Tour of Flanders 2026: Riders

fotobureau 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 19 March 2026

World Tour Teams

Alpecin - Premier Tech
Mathieu van der Poel, Kaden Groves, Florian Sénéchal, Silvan Dillier, Edward Planckaert, Jonas Rickaert, Oscar Riesebeek

Bahrain Victorious
Matej Mohoric, Attila Valter, Alec Segaert, Pau Miquel, Kamil Gradek, Vlad Van Mechelen

Decathlon CMA CGM
Oliver Naesen, Stefan Bissegger, Cees Bol, Daan Hoole, Oscar Chamberlain, Sander De Pestel, Stan Dewulf

EF Education - EasyPost
Kasper Asgreen, Michael Valgren, Vincenzo Albanese, Mikkel Honoré, Martijn van den Berg, Madis Mikhels, Luke Lamperti, Matthias Schwarzbacher, Colby Simmons

Groupama - FDJ United
Romain Grégoire, Bastien Tronchon, Thibaud Gruel, Valentin Madouas, Axel Huens, Johan Jacobs, Clément Russo

INEOS Grenadiers
Magnus Sheffield, Joshua Tarling, Kim Heiduk, Connor Swift, Ben Turner, Samuel Watson, Sam Welsford

Lidl - Trek
Mads Pedersen, Søren Kragh Andersen, Mathias Vacek, Toms Skujins, Jakob Söderqvist, Mathias Norsgaard, Albert Withen Philipsen, Tim Torn Teutenberg, Edward Theuns

Lotto - Intermarché
Arnaud De Lie, Jenno Berckmoes, Huub Artz, Toon Aerts, Cedric Beullens, Vito Braet, Jonas Rutsch

Movistar
Iván García, Jon Barrenetxea, Carlos Canal, Lorenzo Milesi, Manlio Moro, Gonzalo Serrano, Albert Torres

NSN Cycling
Biniam Girmay, Hugo Hofstetter, Riley Sheehan, Lewis Askey, Guillaume Boivin, Matis Louvel, Ryan Mullen, Tom Van Asbroeck

Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe
Tim van Dijke, Mick van Dijke, Gianni Vermeersch, Jan Tratnik, Laurence Pithie, Jarrad Drizners, Callum Thornley

Soudal - QuickStep
Dylan van Baarle, Jasper Stuyven, Yves Lampaert, Paul Magnier, Casper Pedersen, Pepijn Reinderink, Laurenz Rex, Dries Van Gestel

Team Jayco AlUla
Michael Matthews, Luke Durbridge, Dries De Bondt, Mauro Schmid, Jelte Krijnsen, Amaury Capiot, Dries De Pooter, Robert Donaldson

Team Picnic PostNL
Frank van den Broek, Dillon Corkery, Timo de Jong, Sean Flynn, Henri-François Renard-Haquin, Timo Roosen, Julius van den Berg

UAE Emirates - XRG
Tadej Pogacar, Florian Vermeersch, Rui Oliveira, António Morgado, Julius Johansen, Mikkel Bjerg, Rune Herregodts, Nils Politt

Uno-X Mobility
Søren Wærenskjold, Jonas Abrahamsen, Sven Erik Bystrøm, Markus Hoelgaard, William Blume Levy, Erik Nordsæter Resell, Rasmus Tiller

Visma | Lease a Bike
Wout van Aert, Christophe Laporte, Matthew Brennan, Timo Kielich, Axel Zingle, Edoardo Affini, Per Strand Hagenes

XDS Astana Team
Alberto Bettiol, Mike Teunissen, Davide Ballerini, Yevgeniy Fedorov, Aaron Gate, Arjen Livyns, Alessandro Romele

ProTeams

Burgos Burpellet BH
Clément Aleno, Josh Burnett, Daniel Cavia, Hugo de la Calle, Eric Antonio Fagúndez, Merhawi Kudus, Lorenzo Quartucci

Cofidis
Dylan Teuns, Alex Kirsch, Piet Allegaert, Stanisław Aniolkowski, Jenthe Biermans, Camille Charret, Hugo Page

Flanders - Baloise

Pinarello Q36.5
Brent Van Moer, Aimé De Gendt, Fabio Christen, Frederik Frison, Emīls Liepins, Fred Wright, Nickolas Zukowsky

TotalEnergies

Tudor
Matteo Trentin, Marco Haller, Rick Pluimers, Arthur Kluckers, Marius Mayrhofer, Luca Mozzato

Unibet Rose Rockets
Lukas Kubis, Matyáš Kopecký