A foundation rider of this project since 2023 after a decade with Orica/GreenEDGE, Howson has served on four Grand Tour podium teams — including Simon Yates' 2018 Vuelta victory. The towering Adelaidean is the definition of the invisible super-domestique: pacing, sheltering, fetching, repeating. 'It's been a few years since I last raced the biggest race in the world,' he says of his Tour return.
Palmarès
- U23 world time trial champion (2013)
- Herald Sun Tour overall winner (2017)
- Czech Cycling Tour overall winner (2020)
- Tour de Hongrie overall winner (2021)
- World Championships team time trial silver medallist (2014)
Cut-out factBefore turning domestique he was a time-trial star: U23 world champion against the clock in Florence in 2013.
The squad
Riding the 2026 Tour with Tom Pidcock, Xabier Mikel Azparren, Fred Wright, Quinten Hermans, Xandro Meurisse, Chris Harper, Brent Van Moer — see the full Pinarello–Q36.5 team page.
Portrait: AI paper-collage render (gpt-image-2) after a reference photograph — source: Wikimedia Commons, author: Laurent Brun, license: CC BY-SA 2.0.
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