Paris - Tours 2026: Riders

fotobureau Cor VosChristophe Laporte aims to reclaim the Paris–Tours title from Matteo Trentin, while Mathias Vacek, Tim Merlier, Arnaud De Lie, Alberto Bettiol, Jasper Stuyven, Romain Grégoire, Søren Wærenskjold and Dorian Godon also have their sights set on a win in one of the oldest Classics on the calendar. Cyclingstage.com brings you the start list.

Published on 3 October 2026
Last updated: 11 October - final start list

World Tour Teams

Alpecin - Premier Tech
Florian Sénéchal, Maurice Ballerstedt, Lennert Belmans, Jonas Geens, Simon Goossens, Tim Marsman, Sente Sentjens

Decathlon CMG CGM
Stefan Bissegger, Paul Lapeira, Oscar Chamberlain, Sander De Pestel, Pierre Gautherat, Noa Isidore, Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen

Groupama - FDJ
Romain Grégoire, Bastien Tronchon, Thibaud Gruel, Kevin Geniets, Axel Huens, Olivier Le Gac, Clément Russo

Lotto Intermarché
Taco van der Hoorn, Arnaud De Lie, Matys Grisel, Jenno Berckmoes, Niels Driesen, Mathieu Kockelman, Jonas Rutsch

Lidl - Trek
Mathias Vacek, Edward Theuns, Patrick Boje Frydkjær, Jakob Söderqvist, Toms Skujins, Kristian Ekholm

Netcompany INEOS
Bob Jungels, Tobias Foss, Ben Swift, Cameron Rogers, Dorian Godon, Kim Heiduk, Ben Turner

NSN Cycling
Lewis Askey, Riley Sheehan, Tom Van Asbroeck, Guillaume Boivin, Hugo Hofstetter, Matis Louvel, Jens Verbrugghe

Soudal Quick-Step
Tim Merlier, Jasper Stuyven, Yves Lampaert, Bert Van Lerberghe, Pepijn Reinderink, Viktor Soenens, Ceriel Desal

Team Picnic PostNL
John Degenkolb, Nils Eekhoff, Julius van den Berg, Roy Hoogendoorn, Lennes Jacobs, Tim Naberman

Uno-X Mobility
Søren Wærenskjold, Jonas Abrahamsen, Rasmus Tiller, Storm Ingebrigtsen, William Blume Levy, Erik Nordsæter Resell, Håkon Eiksund Øksnes

Visma | Lease a Bike
Christophe Laporte, Edoardo Affini, Per Strand Hagenes, Filippo Fiorelli, Timo Kielich, Pietro Mattio, Elliot Rowe

XDS Astana
Alberto Bettiol, Mike Teunissen, Alessandro Romele, Davide Ballerini, Pierre-Henry Bassett, Davide Toneatti, Gustav Wang

Other teams
Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
Fernando Gaviria, Gorka Sorarrain, Javier Ibáñez, Estanislao Calabuig, Sergi Darder, Ellande Larronde, Iker Villar

CIC-U-Nantes
Axel Mariault, Maxime Vezie, Maël Guégan, Similien Hamon, Lenaic Langella, Léandre Lozouet, Mathias Sanlaville

Cofidis
Alexis Renard, Jenthe Biermans, Joseph Brookes, Lorenzo De Longhi, Alex Kirsch, Clément Izquierdo, Paul Ourselin

Flanders Baloise
Ward Vanhoof, Michiel Lambrecht, Brem Deman, Elias Maris, Henri Vandenabeele, Dylan Vandenstorme, Siebe Deweirdt

Modern Adventure
Hugo Scala, Ben Oliver, Samuel Boardman, Harry Lasker, Ian López, Brody McDonald, Tyler Stites

Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur
Victor Papon, Clément Davy, Jaakko Hänninen, Baptiste Gillet, Carter Guichard, Tom Mainguenaud

Pinarello Q36.5
Fred Wright, Emmanuel Houcou, Aimé De Gendt, Fabio Christen, Frederik Frison, Kamil Malecki, Sjoerd Bax

St Michel - Preference Home - Auber93
Théo Delacroix, Thomas Champion, Lucas Bénéteau, Axel Bouquet, Romain Cardis, Simon Gugliemi, Yohann Simon

TotalEnergies
Anthony Turgis, Mattéo Vercher, Thomas Gachignard, Rayan Boulahoite, Florian Dauphin, Jason Tesson, Pierre Thierry

Tudor
Matteo Trentin, Stefan Küng, Marco Haller, Rick Pluimers, Jesper Stiansen, Fabian Weiss, Luc Wirtgen

Unibet Tietema Rockets
Lukas Kubis, Joren Bloem, Jelle Johannink, Matyáš Kopecky, Lander Loockx, Martijn Rasenberg, Adam Toupalik

Van Rysel Roubaix
Louis Hardouin, Daniel Årnes, Joppe Heremans, Maxime Jarnet, Antoine Raugel, Arnaud Tendon, Killian Théot