The best rider of his generation — and possibly any generation — arrives in Barcelona chasing a record-equalling fifth Tour de France and a third in a row. The reigning double world champion has won 13 of his 16 race days in 2026, including a third Tour of Flanders and the overall at the Tour de Suisse, and was pipped only by Wout van Aert in the Roubaix velodrome. In the rainbow jersey, aboard a Colnago, with the strongest team in the race behind him, he starts as overwhelming favourite.
Palmarès
- Tour de France GC winner (2020, 2021, 2024, 2025)
- World road race champion (2024, 2025)
- Giro d'Italia GC winner (2024)
- Tour of Flanders winner (2023, 2025, 2026)
- Il Lombardia winner (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
- Liège–Bastogne–Liège winner (2021, 2024, 2025)
Cut-out factHe already owns 12 Monument victories at age 27 — only Eddy Merckx (19) has more in the history of the sport.
The squad
Riding the 2026 Tour with Isaac Del Toro, Tim Wellens, Brandon McNulty, Adam Yates, Florian Vermeersch, Nils Politt, Felix Großschartner — see the full UAE Emirates-XRG team page.
Portrait: AI paper-collage render (gpt-image-2).
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