spread over three years, and completed his trilogy in 2023, when he won a stage in the Giro d'Italia. In total, this born stage winner now has 35 victories to his credit. He will no longer be seen in the peloton after 2026, and cycling will be poorer for it.

"After more than a decade at the highest level, he can look back on a career that few riders have had, including stage wins in all the Grand Tours," Uno-X Mobility said on Instagram following the Danish all-rounder's impressive career. This year, Cort was still the best in a stage of the Tour of Catalonia.

And he has one more major goal for this year. “Since joining Uno-X Mobility in 2024, Magnus has been part of our journey, from ProTeam to WorldTour. And the season isn’t over yet. He still wants to give it his all in red and yellow, with one big dream left: to win another stage in the Tour.” After winning his first Danish National Championships in style, you wouldn't bet against him.