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Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard headline the start list for the 2026 Tour de France as they resume their era-defining battle for the yellow jersey.
Below them, this year’s Tour is stacked with superstar cyclists.
Mathieu van der Poel, Remco Evenepoel, Biniam Girmay, and U.S. national champion Quinn Simmons are among the 184 riders who will line out for the Barcelona grand départ on July 4.
Wout van Aert and Oscar Onley are the only key names missing from a Tour de France that’s loaded with talent at both ends of the peloton.
Pogačar, Vingegaard, and Evenepoel are joined by Paul Seixas and Mexican ace Isaac del Toro in the chase for yellow.
Tom Pidcock, Juan Ayuso, and USA’s Matteo Jorgenson are among almost a dozen riders jostling for a coveted top-5.
And the sprint field is equally strong.
Former green jersey winners Girmay and Jasper Philipsen are rivaled by Mads Pedersen, Olav Kooij, and sprint king Tim Merlier.
Eight North Americans are racing this year’s Tour de France – six from the U.S. and one each from Canada and Mexico.
Sepp Kuss, Matthew Riccitello, Sean Quinn, Brandon McNulty, and Derek Gee-West make up the balance of the small but mighty North American contingent.
Here’s the full Tour de France start list:
| ALPECIN-PREMIER TECH |
| DEBRUYNE Ramses |
| DILLIER Silvan |
| MARSMAN Tim |
| PHILIPSEN Jasper |
| PLANCKAERT Edward |
| RICKAERT Jonas |
| VAN DER POEL Mathieu |
| VERSTRYNGE Emiel |
| BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS |
| BAUHAUS Phil |
| CARUSO Damiano |
| GRADEK Kamil |
| MARTINEZ Lenny |
| MOHORIC Matej |
| STANNARD Robert |
| TIBERI Antonio |
| VAN MECHELEN Vlad |
| CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA |
| BALDERSTONE Abel |
| BERWICK Sebastian |
| GAVIRIA Fernando |
| MOLENAAR Alex |
| NICOLAU Joel |
| OLDANI Stefano |
| OTRUBA Jakub |
| PARRA José Félix |
| COFIDIS |
| ALLEGAERT Piet |
| ARANBURU Alex |
| BIERMANS Jenthe |
| FRETIN Milan |
| IZAGIRRE Ion |
| KIRSCH Alex |
| PAGE Hugo |
| THOMAS Benjamin |
| DECATHLON CMA CGM TEAM |
| BENOOT Tiesj |
| BOL Cees |
| HOOLE Daan |
| KOOIJ Olav |
| PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien |
| PRODHOMME Nicolas |
| RICCITELLO Matthew |
| SEIXAS Paul |
| EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST |
| ASGREEN Kasper |
| BAUDIN Alex |
| CARAPAZ Richard |
| HEALY Ben |
| QUINN Sean |
| STEINHAUSER Georg |
| VALGREN Michael |
| WALKER Max |
| GROUPAMA-FDJ |
| BERTHET Clément |
| BRAZ AFONSO Clément |
| COSTIOU Ewen |
| GERMANI Lorenzo |
| GRÉGOIRE Romain |
| MARTIN-GUYONNET Guillaume |
| PACHER Quentin |
| RUSSO Clément |
| LIDL-TREK |
| AYUSO Juan |
| GEE-WEST Derek |
| PEDERSEN Mads |
| SIMMONS Quinn |
| SKJELMOSE Mattias |
| SKUJINS Toms |
| VACEK Mathias |
| VERONA Carlos |
| LOTTO-INTERMARCHÉ |
| ARTZ Huub |
| BERCKMOES Jenno |
| CRAPS Lars |
| DE LIE Arnaud |
| SLOCK Liam |
| VAN EETVELT Lennert |
| VEISTROFFER Baptiste |
| ZIMMERMANN Georg |
| MOVISTAR TEAM |
| CASTRILLO Pablo |
| CEPEDA Jefferson |
| GARCÍA Raúl |
| HESSMAN Michel |
| OLIVEIRA Nelson |
| ROMO Javier |
| RUBIO Einer |
| UIJTDEBROEKS Cian |
| NETCOMPANY INEOS |
| ARENSMAN Thymen |
| BERNAL Egan |
| FOSS Tobias |
| GANNA Filippo |
| GODON Dorian |
| KWIATKOWSKI Michal |
| TARLING Joshua |
| VAUQUELIN Kévin |
| NSN CYCLING TEAM |
| ASKEY Lewis |
| BENNETT George |
| FRIGO Marco |
| GIRMAY Biniam |
| LOUVEL Matis |
| NEILANDS Krists |
| STEWART Jake |
| VAN ASBROECK Tom |
| PINARELLO-Q36.5 PRO CYCLING TEAM |
| AZPARREN Xabier |
| HARPER Chris |
| HERMANS Quinten |
| HOWSON Damien |
| MEURISSE Xandro |
| PIDCOCK Tom |
| VAN MOER Brent |
| WRIGHT Fred |
| RED BULL-BORA-HANSGROHE |
| CATTANEO Mattia |
| DENZ Nico |
| EVENEPOEL Remco |
| HINDLEY Jai |
| LIPOWITZ Florian |
| TRATNIK Jan |
| VAN DIJKE Tim |
| VAN GILS Maxim |
| SOUDAL QUICK-STEP |
| EENKHOORN Pascal |
| MERLIER Tim |
| PARET-PEINTRE Valentin |
| STUYVEN Jasper |
| VAN BAARLE Dylan |
| VAN LERBERGHE Bert |
| VAN WILDER Ilan |
| VERVAEKE Louis |
| TEAM JAYCO-ALULA |
| ACKERMANN Pascal |
| DURBRIDGE Luke |
| ENGELHARDT Felix |
| MATTHEWS Michael |
| O’BRIEN Kelland |
| O’CONNOR Ben |
| PLAPP Luke |
| SCHMID Mauro |
| TEAM PICNIC POSTNL |
| BARGUIL Warren |
| BIESTERBOS Frits |
| BITTNER Pavel |
| DEGENKOLB John |
| DHONDT Robbe |
| MÄRKL Niklas |
| VAN DEN BERG Julius |
| VAN DEN BROEK Frank |
| TEAM TOTALENERGIES |
| BREUILLARD Nicolas |
| DELBOVE Joris |
| DELETTRE Alexandre |
| GUERNALEC Thibault |
| JEGAT Jordan |
| LE BERRE Mathis |
| TURGIS Anthony |
| VERCHER Mattéo |
| TEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE |
| AFFINI Edoardo |
| ARMIRAIL Bruno |
| CAMPENAERTS Victor |
| HAGENES Per Strand |
| JORGENSON Matteo |
| KUSS Sepp |
| PIGANZOLI Davide |
| VINGEGAARD Jonas |
| TUDOR PRO CYCLING TEAM |
| ALAPHILIPPE Julian |
| DE KLEIJN Arvid |
| HALLER Marco |
| HIRSCHI Marc |
| PLUIMERS Rick |
| STORER Michael |
| TRENTIN Matteo |
| VOISARD Yannis |
| UAE TEAM EMIRATES-XRG |
| DEL TORO Isaac |
| GROSSSCHARTNE Felix |
| MCNULTY Brandon |
| POGACAR Tadej |
| POLITT Nils |
| VERMEERSCH Florian |
| WELLENS Tim |
| YATES Adam |
| UNO-X MOBILITY |
| ABRAHAMSEN Jonas |
| CHARMIG Anthon |
| CORT Magnus |
| JOHANNESSEN Anders Halland |
| JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland |
| SKAARSETH Anders |
| TRÆEN Torstein |
| WÆRENSKJOLD Søren |
| XDS ASTANA TEAM |
| BALLERINI Davide |
| GATE Aaron |
| HIGUITA Sergio |
| KANTER Max |
| TEJADA Harold |
| TEUNISSEN Mike |
| VELASCO Simone |
| VINOKUROV Nicolas |
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