Vuelta 2026: Riders

fotobureau Cor VosTwo years after winning the Vuelta for the fourt time, record holder Primoz Roglic returns to Spain to try and win back his crown. Who else is on the start list?

This is the provisional start list - last updated 24 February 2026

World Tour Teams

Alpecin - Premier Tech

Bahrain Victorious
Pau Miquel

Decathlon CMA CGM
Matthew Riccitello, Felix Gall, Léo Bisiaux

EF Education - EasyPost
Marijn van den Berg

Groupama - FDJ United
Guillaume Martin

INEOS Grenadiers
Axel Laurance

Lidl - Trek
Mattias Skjelmose

Lotto - Intermarché
Jarno Widar

Movistar
Enric Mas, Einer Rubio

NSN Cycling

Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe
Primoz Roglic, Gianni Vermeersch

Soudal - QuickStep
Ethan Hayter, Junior Lecerf

Team Jayco AlUla
Luke Plapp

Team Picnic PostNL
Max Poole

UAE Emirates - XRG
João Almeida, Marc Soler, Ivo Oliveira, Domen Novak

Uno-X Mobility
Magnus Cort, Blikra Erlend

Visma | Lease a Bike
Wout van Aert, Steven Kruijswijk, Matthew Brennan, Ben Tulett, Jørgen Nordhagen, Filippo Fiorelli, Tijmen Graat, Menno Huising, Per Strand Hagenes

XDS Astana Team
Harold Tejada, Davide Ballerini, Henok Mulubrhan, Harold Martín López, Nicolas Vinokuruv

ProTeams
Burgos Burpellet BH
Jesús Herrada

Cofidis
Bryan Coquard

Equipo Kern Pharma

Pinarello Q36.5
Milan Vader

Tudor