21 teams announced to compete at the 2026 Giro d’Italia Women

The start list again reflects the discipline’s strong momentum. All 14 WorldTour teams ensure a top-level race from stage 1, with robust rosters and clear leadership. Among them, Team SD Worx – Protime stands out as a habitual force at major events, while evolving structures such as Lidl – Trek and FDJ United – Suez have raised their level in recent seasons.

Movistar Team will be especially intriguing, blending experience and youth and often finding Grand Tours to be the ideal terrain to unleash their ambition. Alongside them, teams like Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto and Liv AlUla Jayco will add tactical depth and a variety of race strategies.

The inclusion of the Basque squad Laboral Kutxa, as the top-ranked ProTeam of 2025, strengthens Spanish representation and adds a compelling competitive thread. It’s a growing team that will look to seize every chance in breakaways or even fight for stage results.

Meanwhile, six wild cards complete a diverse and combative peloton. Teams such as St Michel – Preference Home – Auber 93, Aromitalia Vaiano, and Top Girls Fassa Bortolo embody the attacking spirit of Italian and European Continental racing, always ready to ignite the action from distance.

Also present are structures like Isolmant – Premac – Vittoria, Mendelspeck E-Work, and Fantini Wines – BePink, outfits that have historically leveraged the Giro’s visibility to stake their claim.

The balance between major powerhouses and emerging teams points to an open race, where total control will be hard to impose. In an increasingly level women’s peloton, collective management and sharp tactical reading will be decisive.

The 2026 Giro d’Italia Women will not only gather the world’s best teams, but again showcase the sport’s global growth. A broad, competitive, and diverse peloton guarantees spectacle and, above all, the certainty that every stage will be a battle.