Tour de France 2026 team guide: Every squad rated as Tadej Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaard and Paul Seixas go to war
By Felix Lowe
Published 04/07/2026 at 08:52 GMT+1
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Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard will rely on support from their respective UAE Team Emirates-XRG and Visma-Lease a Bike squads in their bid for the yellow jersey this July. In the next of our Tour de France 2026 previews, we look closer at all 23 teams featuring in the race and gauge their strengths, weaknesses, form and targets for the Grande Boucle.
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Starting with a team time trial for the first time since 1971, the battle for yellow in the 113th edition of the Tour de France promises to be a collective effort from the streets of Barcelona all the way to Paris.
While the best rider almost always stands atop the final podium with a cuddly Credit Lyonnais lion, the positive effect of a strong supporting cast of climbing lieutenants and super-domestiques cannot be over-estimated.
Elsewhere, teams with no interest in the fabled maillot jaune will ride for an entire gamut of reasons: stage wins, air-time for the sponsors, a grasp at the green, or a push for polka dots - each day will be filled with a multitude of plots, subplots and side quests, both individual and collective.
For Soudal Quick-Step, for instance, the eight selected riders will bid to prove that they can thrive without Remco Evenepoel, with the inclusion of sprinter Tim Merlier, a strong sprint train, some mercurial climbers, and a collection of Classics specialists demonstrating a return to the Belgian team’s roots. Â
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Evenepoel’s Red Bull-Bora Hansgrohe squad will hope to justify the money they spent in prising the Belgian all-rounder from Soudal, Lidl-Trek will hope that their results match their own huge outlay on gathering a strong GC force alongside the sprinting and stage hunting talents of Mads Pedersen, while the Decathlon CMA CGM team of Paul Seixas will hope that what their French prodigy lacks in experience he will make up in panache and ability.
Lower down in the food chain, Spanish minnows Caja Rural-Seguros RGA will look to prove themselves worthy of their wildcard spot as the race starts on Spanish soil with the best part of three days in Catalonia.
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As well as weighing up each team’s form, style and goals, we will also compare them to a quintessential French dish - to add a little extra je ne sais quoi… Finally, a rating will be provided reflecting the team’s targets and the level of expectation from the public.
So, without further ado, here are your 23 teams in alphabetical order. (Asterisk designates a young rider elegible for the white jersey competition.)
Alpecin – Premier Tech
- Mathieu van der Poel
- Jasper Philipsen
- Tim Marsman
- Emiel Verstrynge*
- Jonas Rickaert
- Ramses Debruyne*
- Edward Planckaert
- Silvan Dillier
Star rider: Mathieu van der Poel
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Mathieu van der Poel kĂĽndigt seine Teilnahme an der Tour de France an
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Form: Far from stellar - Van der Poel has not raced since Paris-Roubaix, Jasper Philipsen has only three wins this year and Kaden Groves crashed out of the Giro d'Italia and has not even made the cut. Two Tour debutants in a team devoid of any GC threat.
Style: A compact and dependable sprint train with a luxury wildcard option to send up the road.
Goals: At least one stage each for breakaway specialist Van der Poel and sprinter Philipsen, who will hope to win the green jersey he took in 2023.
If they were a French dish: Tartiflette - seems simple and stodgy but the flavours can be exceptional when done right.
Rating: 2.5/5
Bahrain – Victorious
- Lenny Martinez*
- Antonio Tiberi*
- Matej Mohoric
- Phil Bauhaus
- Damiano Caruso
- Robert Stannard
- Vlad Van Mechelen*
- Kamil Gradek
Star rider: Antonio Tiberi
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Tiberi az UAE Touron.
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Form: One of the stand-out teams at the Giro thanks to Afonso Eulalio’s long stint in pink. But wins have been sparse in 2026 while Tiberi, their GC hope, is rather off the boil. Unlikely that their Tour roster will replicate the success of the Giro.
Style: Usually involves regrouping after the team leader suffers an early crash. Otherwise, some scattergun attacks amid long periods of going under the radar a la Zubeldia/Bilbao.Â
Goals: A top six for Tiberi and a stage win from one of their all-rounders.
If they were a French dish: Escargots, or snails - hard to coax out of their shells and not to everyone’s taste.
Rating: 2.5/5
Decathlon CMA CGA
- Paul Seixas*
- Olav Kooij*
- Matthew Riccitello*
- Tiesj Benoot
- Daan Hoole
- Nicolas Prodhomme
- Aurelien Paret-Peintre
- Cees Bol
Star rider: Paul Seixas
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Paul Seixas en el Tour Auvergne-RhĂ´ne-Alpes 2026
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Form: Between them, Seixas, Kooij and Riccitello have 13 of the team’s 20 wins this term, which bodes well for an exciting July.
Style: Going all in for the rider most likely to end France’s long wait for a victory in the Tour; a nice blend of youth and experience.
Goals: Paul Seixas to make the final podium on debut - plus a win in the Massif Central on Bastille Day - and some sprint success for Dutchman Kooij on his own belated Tour debut.
If they were a French dish: Steak tartare - may be a little under-done but the flavours are there and the quality of meat is unquestionable.
Rating: 3.5/5
EF Education-EasyPost
- Richard Carapaz
- Ben Healy
- Kasper Asgreen
- Alex Baudin*
- Sean Quinn
- Georg Steinhauser*
- Max Walker*
- Michael Valgren
Star rider: Richard Carapaz
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Richard Carapaz of Ecuador and Team EF Education - EasyPost sprints during the 61st Tirreno-Adriatico 2026, Stage 1 a 11.5km individual time trial stage from Lido di Camaiore to Lido di Camaiore / #UCIWT / on March 09, 2026 in Lido di Camaiore, Italy.
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Form: Ecuador’s Carapaz made his comeback from injury at the Tour de Suisse, finishing a distant second. The rest of the team is going strong, with French all-rounder Baudin enjoying a stint in yellow during the Dauphine and Valgren winning a stage at the Giro. Briton Walker makes his Grand Tour debut while question marks hover over the form of last year's star, Healy.
Style: Big on breakaways and sniffing out that opportunity to snare a jersey.
Goals: A decent run in one of the jersey competitions (Healy in polka dots?), a couple of stage wins, and a top five for Carapaz.
If they were a French dish: Andouiette - no one knows what's inside until it’s too late.
Rating: 4/5
Groupama-FDJ United
- Romain Gregoire*
- Guillaume Martin
- Clement Berthet
- Clement Braz Afonso
- Lorenzo Germani*
- Quentin Pacher
- Clement Russo
- Ewen Costiou*
Star rider: The year is 2026 and Groupama’s star rider is Guillaume Martin; let that sink in. Unless it's all a bluff and the real star is French champion Gregoire, which would make more sense.
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Romain Gregoire
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Form: Largely non-existent, although recent French champion Gregoire has three wins this term and Costiou has two.
Style: Breakaway hunters getting increasingly desperate - and decidedly less clement - as the three weeks progress further without a sniff of a win.
Goals: Avoid final-week desperation by getting an early win. Or any win, for that matter. To be fair, even an intermediate sprint would do, or a Cat.4 KOM. Heck, Marc Madiot might even accept a town-sign sprint right now.
If they were a French dish: Vegetarian boeuf bourguignon - a traditional mainstay, just something vital seems to be missing.
Rating: 1.5/5
Netcompany INEOS
- Egan Bernal
- Filippo Ganna
- Michal Kwiatkowski
- Thymen Arensman
- Dorion Godon
- Kevin Vauquelin*
- Tobias Foss
- Joshua Tarling*
Star rider: Kevin Vauquelin
Form: Not bad, with Ganna and Arensman faring well at the Giro and Godon picking up five wins this season. Question marks over the GC capabilities of Vauquelin and Arensman, while bringing three riders who also featured at the Giro (Ganna, Bernal and Arensman) suggests lack of depth.
Style: It’s hard to tell. Chasing stage wins while protecting their peripheral GC riders and giving Godon a chance in the sprints. It’s been a long time - five years - since the team won a Grand Tour, and they have yet to find their current raison d’etre or even modus operandi.
Goals: All eggs seem to be firmly in the TTT basket as Ineos eye an opening day win. Ganna will target the time trial, while both Vauquelin and Arensman a top 10 overall, although the latter might be spent after the Giro. An additional stage win from the support cast, perhaps Polish veteran Kwiatkowski in his eleventh appearance, would please Sir David Brailsford.
If they were a French dish: Gratin Dauphinoise - been around for ages but still missing a main component.
Rating: 3/5
Lidl-Trek
- Juan Ayuso*
- Mads Pedersen
- Mathias Vacek*
- Mattias Skjelmose
- Quinn Simmons*
- Derek Gee-West
- Carlos Verona
- Toms Skujins
Star rider: Mads Pedersen
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Mads Pedersen
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Form: Giulio Ciccone enjoyed a day in pink in the Giro, where Gee-West got better as the race progressed. Ayuso and Skjelmose proved they can both operate as a GC duo in the Tour Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes (aka the Dauphine), where Simmons took an impressive win. Just 10 race days in 2026, though, for Pedersen, still without a win this season.
Style: Operating across multiple platforms and relying upon natural selection to see which of their many all-rounders will be backed alongside Pedersen’s quest for green and stage wins.
Goals: A return to form for Pedersen, regular breakaways (and a win) from Captain America Simmons, a top 10 for Skjelmose and a top five for Ayuso, who will hope to vindicate his big-money move from UAE Team Emirates. Gee-West there for uphill support and a Plan C should things go awry.
If they were a French dish: Cassoulet - there’s a lot going on, many contrasting ingredients; it could be sublime, but it could also stink out the room.
Rating: 4/5
Lotto Intermarche
- Arnaud De Lie*
- Georg Zimmermann
- Artz Huub*
- Jenno Berckmoes*
- Liam Slock
- Lars Craps*
- Baptiste Veistroffer
- Lennert Van Eetvelt*
Star rider: Arnaud De Lie
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Arnaud de Lie
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Form: It’s hard to gauge long-term form when half this young team are riding their first Tour while Germany’s Zimmermann has more Tour appearances (5) than the entire squad put together. Lotto's Giro was disrupted by illness, with De Lie notably pulling out after struggling from the get-go. Ten wins in total this season is more than many, although three of those came in the Tour de Taiwan.
Style: Reminiscent of a headless chicken on wheels - usually trying to bridge over to a breakaway missed.
Goals: To not miss those breaks in the first place while supporting De Lie’s bid for an elusive Tour stage win. Van Eetvelt will hope to end his run of three DNFs in Grand Tours.
If they were a French dish: Moules frites - you know exactly what you’re going to get, although the quality can vary considerably.
Rating: 1/5
Movistar Team
- Cian Uijtdebroeks*
- Pablo Castrillo*
- Raul Garcia Pierna*
- Einer Rubio
- Javier Romo
- Nelson Oliveira
- Jefferson Cepeda
- Michel Hessmann*
Star rider: Cian Uijtdebroeks
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Cian Uijtdebroeks, lĂder del Movistar Team en su alineaciĂłn del Tour de Francia 2026
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Form: Only three riders from the Tour roster have tasted success so far this season, with Movistar leaving the Giro d’Italia empty-handed despite numerous efforts to animate the race and blow apart the peloton on climbs. Belgian youngster Uijtdebroeks showed flickers of form in the Tour Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, but he’s still shy of delivering on his early promise.
Style: It usually involves splintering the peloton in order to set up their sprinter in a reduced sprint, only for that sprinter to finish second. Without a bona fide GC prospect, expect to see Movistar riders in the break on a regular basis.
Goals: A top 10 for Uijtdebroeks and a stage win for one of Castrillo, Rubio or Romo.
If they were a French dish: Vol-au-vent - often blown around in the crosswinds.Â
Rating: 2.5/5
NSN Cycling Team
- Biniam Girmay
- Jake Stewart
- Lewis Askey*
- Krists Neilands
- Marco Frigo
- Matis Louvel
- George Bennett
- Tom Van Asbroeck
Star rider: Biniam Girmay
Form: A dozen wins from the team this season, although their star man - Eritrean sprinter Girmay - has only triumphed three times. That is admittedly three better than during his barren 2025 but it’s hardly the form that saw Girmay grab the green jersey in 2024.
Style: Easy to identify because of their eye-catching jerseys but, beyond breakaways, all eggs seem to be in Girmay's basket.
Goals: Girmay returning to winning ways on the world’s biggest bike race is perhaps the most they can expect in July - although Frigo will be a regular fixture in breakaways in his long-awaited debut Tour.
If they were a French dish: An under-seasoned ratatouille - just a bit bland, to be honest.
Rating: 2/5
Red Bull-Bora Hansgrohe
- Remco Evenepoel
- Florian Lipowitz
- Tim Van Dijke
- Nico Denz
- Mattia Cattaneo
- Jan Tratnik
- Maxim Van Gils
- Jai Hindley
Star rider: Remco Evenepoel
Form: Zero form whatsoever for Evenepoel, unraced since the Ardennes. Lipowitz won the Tour of Slovenia, however, and might end up as the team’s Plan A once the mountains take their inevitable toll on his new Belgian team-mate. Hindley took a solid third place in the Giro. Handing a Tour debut to Dutchman Tim van Dijke, out with a broken collarbone since the Amstel Gold Race, is a gamble.
Style: A bit haphazard, stemming from the fact that they don't know if their riding in support of last year's third place finisher, or the high-profile, big-earner Evenepoel, who finished third the year before. Third would seem to be both riders' ceiling - and that’s about to get even trickier.
Goals: Figuring out who they're riding for in an amicable way that doesn't bruise egos or drive away young talent. Then going all in on a Denz or Van Gils breakaway win once the apple-cart is inevitably turned.
If they were a French dish: Choucroute garnie - sauerkraut with sausages, salt pork, potatoes and juniper berries. A bit of everything but often doesn't sit well in the stomach. Â
Rating: 3.5/5
Soudal Quick-Step
- Tim Merlier
- Pascal Eenkhoorn
- Jasper Stuyven
- Dylan Van Baarle
- Bert Van Lerberghe
- Ilan Van Wilder
- Louis Vervaeke
- Valentin Paret-Peintre*
Star rider: Tim Merlier
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Tim Merlier
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Form: Messrs Merlier and Paul Magnier account for 12 of the team’s 15 wins this season, the latter starring in the Giro to secure the maglia ciclamino. Stuvyen was solid in the Giro, Van Wilder looked promising in the Tour de Suisse, but whippet-thin climber Paret-Peintre was somewhat short at the TARA.
Style: Free from protecting the departed Remco Evenepoel, the oldest team in the race (average age: 31.2 years) can now treat the Tour like 21 back-to-back Classics.
Goals: Sprint wins and the green jersey for Merlier and stage wins from the support cast, such as Wilder, Stuyven and Paret-Peintre.
If they were a French dish: Pot-au-feu - a vintage classic, but one you would struggle to eat for three weeks on end.
Rating: 3/5
Team Jayco AlUla
- Ben O’Connor
- Michael Matthews
- Luke Plapp
- Mauro Schmid
- Kelland O’Brien
- Felix Engelhardt
- Pascal Ackermann
- Luke Durbridge
Star rider: Michael Matthews
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Michael Matthews, Team Jayco AlUla, in una gara dell'ottobre 2025
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Form: After a long injury layoff, veteran puncheur Matthews - in a bid to find some form - did the rare Dauphine-Suisse double, although his highest result in either was eighth. O'Connor and Ackermann rode the Giro to little fanfare, while Schmid accounts for four of the team's six wins this term.
Style: Breakaway fodder.
Goals: Even a stage win looks ambitious.
If they were a French dish: Macarons - colourful but ultimately unsatisfying, with the majority of the team clearly preferring Tim Tams.
Rating: 2/5
Team Picnic PostNL
- Warren Barguil
- Pavel Bittner*
- Frank van den Broek
- Robbe Dhondt*
- Julius van den Berg
- Niklas Markl
- Frits Biesterbos*
- John Degenkolb
Star rider: n/a
Form: The only Picnic rider to pick up a win all season - Casper van Uden - is not racing, having featured to little fanfare at the Giro.
Style: n/a
Goals: Causing an opening day upset like they did a few years ago with Van den Broek and Romain Bardet would be wishful thinking, ditto expecting much from a team that amounts to a bunch of children on a 21-day jaunt with their elderly parents, Degenkolb and Barguil.
If they were a French dish: Baguette - perfect ingredient for a picnic; goes stale fast.
Rating: 0.5/5
Team Visma-Lease a Bike
- Jonas Vingegaard
- Victor Campenaerts
- Davide Piganzoli*
- Per Strand Hagenes*
- Matteo Jorgenson
- Sepp Kuss
- Bruno Armirail
- Edoardo Affini
Star rider: Jonas Vingegaard
Form: The two-time champion from Denmark completed his Grand Tour clean sweet at the Giro, where Kuss also won a stage and Piganzoli came eighth on GC. Jorgenson toughed it out to finish fourth at the Tour Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, where Visma won the team time trial. Affini makes the cut despite his nasty crash in the nationals TT. But no Wout van Aert this year, the Belgian struggling with an elbow injury. Visma have won 11 of the last 18 Grand Tours.
Style: All-in for Vingegaard while protecting Jorgenson’s interests as a Plan B, too. Doing so in their latest limited-edition Tour de France jersey, which this year draws directly from Gaudi’s work and sketches, with a nod to the grand depart in Barcelona.
Goals: A third Tour win for their leader will be the target but, given Pogacar’s form, unlikely. It's hard to see where the stage wins will come from - beyond another TTT scalp.
If they were a French dish: Fondue savoyarde - dependable in the mountains but a bit samey after a while and not adverse to a pickle.
Rating: Not as invincible as before. 3.5/5
UAE Team Emirates-XRG
- Tadej Pogacar
- Isaac del Toro*
- Tim Wellens
- Brandon McNulty
- Adam Yates
- Florian Vermeersch
- Nils Politt
- Felix Grossschartner
Star rider: Nils Politt. Just kidding: the double world champion and four-time Tour winner Tadej Pogacar.
Form: Winners of four stages at the Giro despite losing three riders on the opening weekend. If Pogacar has hardly put a foot wrong all year, his Mexican deputy Del Toro has been almost just as good - winning three out of his four stage races and looking very much like the Slovenian's successor.
Style: Often dictated on how Pogacar feels - the Slovenian being able to win pretty much on all terrain, a bunch sprint aside. Wellens, Yates and McNulty might get their chances from the odd breakaway, but otherwise it’ll be the Pog-Del Toro show.
Goals: A one-two at the top of the standings for Pogacar and Del Toro, who could easily win a third of the stages between them.
If they were a French dish: Mille-feuille - multi-layered but delicate, with the cream rising to the top but also running through the entire dish, and a strong support structure throughout.
Rating: 4.5/5
Uno-X Mobility
- Tobias Johannessen
- Anders Johannessen
- Magnus Cort
- Anders Skaarseth
- Soren Waerenskjold
- Anthon Charmig
- Jonas Abrahamsen
- Torstein Traeen
Star rider: Magnus Cort
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Cort
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Form: Pretty consistent, albeit with just six wins this season. Tobias Johannessen has been a strong outside bet on GC all year while both Dversnes and Charmig took impressive wins at the Giro and Dauphine respectively. Anders Johannessen a late replacement for the sick Andreas Kron.
Style: Exposure and constant knocking on the door; if there's an invitation to get in the break, Uno-X will make sure they’re on the guest list.
Goals: Supporting a top 10 push for Johannessen, allowing Abrahamsen to get in the breaks and monopolise the minor jersey competitions early on, giving veteran Cort free rein to choose the right day to win from a reduced sprint, while encouraging the support cast to get involved.
If they were a French dish: Pain au raisin - or, in other words, a Danish pastry.
Rating: 4/5
XDS Astana Team
- Sergio Higuita
- Harold Tejada
- Mike Teunissen
- Max Kanter
- Nicolas Vinokurov*
- Aaron Gate
- Simone Velasco
- Davide Ballerini
Star rider: n/a
Form: Oddly enough, Astana have been one of the success stories of the season, with 18 wins to date. Italians Alberto Bettiol and Davide Ballerini won stages in the Giro, along wih Guillermo Thomas, who also donned the maglia rosa for a day.
Style: Front foot, on the attack, getting into the breakaways, sniffing out opportunities through the chaos.
Goals: Replicating their Giro success seems unlikely and even a stage win would be a surprise. That will be the sole target, given they have no GC rider and no jersey contenders to speak of.
If they were a French dish: Flammekueche - is it a pizza or is it a tart? No one really knows. Occasionally they taste unexpectedly delightful, although more often than not, they’re a bit dry and thin, certainly nothing to write home about.
Rating: 1.5/5
Cofidis
- Ion Izagirre
- Piet Allegaert
- Milan Frentin*
- Alex Kirsch
- Hugo Page*
- Alex Aranburu
- Benjamin Thomas
- Jenthe Biermans
Star rider: n/a
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Benjamin Thomas (Cofidis).
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Form: Eight wins for the team this season as Cofidis make their Grand Tour debut for the year. It’s hard to see where the ninth win will come from.
Style: Under-the-radar riding and trying to make the break.
Goals: The team will be hoping to snare a stage win, but a far more likely scenario is one of their riders wearing the polka dot jersey for a day or two in the opening week.
If they were a French dish: Quiche Lorraine - traditional, and perhaps a bit boring, tart with bacon, eggs and cheese.
Rating: 1/5
Tudor Pro Cycling Team
- Julian Alaphilippe
- Matteo Trentin
- Michael Storer
- Marc Hirschi
- Rick Pluimers
- Arvid de Kleijn
- Marco Haller
- Yannis Voisard
Star rider: Julian Alaphilippe
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Julian Alaphilippe (Tudor)
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Form: Discounting national championships, just the two wins for Tudor all season, with Swiss rider Voisard the only of the eight riders in the Tour team to stand atop a podium in 2026. Storer, Trentin and Hirschi all have the ability to sniff out a move, ditto Alaphilippe - although the latter seems no longer capable of finishing something off.
Style: Three weeks of getting in the breakaways while Storer digs deep in the mountains.
Goals: Aussie climber Storer will look to ghost his way into the top 10 while veterans Alaphilippe and Trentin will hope for some joy from the breakaways, perhaps alongside Hirschi.
If they were a French dish: Creme brulee - where the burned-out cream of the crop go to rest on a saccharine salary.
Rating: 2.5/5
TotalEnergies
- Jordan Jegat
- Alexandre Delettre
- Anthony Turgis
- Matteo Vercher*
- Mathis Le Berre*
- Nicolas Breuillard
- Joris Delbove
- Thibault Guernalec
Star rider: Jordan Jegat
Form: Just two lowly wins all season for the French team, who have selected an all-French team containing two Grand Tour debutants and another Tour first-timer.
Style: Trying to appease manager Jean-Rene Bernaudeau on an hourly basis.
Goals: Jegat will look to put himself in the shop window with another top 10 finish in Paris, but that’s very unlikely. It would be a surprise if TotalEnergies are anything but a footnote this July.
If they were a French dish: Foie gras - most people believe it should be banned and abolished, but somehow it lingers on, something of an anachronism.
Rating: 0.5/5
Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
- Fernando Gaviria
- Abel Balderstone
- Alex Molenaar
- Joel Nicolau
- Sebastian Berwick
- Stefano Oldani
- Jakub Otruba
- Jose Felix Parra
Star rider: Abel Balderstone?
Form: Just three wins all year with Berwick, in the Tour of Turkey, the only rider from the squad to taste success in 2026. This is the team’s first Tour appearance since the 80s.
Style: Very stylish, to be fair, in a nostalgic kit inspired by the team’s run in the Tour back in the 1980s. As for the riding, they'll be on the front foot from day two, making the most of the race’s time in Spain - and regulars for the breakaways throughout the race.
Goals: A stage win - or a jersey - in Barcelona on the opening weekend would be manna from heaven, although a stage win of any kind over the three weeks would represent success. Watch out for Balderstone and Nicolau in the hills, but don’t hold out too much hope for Gaviria in the sprints.
If they were a French dish: Poulet Basque.
Rating: 2/5
Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
- Tom Pidcock
- Fred Wright
- Quinten Hermans
- Damien Howson
- Xabier Azparren
- Xandro Meurisse
- Brent van Moer
- Chris Harper
Star rider: Tom Pidcock
Form: Pidcock missed the Tour de Suisse because of illness but turned up at the Andorra MoraBanc Classica, where he showed off the results of his recent altitude camps with a solid win in a high-quality field. Wright crashed out of the Tour de Suisse, so both Britons will have to find their feet. Marcel Camprubi, the new Spanish national champion, did not make the cut despite the Tour starting in his hometown of Barcelona.
Style: Pretty dapper in a new bluey-grey kit ahead of the team’s Tour debut, along with Pinarello Dogma Fs in 'Luxter Venice, Tarmac Grey and Champion Gold.' As for the team itself, it is comprised of largely experienced riders except debutant Azparren, with British duo Pidcock and Wright at the fore.
Goals: A top five finish for Pidcock, who will want a win on his return to the Tour after missing out last year following his move from INEOS. Wright, meanwhile, is still seeking that elusive Grand Tour stage win - in fact, a pro win of any kind beyond his national title from three years ago.
If they were a French dish: Creme anglaise, otherwise known as custard - final stop-off before becoming creme brulee (see Tudor Pro Cycling).
Rating: 2.5/5
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