{"id":1048609,"date":"2026-06-25T06:22:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T06:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1048609\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T06:22:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T06:22:21","slug":"2026-tour-de-france-start-list-vingegaard-pogacar-and-who-else-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1048609\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Tour de France start list: Vingegaard, Pogacar, and who else"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Saturday, July 4, the 2026 Tour de France<\/a> will kick off with a team time trial in Barcelona<\/a>. The 23 participating teams will announce their eight-rider rosters in the run-up to that day. IDL Pro Cycling<\/b> is keeping a watchful eye on all channels, ready to bring you the confirmed start list<\/a> for the upcoming Tour de France.On Tuesday, June 23, the first team announced its official roster. Visma | Lease a Bike announced the eight-man squad led<\/a> by Jonas Vingegaard<\/a>, which also includes Matteo Jorgenson, Sepp Kuss, Victor Campenaerts, Bruno Armirail, Per Strand Hagenes, Edoardo Affini, and Davide Piganzoli. Piganzoli is replacing Wout van Aert<\/a>.Shortly after that, Uno-X announced its roster.<\/a> The Norwegian team is aiming to do even better this year with Tobias Halland Johannessen, who finished sixth last year<\/a>. In addition, it added sprinter Soren Waerenskjold and all-rounders such as Magnus Cort, Jonas Abrahamsen, and Andreas Kron to the team for the Tour de France.The other teams have not yet officially announced their rosters, but we already know that many big names are heading to Barcelona. These include Tadej Pogacar<\/a> (UAE Emirates-XRG), Mathieu van der Poel, Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Premier Tech), Tim Merlier (Soudal Quick-Step), Paul Seixas<\/a> (Decathlon CMA CGM), Thymen Arensman (Netcompany INEOS), Remco Evenepoel<\/a>, and Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe).Confirmed teams for the 2026 Tour de France:<\/p>\n