TOUR·KINETIC

Tudor · 2026 Tour de France
Lead-out / versatile rouleur
Rick Pluimers

The young Dutchman from Enter combines a rouleur's engine with a sharp kick, making him dangerous in reduced sprints and invaluable in De Kleijn's lead-out train.

Rick Pluimers paper-collage portrait in the 2026 Tudor kit

The young Dutchman from Enter combines a rouleur's engine with a sharp kick, making him dangerous in reduced sprints and invaluable in De Kleijn's lead-out train. His breakthrough Muscat Classic win in 2025 convinced Tudor to lock him down long-term. This Tour is his first — and his job description covers everything from bottle runs to final-kilometre pilot.

Palmarès

  • Muscat Classic (2025)
  • Stage podium at Tirreno–Adriatico (2025)
  • Key lead-out in Tudor's sprint train since 2023
  • Tour de France debut (2026)
Cut-out factTudor believes in him so much they signed him through 2029 — one of the longest contracts in the professional peloton.

The squad

Riding the 2026 Tour with Julian Alaphilippe, Arvid de Kleijn, Marco Haller, Marc Hirschi, Michael Storer, Matteo Trentin, Yannis Voisard — see the full Tudor team page.

Portrait: AI paper-collage render (gpt-image-2) after a reference photograph — source: Wikimedia Commons, author: Mfran22, license: CC BY-SA 4.0. A fan project — not affiliated with the Tour de France or A.S.O.