Final Startlist Tour of Guangxi 2026 - Riders: Pidcock, Ayuso, Narvaez, Kooij, Magnier, Jakobsen and more
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The 2026 Tour of Guangxi boasts a strong startlist this year as the race runs from October 13th to October 18th. With six stages on offer, featuring sprint finishes, a mountain-top finish and hilly opportunities, Tom Pidcock fronts a startlist filled with WorldTour big names.
Download the startlist in A4. British rider Pidcock comes into the race in flying form after top ten performances in the World Championships, some Italian classics and Il Lombardia. He will lead Pinarello Q36.5's team at the race.
Kevin Vauquelin is the one to watch for Netcompany INEOS while Juan Ayuso will headline Lidl-Trek's challenge for the general classification. Jhonatan Narvaez and Marc Soler fly the flag for UAE Team Emirates.
There are several other challengers for the overall. Jarno Widar comes fresh off his Tre Valli Varesine victory while other stage hunters worth watching are Maxim van Gils, Daniel Martinez, Clément Braz Afonso, Neilson Powless and Marco Brenner.
Tom Pidcock will headline the Tour of Guangxi 2026
Solid sprint field including Magnier and Kooij
Leo Bisiaux carries form for Decathlon CMA CGM while Bahrain-Victorious have Afonso Eulalio and Pau Miquel. Paul Double, the defending champion, is another to watch for Jayco AlUla.
Visma's line-up features young riders such as Niklas Behrens and Louis Barre alongside veteran sprinter Fabio Jakobsen as he returns to WorldTour with the team hoping to re-find his form. He faces a competitive sprint field.
Olav Kooij is present for Decathlon while Soudal - Quick-Step support Paul Magnier. Elsehwere, other fast men to watch include Max Kanter, Kaden Groves, Arvid de Kleijn, Milan Fretin and Jordi Meeus.
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Startlist Tour of Guangxi 2026
| Team Jayco AlUla | |
| 1 | Double, Paul |
| 2 | Bondt, Dries De |
| 3 | Pooter, Dries De |
| 4 | Donaldson, Robert |
| 5 | Gamper, Patrick |
| 6 | Porter, Rudy |
| 7 | Sütterlin, Jasha |
| Alpecin - Premier Tech | |
| 11 | Bayer, Tobias |
| 13 | Groves, Kaden |
| 14 | Planckaert, Edward |
| 16 | Rickaert, Jonas |
| 17 | Riesebeek, Oscar |
| Bahrain Victorious | |
| 21 | Eulálio, Afonso |
| 22 | Eržen, Zak |
| 23 | Govekar, Matevž |
| 24 | Miquel, Pau |
| 25 | Skerl, Daniel |
| 26 | Meulen, Max van der |
| 27 | Mechelen, Vlad Van |
| Decathlon CMA CGM Team | |
| 31 | Bisiaux, Léo |
| 32 | Bol, Cees |
| 33 | Dewulf, Stan |
| 34 | Ghys, Robbe |
| 35 | Gudmestad, Tord |
| 36 | Hoole, Daan |
| 37 | Kooij, Olav |
| EF Education - EasyPost | |
| 41 | Lamperti, Luke |
| 42 | Agostinacchio, Mattia |
| 43 | Battistella, Samuele |
| 44 | Honoré, Mikkel |
| 45 | Powless, Neilson |
| 46 | Berg, Marijn van den |
| 47 | Walker, Max |
| Groupama - FDJ United | |
| 51 | Barthe, Cyril |
| 52 | Braz Afonso, Clément |
| 53 | Donnenwirth, Tom |
| 54 | Fontaine, Titouan |
| 55 | Milan, Matteo |
| 56 | Paleni, Enzo |
| 57 | Rochas, Rémy |
| Lidl - Trek | |
| 61 | Ayuso, Juan |
| 62 | Bagioli, Andrea |
| 64 | Kämna, Lennard |
| 65 | Andersen, Søren Kragh |
| 66 | Norsgaard, Mathias |
| 67 | Verona, Carlos |
| Lotto - Intermarché | |
| 71 | Fox, Matthew |
| 72 | Giddings, Joshua |
| 73 | Grignard, Sébastien |
| 74 | Taminiaux, Lionel |
| 75 | Thompson, Reuben |
| 76 | Veistroffer, Baptiste |
| 77 | Widar, Jarno |
| Movistar Team | |
| 81 | Formolo, Davide |
| 82 | Hessmann, Michel |
| 83 | Moro, Manlio |
| 84 | Novák, Pavel |
| 85 | Pescador, Diego |
| 86 | Romo, Javier |
| 87 | Sanchez, Pelayo |
| Netcompany INEOS | |
| 91 | August, AJ |
| 92 | Øxenberg, Peter |
| 93 | Rivera, Brandon |
| 94 | Rodríguez, Oscar |
| 95 | Shmidt, Artem |
| 96 | Vauquelin, Kévin |
| 97 | Welsford, Sam |
| NSN Cycling Team | |
| 101 | Lutsenko, Alexey |
| 102 | Einhorn, Itamar |
| 103 | Gilmore, Brady |
| 104 | Kogut, Oded |
| 105 | Pinarello, Alessandro |
| 106 | Raisberg, Nadav |
| 107 | Tene, Rotem |
| Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe | |
| 111 | Boichis, Adrien |
| 112 | Drizners, Jarrad |
| 113 | Herzog, Emil |
| 114 | Marit, Arne |
| 115 | Martínez, Daniel |
| 116 | Meeus, Jordi |
| 117 | Gils, Maxim Van |
| Soudal - Quick-Step | |
| 121 | Magnier, Paul |
| 122 | Bastiaens, Ayco |
| 123 | Cras, Steff |
| 124 | Rex, Laurenz |
| 125 | Gestel, Dries Van |
| 126 | Wilder, Ilan Van |
| 127 | Vangheluwe, Warre |
| Team Picnic PostNL | |
| 131 | Biesterbos, Frits |
| 132 | Corkery, Dillon |
| 133 | Jong, Timo de |
| 134 | Dhondt, Robbe |
| 135 | Koerdt, Bjoern |
| 136 | Flynn, Sean |
| 137 | Peace, Oliver |
| Team Visma - Lease a Bike | |
| 141 | Barré, Louis |
| 142 | Behrens, Niklas |
| 143 | Doull, Owain |
| 144 | Graat, Tijmen |
| 145 | Jakobsen, Fabio |
| 146 | Schiffer, Anton |
| 147 | Belle, Loe van |
| UAE Team Emirates XRG | |
| 151 | Oliveira, Rui |
| 152 | Herregodts, Rune |
| 153 | Johansen, Julius |
| 154 | Molano, Sebastián |
| 155 | Narváez, Jhonatan |
| 156 | Soler, Marc |
| 157 | Vermeersch, Florian |
| Uno-X Mobility | |
| 161 | Blikra, Erlend |
| 162 | Bugge, Martin Urianstad |
| 163 | Dversnes, Fredrik |
| 164 | Pedersen, Henrik |
| 165 | Svarre, Tobias |
| 166 | Tjøtta, Martin |
| 167 | Træen, Torstein |
| XDS Astana Team | |
| 171 | Champoussin, Clément |
| 172 | Fedorov, Yevgeniy |
| 173 | Kanter, Max |
| 174 | Langellotti, Victor |
| 175 | Livyns, Arjen |
| 176 | Lopez, Harold Martin |
| 177 | Su, Haoyu |
| Cofidis | |
| 181 | Allegaert, Piet |
| 182 | Buchmann, Emanuel |
| 183 | Carr, Simon |
| 184 | Charret, Camile |
| 185 | Fretin, Milan |
| 186 | Maas, Jan |
| 187 | Meehan, Jamie |
| Pinarello - Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | |
| 191 | Pidcock, Tom |
| 192 | Liepiņš, Emīls |
| 193 | Moschetti, Matteo |
| 194 | Pidcock, Joey |
| 195 | Vader, Milan |
| 196 | Moer, Brent Van |
| 197 | Zukowsky, Nick |
| Tudor Pro Cycling Team | |
| 201 | Barta, Will |
| 202 | Brenner, Marco |
| 203 | Kleijn, Arvid de |
| 204 | Eriksson, Jacob |
| 205 | Froideveaux, Robin |
| 206 | Kolze Changizi, Sebastian |
| 207 | Kluckers, Arthur |
| China National Team | |
| 211 | Hu, Haijie |
| 212 | Liu, Chenglu |
| 213 | Liu, Zhicheng |
| 214 | Ma, Binyan |
| 215 | Shen, Yutao |
| 216 | Wang, Ruidong |
| 217 | Zhao, Chenli |
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- Pissing out?? Who is forcing them? They can follow Ayuso's example. And they can be leaders on another team. Ayuso's example again. :)MajorPayne12-10-2026
- Hmm it's an interesting take with certain disclaimers e.g. comparing them at the same age (Pogi wasn't given chances so early in his career so we will never know), the level of the competitors in the race or tour (really hard to compare, as you would be looking at multiple competitors, let alone comparing just Seixas vs Pogi). In any case, Seixas' future certainly looks very bright, especially as he has the advantage of youth, access to new scientific knowledge/methods that weren't around when Pogi started, and most importantly has Pogi as an extremely good example to aspire to (e.g. copying training methods, nutrition, tactics, race craft, etc., to list just a few...).Pogboom12-10-2026
- > He’s so much better than Pogacar was at 20 years old It does not mean NOTHING. What is important how long you can be at the top. Most of the best riders are (really) good for 4-5 years (Alaphilippe, Sagan), of course outside this window you can win stages etc. but forget about GC winner in main tours. Talents like Pogacar (in case of GC) or MvdP (monuments or CX - 15 years being on top!!!) are rarity. It might be that if you start being good fast, you end up being good still young.averagecyclist12-10-2026
- Winning Il Lombardia would surely mean much more to Remco than to Seixas, after his crash there and then second places where he was far ahead of the rest but still far behind Pog, and had to blink away tears at the finish. Wonder if he will ever have such a good chance again.Hills3312-10-2026
- Yeah him, Del Toro for sure - not that they all pan out, but then how can you tell what someone was going to be capable of if they never got to be an out-and-out leader? Either way, their squad has a lot of riders who could be leaders at other teams but they are safely inside the tent now, pissing out.wrsty12-10-2026
- "removing any barriers to their golden goose" What barriers? Ayuso maybe? :) :) :)MajorPayne12-10-2026
- And let's not forget, Tadej Pogačar won his first Tour de France eating pizza, drinking beer and playing Playstation. This kept goinig on for another two years and when he lost the Tour 2X to Jonas, things dramaticaly changed. Today Pogi is a "killing machine." In 2024, in the Tours rest day, Pogi said: "If I compare the year 2019 to what we're doing today, we were real amatuers." ... That is the difference between Pogi and Seixas. Seixas immediately got professional help and advice, he knows exactly what he wants and is already at a very high level. So, the paths of Pogi and Seixas weren't the same.PogiSloFans12-10-2026
- Paul Seixas took off from the WC to Lombardia - smart move it seems. Although Remco at least got the Euro jersey.mij12-10-2026
- Why on EARTH would a rider capable of leading races, leading an entire squad in any race he wishes to go and be (yet another) second fiddle rider to his main competition? Especially when his career is in the ascendant, holding the hope of a nation. You want to be the best - then you want to race against the best. I wish UAE as a team all the best for the most part, but I really dislike their approach of removing any barriers to their golden goose by warehousing them on their squad until they get sufficiently bored and/or pissed off and leave.wrsty12-10-2026
- the manner of victory is not Pogi since 2024, Pogi is 50+ k attack, this was last hill/mountain attack, the std attack.abstractengineer12-10-2026
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