Milan Fretin and Alex Aranburu set to spearhead "new" Cofidis at Tour de France
CyclingWednesday, 04 March 2026 at 09:00
The 2026 season is extremely important for Team Cofidis. The French formation dropped out of the cycling's prime division at the end of the 2023-2025 UCI ranking cycle. And so, for the first time since their promotion to WorldTour in 2020, Cofidis has to put up a fight to ensure the team will be able to participate in every major race on their wish list. And it's not going to be a walk in the park with Tudor Pro Cycling, Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling, TotalEnergies and Unibet ROSE Rockets all putting up a great fight for ProTeam ranking top-3 which guarantees wildcard to any race for year to come.
Therefore, making sure its riders score extensively at the .Pro and .1 circuit will be crucial to Cofidis successfully defending its position in the ProTeam hierarchy. However, a good impression at the Tour de France is just as (if not more) important to team's season evaluation. For that reason, the French formation already announced half of its nominees for both Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift.
The men's team will be centered around Milan Fretin as a sprint leader with Alex Aranburu for versatile stages. They will be accompanied by two rouleurs Alex Kirsch and Hugo Page, both with tasks of leading out Fretin on bunch finish days, but with opportunities to steal the spotlight in a breakaway.
At the same time, Cofidis Women Team reveals that Amalie Dideriksen, Julie Bego, Victoire Berteau and Mijntje Geurts were selected in advance to represent the renovated colours of Cofidis. Dideriksen and Berteau will form a powerful duo into sprint finishes while young talents Bego and Geurts should come to the fore in the mountains, including the mythical Mont Ventoux summit making debut at the Tour de France Femmes course. But they'll have to take on Pauline Ferrand-Prévot on the windy mountain among others, if they dare to wish to succeed.
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Nouvelle identité, nouveau logo, nouveau maillot. Nous ouvrons une nouvelle ère pour la Team Cofidis. Une identité plus affirmée, un élan tourné vers l’avenir et une ambition claire : performer au plus haut niveau. Nous profitons de ce moment pour vous dévoiler les 4 premiers
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