TOUR·KINETIC

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Cofidis

Stage wins as a wildcard ProTeam — Fretin in the bunch sprints, Aranburu on hilly finishes, and a farewell-Tour breakaway win for the retiring Ion Izagirre.

Country
🇫🇷 France
Bike
Look 795 Blade RS (Campagnolo Super Record 13 groupset, Bora Ultra WTO wheels)
Manager
Raphaël Jeune (general manager since October 2025, replacing Cédric Vasseur)
Founded
1997
Division
ProTeam (wildcard)

The 2026 kit

The jersey worn in July 2026 is the version Cofidis unveiled on 3 March 2026, when the sponsor company launched a new brand identity (debuted in racing that day at the Ename Samyn Classic and worn ever since) — the same Etxeondo-made block-colour design introduced in 2025, but with warmer, reworked shades. The torso is dominated by a deep bordeaux/burgundy that covers the collar zone, the front of the shoulders, the chest and the central belly; before March 2026 that central panel was a brighter light red, so the bordeaux now reaches further down. The team's brighter signature red survives as a large block around the lower torso/hips and hem, so the jersey reads as a two-tone red colour-block from dark bordeaux above to bright red below. Both sleeves (wrapping over the shoulder caps) are a warm sunflower yellow, giving high visibility in the peloton. Logos are strictly white on the dark ground: a large white 'Cofidis' wordmark in the new denser, more compact typography sits across the mid-chest on the bordeaux panel, with the brand's new emblem — 'l'Élan', a small open sun-ray/momentum symbol — placed just above the wordmark. There are no other commercial wordmarks on the jersey front: apart from a small Etxeondo maker's mark and the UCI ProTeam badge (which replaced the WorldTour badge after Cofidis's relegation for 2026 — they ride the Tour as an automatic top-3 ProTeam entrant, their 30th consecutive Tour), Cofidis is the only name on the kit, as the title sponsor is the team's sole backer. Low race collar in the bordeaux body colour; yellow aero sleeve cuffs. Bib shorts are plain black with a white 'Cofidis' wordmark on each thigh. Uvex supplies helmets and eyewear (replacing Ekoi for 2026); bikes are team-edition Look 795 Blade RS 3 frames with 13-speed Campagnolo groupsets and Bora Ultra WTO wheels — the only Campagnolo-equipped team in the race. No special Tour de France edition kit: Cofidis races July 2026 in this standard post-March jersey.

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The Car

leadership and staff shaping the Cofidis Tour
Executive Raphael Jeune paper-collage staff portrait
Raphael Jeune
General manager
Cofidis

The Eight

the Cofidis Tour squad
🇪🇸 RIDER Ion Izagirre paper-collage portrait
Ion Izagirre
Climber / mountain-breakaway leader
37 yrsClimber
🇧🇪 RIDER Piet Allegaert paper-collage portrait
Piet Allegaert
Lead-out man / classics rouleur
31 yrsClassics
🇪🇸 RIDER Alex Aranburu paper-collage portrait
Alex Aranburu
Puncheur / leader for hilly stages and reduced sprints
30 yrsPuncheur
🇧🇪 RIDER Jenthe Biermans paper-collage portrait
Jenthe Biermans
Lead-out train / rouleur with a fast finish
30 yrsClassics
🇧🇪 RIDER ★ U26 Milan Fretin paper-collage portrait
Milan Fretin
Sprinter — the team's number-one card, on Tour debut (U26 young rider)
25 yrsSprint
🇱🇺 RIDER Alex Kirsch paper-collage portrait
Alex Kirsch
Lead-out engine / sprint-train road captain
34 yrsDomestique
🇫🇷 RIDER ★ U26 Hugo Page paper-collage portrait
Hugo Page
Sprint-train support / fast finisher (U26 young rider)
24 yrsSprint
🇫🇷 RIDER Benjamin Thomas paper-collage portrait
Benjamin Thomas
Road captain / rouleur and sprint-train engine
30 yrsTime trial