Tour of Flanders 2026: Riders

Tadej Pogacar - Tour of Flanders 2026: Ridersfoto: Cor VosTitle holder and two-time winner Tadej Pogacar returns to Flanders to defend his crown, while three-time winner Mathieu van der Poel aims to regain it. Wout van Aert and Mads Pedersen are also there to set the race alight. Cyclingstage.com brings you the start list for 'De Ronde'.

This is the provisional start list – last updated 27 February 2026

World Tour Teams

Alpecin – Premier Tech
Mathieu van der Poel, Kaden Groves, Florian Sénéchal

Bahrain Victorious
Matej Mohoric, Attila Valter, Alec Segaert, Pau Miquel

Decathlon CMA CGM
Oliver Naesen, Stefan Bissegger, Daan Hoole

EF Education – EasyPost
Michael Valgren, Vincenzo Albanese, Mikkel Honoré, Martijn van den Berg, Madis Mikhels, Luke Lamperti

Groupama – FDJ United
Romain Grégoire, Bastien Tronchon, Thibaud Gruel, Valentin Madouas

INEOS Grenadiers

Lidl – Trek
Mads Pedersen, Mathias Vacek, Toms Skujins

Lotto – Intermarché
Arnaud De Lie, Jenno Berckmoes, Huub Artz, Toon Aerts

Movistar

NSN Cycling
Hugo Hofstetter, Riley Sheehan, Lewis Askey

Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe
Tim van Dijke, Mick van Dijke, Gianni Vermeersch, Jan Tratnik, Laurence Pithie

Soudal – QuickStep
Dylan van Baarle, Jasper Stuyven, Yves Lampaert, Paul Magnier

Team Jayco AlUla
Michael Matthews, Dries De Bondt, Mauro Schmid, Jelte Krijnsen, Amaury Capiot

Team Picnic PostNL
Frank van den Broek

UAE Emirates – XRG
Tadej Pogacar, Tim Wellens, Florian Vermeersch, Rui Oliveira, António Morgado, Julius Johansen

Uno-X Mobility
Søren Wærenskjold, Jonas Abrahamsen

Visma | Lease a Bike
Wout van Aert, Christophe Laporte, Matthew Brennan, Timo Kielich, Axel Zingle

XDS Astana Team
Alberto Bettiol, Mike Teunissen, Davide Ballerini

ProTeams

Burgos Burpellet BHr

Cofidis
Dylan Teuns, Alex Kirsch

Flanders – Baloise

Pinarello Q36.5

TotalEnergies

Tudor
Stefan Küng, Rick Pluimers

Unibet Rose Rockets
Lukas Kubis


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