Tour de France 2026: Riders and teams
fotobureau Cor VosThe 2025 Tour de France was won convincingly by Tadej Pogacar. It was his fourth Tour victory in six years; on the other two occasions, Jonas Vingegaard came out on top. In 2026 we can expect another showdown between the two, while Remco Evenepoel and Juan Ayuso will also be targeting the overall win. With another victory, Pogacar would draw level with record-holders Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and Miguel Indurain.
Read about the start list and the riders who were forced to abandon the 2026 Tour de France.
Another interesting read: records & winners Tour de France.
Winners and records
The Tour de France is the holy grail of cycling. Winning a stage or even wearing the yellow jersey for a day can make a career. Wearing a jersey into Paris can make a life. Cyclingstage.com presents La Grande Boucle's recent winners and record holders.
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Withdrawals
On 4 July, 184 riders from 23 teams set off in Barcelona. Two-time Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard, Florian Lipowitz and Tim Merlier, who had already won three stages at that point, were the most notable riders to abandon the race. In total, 26 riders did not make it to the finish in Paris.
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Riders
The best cyclists in the world go head to head in the greatest cycling contest on the planet. Paul Seixas, Remco Evenepoel, Florian Lipowitz and Jonas Vingegaard try to prevent Tadej Pogacar from claiming his fifth victory, while Mathieu van der Poel and Mads Pedersen are among those hunting for stage wins. Voilà, the start list for the 113th edition of the Tour de France, including race numbers.
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Start times ITT, stage 16
Can Remco Evenepoel make it back-to-back stage wins? On paper, Filippo Ganna and Joshua Tarling look to be his main rivals. Then there's the man in yellow, Tadej Pogacar... Cyclingstage.com brings you the key start times for the time trial.
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Start times TTT
Last March, INEOS Grenadiers – now racing as Netcompany INEOS – set the fastest time in the team time trial at Paris–Nice. Visma | Lease-a-Bike triumphed in last month's Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. What will happen this time? Cyclingstage.com brings you this afternoon’s start times.
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