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 final start list - last updated on 5 April

World Tour Teams

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

Bahrain Victorious
Antonio Tiberi, Pello Bilbao, Atilla Valter, Rainer Kepplinger, Oliver Stockwell, Roman Ermakov, Alberto Bruttomesso

Decathlon CMA CGM
Paul Seixas, Matthew Riccitello, Léo Bisiaux, Aurélien Paret-Peintre, Jordan Labrosse, Nicolas Prodhomme, Johannes Staune-Mittet

EF Education - EasyPost
Ben Healy, Markel Beloki, Jardi Christiaan van der Lee, James Shaw, Lukas Nerurkar, Alex Baudin, Michael Leonard

Groupama - FDJ United
Enzo Paleni, Guillaume Martin, Clément Branz Afonso, Maxime Decomble, Rémy Rochas,, Quentin Pacher, Kevin Geniets

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

Lidl - Trek
Juan Ayuso, Mattias Skjelmose, Bauke Mollema, Quinn Simmons, Andrea Bagioli, Julien Bernard, Carlos Verona

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

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

Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe
Primoz Roglic, Florian Lipowitz, Gianni Moscon, Haimar Etxeberria, Luke Tuckwell, Emil Herzog, Finn Fisher-Black

Soudal - QuickStep
Mikel Landa, Ethan Hayter, Ilan Van Wilder, Mari Vansevenant, Steff Cras, Ayco Bastaens, Steff Cras,

Team Picnic PostNL
Frank van den Broek, Matt Dinham, Alexy Faure-Prost, Mattia Gaffuri, James Knox, Bjorn Koerdt, Juan Martinez

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, Torstein Træen

Visma | Lease a Bike
Steven Kruijswijk, Ben Tulett, Bruno Armirail, Tijme Graat, 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 Castellon, Samuel Fernández, Alex Molenaar, Julen Arriolabengoa, Joan Bou, Joseba López

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

Equipo Kern Pharma
Iñigo Elosegui, Iván Cobo, Nil Gimeno, Unai Iribar, Unai Ramos, Ibon Ruiz, Jorge Guttiérez

Euskaltel - Euskadi
Gari Uzkarte, 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