Tour de France 2026 start list

Tadej Pogačar will start the 2026 Tour de France as the overwhelming favourite for the yellow jersey, which would be his third in a row and fifth in total, seeing him join an exclusive list of riders.

However, it is not a done deal that the UAE Team Emirates-XRG rider will win, with there being a whole host of challengers, from Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) to Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) via Paul Seixas (Decathlon CMA CGM).

There are 23 teams with 184 riders at the race, so eight per squad.

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The full start list, with race numbers is below. Riders with struck through text have abandoned the race. For a full overview of the teams, what their goals are and how they'll tackle the race, check out our team guide.

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Tour de France 2026 start list

UAE Team Emirates-XRG
1 Tadej Pogacar (Slo)
2 Isaac Del Toro (Mex)
3 Felix Grossschartner (Aut)
4 Brandon Mcnulty (USA)
5 Nils Politt (Ger)
6 Florian Vermeersch (Bel)
7 Tim Wellens (Bel)
8 Adam Yates (GBr)
DS: José Antonio Fernández, Andrej Hauptman

Team Visma | Lease a Bike
11 Jonas Vingegaard (Den)
12 Edoardo Affini (Ita)
13 Bruno Armirail (Fra)
14 Victor Campenaerts (Bel)
15 Per Strand Hagenes (Nor)
16 Matteo Jorgenson (USA)
17 Sepp Kuss (USA)
18 Davide Piganzoli (Ita)
DS: Frans Maassen, Marc Reef

Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe
21 Remco Evenepoel (Bel)
22 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita)
23 Nico Denz (Ger)
24 Jai Hindley (Aus)
25 Florian Lipowitz (Ger)
26 Jan Tratnik (Slo)
27 Tim Van Dijke (Ned)
28 Maxim Van Gils (Bel)
DS: Zak Dempster, Klaas Lodewyck

Lidl-Trek
31 Juan Ayuso (Esp)
32 Derek Gee-West (Can)
33 Mads Pedersen (Den)
34 Quinn Simmons (USA)
35 Mattias Skjelmose (Den)
36 Toms Skujins (Lat)
37 Mathias Vacek (Cze)
38 Carlos Verona (Esp)
DS: Bernhard Eisel, Maxime Monfort

EF Education - EasyPost
41 Richard Carapaz (Ecu)
42 Kasper Asgreen (Den)
43 Alex Baudin (Fra)
44 Ben Healy (Irl)
45 Sean Quinn (USA)
46 Georg Steinhauser (Ger)
47 Michael Valgren (Den)
48 Max Walker (GBr)
DS: Tom Southam, Charles Wegelius

Decathlon CMA CGM Team
51 Paul Seixas (Fra)
52 Tiesj Benoot (Bel)
53 Cees Bol (Ned)
54 Daan Hoole (Ned)
55 Olav Kooij (Ned)
56 Aurelien Paret-Peintre (Fra)
57 Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra)
58 Matthew Riccitello (USA)
DS: Cyril Dessel, Sébastien Joly

XDS Astana Team
61 Sergio Higuita (Col)
62 Davide Ballerini (Ita)
63 Aaron Gate (NZl)
64 Max Kanter (Ger)
65 Harold Tejada (Col)
66 Mike Teunissen (Ned)
67 Simone Velasco (Ita)
68 Nicolas Vinokurov (Kaz)
DS: Dmitriy Fofonov, Yvon Ledanois

Bahrain - Victorious
71 Lenny Martinez (Fra)
72 Phil Bauhaus (Ger)
73 Damiano Caruso (Ita)
74 Kamil Gradek (Pol)
75 Robert Stannard (Aus)
76 Matej Mohoric (Slo)
77 Antonio Tiberi (Ita)
78 Vlad Van Mechelen (Bel)
DS: Roman Kreuziger, Gorazd Stangelj

Netcompany INEOS
81 Egan Bernal (Col)
82 Thymen Arensman (Ned)
83 Tobias Foss (Nor)
84 Filippo Ganna (Ita)
85 Dorian Godon (Fra)
86 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol)
87 Joshua Tarling (GBr)
88 Kevin Vauquelin (Fra)
DS: Kurt-Asle Arvesen, Xabier Zandio

Soudal Quick-Step
91 Tim Merlier (Bel)
92 Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned)
93 Valentin Paret-Peintre (Fra)
94 Jasper Stuyven (Bel)
95 Dylan Van Baarle (Ned)
96 Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel)
97 Ilan Van Wilder (Bel)
98 Louis Vervaeke (Bel)
DS: Wilfried Peeters, Tom Steels

Alpecin Premier Tech
101 Mathieu Van Der Poel (Ned)
102 Ramses Debruyne (Bel)
103 Silvan Dillier (Sui)
104 Tim Marsman (Ned)
105 Jasper Philipsen (Bel)
106 Edward Planckaert (Bel)
107 Jonas Rickaert (Bel)
108 Emiel Vestrynge (Bel)
DS: Christoph Roodhooft, Frederik Willems

Team Jayco AlUla
111 Ben O'Connor (Aus)
112 Pascal Ackermann (Ger)
113 Luke Durbridge (Aus)
114 Felix Engelhardt (Ger)
115 Michael Matthews (Aus)
116 Kelland O'Brien (Aus)
117 Luke Plapp (Aus)
118 Mauro Schmid (Sui)
DS: Steve Cummings, Mathew Hayman

Uno-X Mobility
121 Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor)
122 Jonas Abrahamsen (Nor)
123 Anthon Charmig (Den)
124 Magnus Cort (Den)
125 Anders Halland Johannessen (Nor)
126 Anders Skaarseth (Nor)
127 Torstein Traeen (Nor)
128 Soren Waerenskjold (Nor)
DS: Christian Andersen, Stig Kristiansen, Gabriel Rasch, Gino Van Oudenhove

NSN Cycling Team
131 Biniam Girmay (Eri)
132 Lewis Askey (GBr)
133 George Bennett (NZl)
134 Marco Frigo (Ita)
135 Matis Louvel (Fra)
136 Krists Neilands (Lat)
137 Jake Stewart (GBr)
138 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel)
DS: Steve Bauer, Dror Pekatch

Movistar
141 Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bel)
142 Pablo Castrillo (Esp)
143 Jefferson Alveiro Cepeda (Ecu)
144 Raul Garcia Pierna (Esp)
145 Michel Hessmann (Ger)
146 Nelson Oliveira (Por)
147 Javier Romo (Esp)
148 Einer Rubio (Col)
DS: José Vicente Garcia Acosta, Pablo Lastras

Intermarché Lotto
151 Arnaud De Lie (Bel)
152 Huub Artz (Ned)
153 Jenno Berckmoes (Bel)
154 Lars Craps (Bel)
155 Liam Slock (Bel)
156 Lennert Van Eetvelt (Bel)
157 Baptiste Veistroffer (Fra)
158 Georg Zimmermann (Ger)
DS: Mario Aerts, Technical Staff/Steven De Neef

Cofidis
161 Lon Izagirre (Esp)
162 Piet Allegaert (Bel)
163 Alex Aranburu (Esp)
164 Jenthe Biermans (Bel)
165 Milan Fretin (Bel)
166 Alex Kirsch (Lux)
167 Hugo Page (Fra)
168 Benjamin Thomas (Fra)
DS: Roberto Damiani, Bingen Fernández, Sébastien Hinault

Pinarello Q36.5
171 Tom Pidcock (GBr)
172 Xabier Mikel Azparren (Esp)
173 Chris Harper (Aus)
174 Quinten Hermans (Bel)
175 Damien Howson (Aus)
176 Xandro Meurisse (Bel)
177 Brent Van Moer (Bel)
178 Fred Wright (GBr)
DS: Kurt Bogaerts, Laurent Pichon

Groupama - FDJ United
181 Romain Gregoire (Fra)
182 Clement Berthet (Fra)
183 Clement Braz Afonso (Fra)
184 Ewen Costiou (Fra)
185 Lorenzo Germani (Ita)
186 Guillaume Martin (Fra)
187 Quentin Pacher (Fra)
188 Clement Russo (Fra)
DS: Frédéric Guesdon, Benoit Vaugrenard

Tudor Pro Cycling
191 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra)
192 Arvid De Kleijn (Ned)
193 Marco Haller (Aut)
194 Marc Hirschi (Sui)
195 Rick Pluimers (Ned)
196 Michael Storer (Aus)
197 Matteo Trentin (Ita)
198 Yannis Voisard (Sui)
DS: Claudio Cozzi, Matteo Tosatto

TotalEnergies
201 Jordan Jegat (Fra)
202 Nicolas Breuillard (Fra)
203 Joris Delbove (Fra)
204 Alexandre Delettre (Fra)
205 Thibault Guernalec (Fra)
206 Mathis Le Berre (Fra)
207 Anthony Turgis (Fra)
208 Matteo Vercher (Fra)
DS: Benoit Genauzeau, Lylian Lebreton

Team Picnic PostNL
211 Warren Barguil (Fra)
212 Frits Biesterbos (Ned)
213 Pavel Bittner (Cze)
214 John Degenkolb (Ger)
215 Robbe Dhondt (Bel)
216 Niklas Markl (Ger)
217 Julius Van Den Berg (Ned)
218 Frank Van Den Broek (Ned)
DS: Christian Guiberteau, Matthew Winston

Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
221 Fernando Gaviria (Col)
222 Abel Balderstone (Esp)
223 Sebastian Berwick (Aus)
224 Alex Molenaar (Ned)
225 Joel Nicolau (Esp)
226 Stefano Oldani (Ita)
227 Jakub Otruba (Cze)
228 Jose Felix Parra (Esp)
DS: José Miguel Fernández, Rubén Martínez