Every British and American rider at the 2026 Tour de France: Tom Pidcock, Matteo Jorgenson and Sepp Kuss headline full list
CyclingWednesday, 01 July 2026 at 18:30
The 2026 Tour de France startlist features 13 British and American riders, with Tom Pidcock, Matteo Jorgenson, Sepp Kuss, Adam Yates, Brandon McNulty and Josh Tarling among the standout names from the two nations.
There are seven British riders and six American riders on the final startlist. Pidcock leads the British group as Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team make their Tour debut.
Meanwhile, Jorgenson and Kuss give the United States two key riders inside Team Visma | Lease a Bike’s yellow jersey challenge around Jonas Vingegaard.
The race begins in Barcelona on July 4 with a 19.7km team time trial, putting riders such as Tarling, Jorgenson and McNulty into immediate focus. Later, the 26.1km individual time trial on Stage 16 and the final Alpine weekend, including back-to-back Alpe d’Huez stages, should bring the climbers and mountain domestiques even further to the front.
British riders at the 2026 Tour de France
| Rider | Team |
| Lewis Askey | NSN Cycling Team |
| Jake Stewart | NSN Cycling Team |
| Tom Pidcock | Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team |
| Fred Wright | Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team |
| Josh Tarling | Netcompany INEOS |
| Max Walker | EF Education - EasyPost |
| Adam Yates | UAE Team Emirates – XRG |
Pidcock is the biggest British headline on the startlist. He returns to the Tour as the leading figure for Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team, with stage ambitions and general classification intrigue both likely to follow him through the opening week. His previous Tour victory on Alpe d’Huez also gives extra weight to a route that returns to the famous climb twice on the final weekend.
He is joined at Pinarello Q36.5 by Fred Wright, who arrives with the British national road race champion’s jersey after beating Lewis Askey and Connor Swift in Aberystwyth. Wright gives the team a second experienced British presence, with the power and race craft to work around Pidcock or chase opportunities on rolling days.
Tarling is one of the most obvious route fits among the British contingent. The Barcelona team time trial gives Netcompany INEOS an immediate use for his power, while the Stage 16 individual time trial offers a clearer personal target later in the race. With INEOS starting the Tour without Oscar Onley, Tarling’s strength against the clock becomes one of the team’s more obvious weapons.
Yates is set to have a key role alongside Tadej Pogacar for UAE
Yates lines up for UAE Team Emirates – XRG as part of Tadej Pogacar’s support structure. He remains one of Britain’s most proven Grand Tour riders, with a Tour podium already on his palmares, but his 2026 role is expected to be tied closely to UAE’s yellow jersey ambitions.
NSN Cycling Team include two British riders, with Askey and Jake Stewart both selected in a squad built around Biniam Girmay’s sprint chances and wider stage-hunting options. Askey arrives after his British Nationals podium behind Wright, while Stewart adds another fast, versatile support rider to the team’s Tour block.
Walker completes the British list at EF Education - EasyPost. He is making his Tour de France debut in a team likely to lean heavily into breakaways and aggressive racing, with Richard Carapaz, Ben Healy, Sean Quinn and others giving EF several options away from a traditional GC approach.
American riders at the 2026 Tour de France
| Rider | Team |
| Matthew Riccitello | Decathlon CMA CGM Team |
| Quinn Simmons | Lidl - Trek |
| Sean Quinn | EF Education - EasyPost |
| Matteo Jorgenson | Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
| Sepp Kuss | Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
| Brandon McNulty | UAE Team Emirates – XRG |
Jorgenson and Kuss are the two American riders closest to the centre of the yellow jersey battle. Both start for Team Visma | Lease a Bike, with Jonas Vingegaard again leading the team’s Tour de France challenge.
Jorgenson’s value stretches across almost every part of the route. He can contribute in the Barcelona team time trial, support Vingegaard in the mountains and remain useful on difficult transition stages where positioning and tactical control become just as important as climbing legs.
Kuss gives Visma another proven mountain option. His work is likely to become most visible once the race reaches the harder climbing days, especially in the Alps, where Vingegaard will need depth around him against Pogacar, Remco Evenepoel and the rest of the GC field.
McNulty gives the United States a rider on the other side of the Tour’s central rivalry. He starts for UAE Team Emirates – XRG alongside Pogacar and Yates, bringing climbing strength, time trial ability and a high-value support role in a squad built around defending yellow jersey authority.
US champ Quinn Simmons is one of the most recognisable riders in the whole peloton
Simmons enters the Tour as the American road race champion, giving Lidl - Trek a visible US presence in the stars and stripes. His best chances should come from aggressive racing, with rolling and transitional stages likely to suit his power if the breakaway battle opens.
Sean Quinn joins Walker in EF Education - EasyPost’s Tour squad. The American has already worn the US national champion’s jersey earlier in his career and gives EF another rider suited to support work, breakaways and opportunistic stage racing.
Riccitello is the youngest American name on the list and one of the more interesting long-term prospects. Selected by Decathlon CMA CGM Team, he arrives as a climbing talent with Grand Tour pedigree already building after his breakthrough at the Vuelta a Espana, and his Tour debut adds another layer to a Decathlon squad also featuring Paul Seixas and Olav Kooij.
Kieran WoodDeputy Editor-in-Chief
Kieran Wood is a sports journalist based in Wales and has been active in journalism since 2022. He regularly contributes to DartsNews.com and CyclingUpToDate.com, where he covers professional cycling and darts. In cycling, his work includes liveblogs from major races, including the Tour de France, the Giro d’Italia, and La Vuelta a España, alongside race reports and analysis. He has also conducted interviews with professional riders.
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- Why is this a list of any importance?
Rafionain-Glas01-07-2026 - Hats off, but as Pierre Rolland wrote in one of the previous articles - he is endowed with extraordinary abilities - such individuals are born very few, and therefore it is almost impossible for an ordinary "mortal" to even try to compare with him... On the other hand, it is admirable that he was able to fully develop his potential - which is not always and not everyone succeeds...Martin01-07-2026
- My Thoughts were the same!! He ir very similar!!Alexcavalera01-07-2026
- The headline "re-emerging former World Tour climber" and the photo tripped me into thinking that's Froome. He looks a bit like Froome.
KerisVroom01-07-2026 - Agree Jonas not the same since his crash till maybe last years Vueltavaughanstar01-07-2026
- He doesn't take part likely due to training conflicts. And of course he won't be the Merliers of the world. But Tadej has done pan flat races like Roubaix and can seemingly win anywhere.mij01-07-2026
- Jonas put in a historic TT effort, and Tadej was compromised from his LBL crash. The first thing that goes out the window is TT specific training, but people really underestimate how much TT specific training is needed to master it. Two examples, Tour de Suisse this year - no one would confuse MVDP for a TT specialist, but look at that ride! And he said he did a lot of TT training. Tadej's first win, it was very specific TT training that allowed him to beat Primoz.mij01-07-2026
- were we told this by mus musculus or one of his many predecessors?Ketterechts01-07-2026
- Ditto. On any given day, in the right situation... Wout can and has gotten over on Pog. Too bad we won't get a rematch on the Rue Lepic this year.mrvco01-07-2026
- Favourites for the TTT for sureRafionain-Glas01-07-2026
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