Tour of the Basque Country 2026: Riders

fotobureau Cor VosThe firepower in the Basque Country is impressive. Isaac del Toro, Juan Ayuso, Paul Seixas, Primoz Roglic, Ben Healy, Mattias Skjelmose and Tobias Halland Johannessen are among the riders fighting for the GC. Who else is riding the race locally known as the Itzulia Basque Country?

This is the provisional start list - first published: 27 March 2026

World Tour Teams

Alpecin - Premier Tech
Luca Vergallito, Hugo Houle, Ramses Debruyne, Francesco Busatto, Emiel Verstrynge, Aaron Dockx, Gal Glivar

Bahrain Victorious
Antonio Tiberi, Pello Bilbao, Rainer Kepplinger, Mathijs Paasschens, Matevž Govekar, Oliver Stockwell, Max van der Meulen

Decathlon CMA CGM
Paul Seixas, Matthew Riccitello, Robbe Ghys, Léo Bisiaux, Oscar Chamberlain, Stan Dewulf, Aurélien Paret-Peintre

EF Education - EasyPost
Ben Healy, Markel Beloki, Jardi Christiaan van der Lee, James Shaw, Lukas Nerurkar, Archie Ryan, Harry Sweeny

Groupama - FDJ United
Enzo Paleni, Guillaume Martin, Clément Branz Afonso, Maxime Decomble, Tom Donnenwirth, Quentin Pacher, Brieuc Rolland

INEOS Grenadiers
Michal Kwiatkowski, Peter Øxenberg, Andrew August, Lucas Hamilton, Victor Langellotti, Axel Laurance, Brandon Smith Rivera

Lidl - Trek
Juan Ayuso, Mattias Skjelmose, Lennard Kämna, Thibau Nys, Quinn Simmons, Andrea Bagioli, Julien Bernard

Lotto - Intermarché
Felix Ørn-Kristoff, Baptiste Veistrofer, Jarno Widar, Matthew Fox, Robin Orins, Reuben Thompson, Georg Zimmermann

Movistar
Cian Uijtdebroeks, Juan Pedro López, Jorge Arcas, Raúl García Pierna, Natnael Tesfatsion, Nelson Oliveira, Javier Romo

Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe
Primoz Roglic, Gianni Moscon, Haimar Etxeberria, Adrien Boichis, Luke Tuckwell, Frederik Wandahl, Finn Fisher-Black

Soudal - QuickStep
Mikel Landa, Maximilian Schachmann, Mauri Vansevenant, Ilan Van Wilder, Ethan Hayter, Steff Cras

Team Picnic PostNL
Warren Barguil, James Knox, Matthew Dinham, Alexy Faure Prost, Bjorn Koerdt, Juan Guillermo Martinez, Oliver Peace

UAE Emirates - XRG
Isaac del Toro, Marc Soler, Brandon McNulty, Igor Arrieta, Felix Großschartner, Domen Novak, Adrià Pericas

Uno-X Mobility
Tobias Halland Johannessen, Magnus Cort, Anders Halland Johannessen, Martin Tjøtta, Andreas Kron, Johannes Kulsett, Martin Urianstad Bugge

Visma | Lease a Bike
Steven Kruijswijk, Ben Tulett, Bruno Armirail, Louis Barré, Menno Huising, Tim Rex, Filippo Fiorelli

XDS Astana Team
Sergio Higuita, Harold Tejada, Clément Champoussin, Lorenzo Fortunato, Nicola Conci, Christian Scaroni, Simone Velasco

ProTeams

Burgos Burpellet BH
Ander Okamika, Lorenzo Quartucci, José Luis Faura, Sinuhé Fernández, Carlos García Pierna, José Manuel Díaz, Adrián Fajardo

Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
Fernando Barceló, Jan Canstellon, Samuel Fernández, Alex Molenaar, Julen Arriolabengoa, Alex Díaz, Joseba López

Cofidis
Ion Izagirre, Emanuel Buchmann, Alex Aranburu, Jamie Meehan, Sylvain Moniquet, Jan Maas, Paul Ourselin

Equipo Kern Pharma
Iván Sosa, Iñigo Elosegui, Iván Cobo, Nil Gimeno, Unai Iribar, Unai Ramos, Antonio Jesús Soto

Euskaltel - Euskadi
Jon Agirre, Mikel Bizkarra, Txomin Juaristi, Jonathan Lastra, Nicolás Alustiza, Gotzon Martín, Iker Mintegi

Tudor
Julian Alaphilippe, Hannes Wilksch, Fabian Weiss, Marco Brenner, Jacob Eriksson, Yannis Voisard, Luc Wirtgen