Tour Down Under 2026: Riders

Jhonatan Narvaez - Tour Down Under 2026: Ridersfoto: Cor VosTitle holder Jhonatan Narváez returns to Australia to defend his Tour Down Under crown. Also present are Jay Vine, Adam Yates, Santiago Buitrago, Luke Plapp, and Matthew Brennan. Cyclingstage.com brings you the start list for the first UCI World Tour race of 2026.

World Tour Teams

Alpecin – Deceuninck
Gal Glivar, Jensen Plowright, Maurice Ballerstedt, Sente Sentjens, Tim Marsman, Francesco Busatto, Michael Gogl

Bahrain Victorious
Santiago Buitrago, Robert Stannard, Žak Erzen, Fran Miholjevic, Oliver Stockwell, Max van der Meulen, Edoardo Zambanini

Decathlon CMA CGM
Tobias Lund Andresen, Oscar Chamberlain, Pierre Gautherat, Tord Gudmestadt, Antoine l’Hote, Nicolas Prodhomme, Callum Scotson

EF Education – EasyPost
Jardi Christiaan van der Lee, Max Walker, Alastair MacKellar, Jefferson Alexander Cepeda, Harry Sweeny, Luke Lamperti, Michael Leonard

Groupama – FDJ
Rémi Cavagna, Lewis Bower, Tom Donnenwirth, Titouan Fontaine, Kevin Geniets, Guillaume Martin, Enzo Paleni

INEOS Grenadiers
Jack Haig, Ben Swift, Michal Kwiatkowski, Lucas Hamilton, Sam Welsford, Samuel Watson, Embret Svestad-Bårdseng

Lidl – Trek
Andrea Bagioli, Sam Oomen, Tim Torn Teutenberg, Jacopo Mosca, Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier, Patrick Konrad, Matteo Sobrero

Lotto Intermarché
Taco van der Hoorn, Lennert Van Eetvelt, Georg Zimmermann, Matthew Fox, Jonas Rutsch, Lionel Taminiaux, Reuben Thompson, Baptiste Veistrofer

Movistar
Manlio Moro, Natnael Tesfatsion, Javier Romo, Jefferson Alveiro Cepeda, Pavel Novák, Gonzalo Serrano, Albert Torres

NSN Cycling
George Bennett, Simon Clarke, Brady Gilmore, Nick Schultz, Jake Stewart, Corbin Strong, Ethan Vernon

Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe
Danny van Poppel, Laurence Pithie, Finn Fisher-Black, Jarrad Drizners, Haimar Etxeberria, Callum Thornley, Luke Tuckwell

Soudal – QuickStep
Filippo Zana, Pascal Eenkhoorn, Andrea Raccagni Noviero, Casper Pedersen, Alberto Dainese, Pepijn Reinderink, Fabio Van den Bossche

Team Jayco AlUla
Luke Plapp, Ben O’Connor, Luke Durbridge, Kelland O’Brien, Mauro Schmid, Rudy Porter, Hamish McKenzie

Team Picnic PostNL
Matthew Dinham, Chris Hamilton, James Knox, Oliver Peace, Henri-François Renard-Haquin, Casper van Uden, Niklas Märkl

UAE Emirates – XRG
Jay Vine, Adam Yates, Jhonatan Narváez, Rui Oliveira, Mikkel Bjerg, Vegard Stake Laengen, Sebastián Molano

Uno-X
Andreas Kron, Anthon Charmig, Anders Skaarseth, Erlend Blikra, Erik Nordsæter Resell, Storm Ingebrigtsen, Martin Urianstad Bugge

Visma | Lease a Bike
Matthew Brennan, Menno Huising, Filippo Fiorelli, Per Strand Hagenes, Anton Schiffer, Pietro Mattio, Tim Rex

XDS Astana Team
Florian Samuel Kajamini, Alessandro Romele, Marco Schrettl, Darren van Bekkum, Simone Velasco, Davide Toneatti, Aaron Gate

ProTeams
Australia
Damien Howson, Liam Walsh, Chris Harper, Patrick Eddy, Oliver Bleddyn, Matthew Greenwood, Lucas Stevenson

Tudor
Marco Brenner, Marius Mayrhofer, Joel Suter, Florian Stork, Petr Kelemen, Luc Wirtgen, Maikel Zijlaard


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