TOUR·KINETIC

Cofidis · 2026 Tour de France
Lead-out train / rouleur with a fast finish
Jenthe Biermans

When Arkéa-B&B Hotels folded at the end of 2025, Cofidis moved fast to sign the versatile Belgian on a two-year deal.

Jenthe Biermans paper-collage portrait in the 2026 Cofidis kit

When Arkéa-B&B Hotels folded at the end of 2025, Cofidis moved fast to sign the versatile Belgian on a two-year deal. Biermans brings proven classics grit and a genuinely quick finish of his own, but in July his job is clear: deliver Milan Fretin to the front of the race with 200 metres to go.

Palmarès

  • Muscat Classic winner (2023)
  • Stage winner, Tour de Luxembourg (2023)
  • Route Adélie de Vitré winner (2024)
  • 2nd Muscat Classic (2025)
Cut-out factHe is a genuine cycling globetrotter, having ridden for Russian (Katusha-Alpecin), Israeli (Israel Start-Up Nation) and French (Arkéa, Cofidis) registered teams.

The squad

Riding the 2026 Tour with Ion Izagirre, Piet Allegaert, Alex Aranburu, Milan Fretin, Alex Kirsch, Hugo Page, Benjamin Thomas — see the full Cofidis team page.

Portrait: AI paper-collage render (gpt-image-2) after a reference photograph — source: Wikimedia Commons, author: Joost Pauwels, license: CC0. A fan project — not affiliated with the Tour de France or A.S.O.