Final startlist Trofeo Laigueglia 2026 | Riders: Richard Carapaz, António Morgado, Antonio Tiberi, Christian Scaroni and more

On the 4th of March the peloton in Italy will take on the Trofeo Laigueglia. After France and Spain have had incredibly extensive domestic racing; the competition in their historical neighbour begins in the Ligurian one-day race. We take a look at its startlist.

The Italian one-day race was first held in 1964 with Guido Neri taking the win. Eddy Merckx has cemented his name twice in this race back in the 1970's, making it a 'must' even for the international riders who made their way to Italy in the early spring for this race. Other Belgian legends such as Freddy Maertens and Roger de Vlaeminck followed with wins in the following years; whilst the likes of Johan Museeuw and Frank Vandenbroeck have also won it in the 90's.

The likes of Lance Armstrong and Rolf Sorensen have also won here; whilst on the Italian side major names such as Giuseppe Saronni, Michele Bartoli and Paolo Salvodelli won it in the previous century. Danilo di Luca and Filippo Pozzato were amongst the last winners of the Italian race during its golden era, before a slow down simultaneous to the formation of the World Tour and the creation of many new early-season races.

However in recent years the race has had a resurgence with the likes of Giulio Ciccone, Bauke Mollema, Lenny Martínez; and most recently Juan Ayuso taking wins, with the Spaniard outsprinting Christian Scaroni 12 months ago to take the win.

Download the startlist in A4. It includes big figures such as Richard Carapaz for EF Education-EasyPost; Christian Scaroni for XDS Astana Team; Santiago Buitrago and Antonio Tiberi for Bahrain - Victorious; Michael Storer for Tudor Pro Cycling Team; And UAE Team Emirates - XRG with António Morgado.

Team Jayco AlUla, Soudal - Quick-Step, Lotto - Intermarché and Groupama - FDJ are also present as World Tour teams.