Lenny Martínez and Antonio Tiberi lead Bahrain - Victorious' ambitious Tour de France 2026 team with GC dreams

Bahrain - Victorious have unveiled their lineup for the upcoming Tour de France, where they will be aiming high in the overall classification as their absolute priority. Off the back of a stellar Giro d'Italia where Afonso Eulálio led for almost half of the race, the team has reasons to believe the Tour can be just as successful.

One of the team's cornerstones Damiano Caruso will be present in the lineup, in what will be the final Grand Tour of his career. A road captain and experienced GC contender, he is going to be key in guiding both Lenny Martínez and Antonio Tiberi throughout the three weeks.

Formerly a Top5 finisher at the Giro, Tiberi is perhaps the most reliable GC option, but also a rider who has struggled with form this year. He was second at the UAE Tour where he won the queen stage up the brutal Jebrel Mobrah, however since he has had a string of unreliable results that undermine his hopes for the Tour de France.

However the 25-year old is a rider that, at his best, is a solid figure to finish on the Top10 whilst Martínez is a rider that hasn't finished high on GC ever before but has been having his best season ever. The Frenchman has been on an incredible level this year beating Jonas Vingegaard on the final stage of Paris-Nice; finishing second to him at the Volta a Catalunya and then third at the Tour de Romandie. Recently, he came close to holding off Tadej Pogacar on the queen stage of the Tour de Suisse at Villars-sur-Ollon, a performance that confirms his current form heading into the Tour.

The lineup also consists of Phil Bauhaus who will be aiming for the flat bunch sprints, supported by Robert Stannard; Matej Mohoric who is an experienced stage hunter and a valuable card in the Tour team; and finally Kamil Gradek and Vlad van Mechelen - an experience of experience and youth to provide firepower on the flat stages protecting its GC men and sprinter.