Startlist Clasica de Almeria 2026 | Riders: Biniam Girmay, Arnaud de Lie, Dylan Groenewegen, Fernando Gaviria and more

The 2026 Clasica de Almeria will be taking place on the 15th of February this year, featuring a golden opportunity for the sprinters in the middle of the very busy Spanish early-season calendar. We take a look at its startlist.

The Spanish one-day race was created back in 1988 and quickly it gained an international reputation, featuring foreign winners right from its fifth edition after four years of fully Spanish podiums. It is a race that does not have a fixed profile, and so over the years we've had different types of winners. However since 2008, it's a race that reinvented itself for the sprinters specifically, and there it found its own place in the calendar as one of the most prestigious early-season sprinter challenges.

And the list of winners is not one to shy away from. Over the past 15 years we've had top sprinters such as Theo Bos, Michael Matthews, Sam Bennett, Mark Cavendish, Caleb Ewan, Pascal Ackermann and Alexander Kristoff take victories. In 2024 Olav Kooij was in the middle of his impressive Visma run; whilst in 2025 it was Cofidis' Milan Fretin who took the bunch sprint victory over Max Kanter.

Download the startlist in A4. The startlists consists of six World Tour teams, as many come in with ambitions for their sprinters who can take a meaningful early-season win. The likes of Milan Fretin, Arnaud de Lie, Orluis Aular, Pascal Ackermann, Fernando Gaviria, Biniam Girmay, Dylan Groenewegen and Phil Bauhaus are all present.

1 Fretin, Milan

2 Allegaert, Piet

3 Biermans, Jenthe

4 Kirsch, Alex

5 Ferron, Valentin

6 Maas, Jan

7 Ourselin, Paul

11 Jeannière, Emilien

12 Boulahoite, Rayan

13 Brunel, Alexys

14 Dauphin, Florian

15 Jousseaume, Alan

16 Leroux, Samuel

17 Thierry, Pierre

21 Lie, Arnaud De

22 Giddings, Joshua

23 Grignard, Sébastien

24 Menten, Milan

25 Fox, Matthew

26 Dolven, Halvor

27 Toussaint, Wouter

31 Belletta, Dario Igor

32 Bessega, Gabriele

33 Lonardi, Giovanni

34 Maestri, Mirco

35 Peñalver, Manuel

36 Pietrobon, Andrea

37 Raccagni, Gabriele

41 Arcas, Jorge

42 Aular, Orluis

43 García Cortina, Iván

44 García, Raúl

45 Maciejuk, Filip

46 Guatibonza, Jonathan

47 Igual, Eric

51 Haller, Marco

52 Mozzato, Luca

53 Eriksson, Jacob

54 Kelemen, Petr

55 Suter, Joel

56 Mätik, Oliver

57 Kessler, Bruno

61 Ackermann, Pascal

62 Bondt, Dries De

63 Pooter, Dries De

64 Engelhardt, Felix

65 Juul-Jensen, Chris

66 Bouwman, Koen

67 Vendrame, Andrea

71 Gaviria, Fernando

72 Darder, Sergi

73 Ibañez, Javier

74 Larronde, Ellande

75 Oldani, Stefano

76 Villar, Iker

77 Leitão, Iúri

81 Girmay, Biniam

82 Boivin, Guillaume

83 Askey, Lewis

84 Gilmore, Brady

85 Louvel, Matîs

86 Hofstetter, Hugo

87 Asbroeck, Tom Van

91 Moschetti, Matteo

92 Bax, Sjoerd

93 Gendt, Aimé De

94 Frison, Frederik

95 Liepiņš, Emīls

96 Moer, Brent Van

97 Wright, Fred

101 Bauhaus, Phil

102 Borgo, Alessandro

103 Bruttomesso, Alberto

104 Govekar, Matevž

105 Gradek, Kamil

106 Eržen, Zak

107 Capra, Thomas

111 Brustenga, Marc

112 Azanza, Ibai

113 Perez, César

114 Retegi, Mikel

115 Ho, Yen Yi

116 Carrascosa, Pablo

117 Martín, José María

121 Decomble, Maxime

122 Sagnier, Karl

123 Braz Afonso, Clément

124 Madouas, Valentin

125 Penhoët, Paul

126 Russo, Clément

127 Tronchon, Bastien

131 Hennequin, Paul

132 Aguirre, Yago

133 Agirre, Jon

134 Fernández EUS, Samuel

135 Sutton, Louis

136 Tuuk, Axel van der

137 Tuuk, Danny van der

141 Conforti, Lorenzo

142 Magli, Filippo

143 Manenti, Marco

144 Marcellusi, Martin

145 Pinazzi, Mattia

146 Zanoncello, Enrico

151 Alvarez, Rodrigo

152 Kmínek, Vojtěch

153 Okamika, Ander

154 Macías, César

155 Fajardo, Adrián

156 Rey, Martín

157 Bouglas, Georgios

161 Deman, Brem

162 Geeraerts, Ferre

163 Hesters, Jules

164 Huysmans, Nolan

165 Torney, Artuur

166 Hautegem, Leander Van

167 Vandenbranden, Noah

171 Groenewegen, Dylan

172 Reinders, Elmar

173 Bloem, Joren

174 Feldmann, Karsten Larsen

175 Rasenberg, Martijn

176 Townsend, Rory

177 Mouris, Wessel

181 Nespoli, Lorenzo

182 Buratti, Nicolò

183 Budziński, Marcin

184 Dina, Márton

185 Persico, Davide

186 Ambrosini, Matteo

187 Fancellu, Alessandro